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perseus

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Registered: 2007-01-28

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[SOLVED] firefox upgrade breaks opening link from email

I don't know if this will be applicable to many users - perhaps only me - but I use sylpheed as my MUA and have had no no problems for years now in opening links contained in e-mails. On today's upgrade to  firefox-39.0-1-i686 links no longer open. Downgrading to my previous firefox-38.0.5-1-i686 fixes it.

Last edited by perseus (2015-07-03 11:59:25)

skanky

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Registered: 2009-10-23

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Re: [SOLVED] firefox upgrade breaks opening link from email

According to the sylpheed website it uses the "default browser", so you might want to check whatever that's set to in your environment.

I've just tested

$ firefox --new-tab www.google.co.uk

and it opened okay.

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perseus

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Registered: 2007-01-28

Posts: 162

Re: [SOLVED] firefox upgrade breaks opening link from email

Thanks skanky. As I said, I have used sylpheed for years (since about 2001). It has a configuration tab in which it is possible to set a command to open the browser.  That had been untouched for a long time (since before there was a Default Browser option it seems), and I had it set to the command firefox -a firefox -remote 'openURL(%s,new-tab)'.  Support for that must have been removed in the current firefox. Using sylpheed's Default Browser option fixed it.

Last edited by perseus (2015-07-03 12:22:46)

skanky

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Re: [SOLVED] firefox upgrade breaks opening link from email

Yeah, sorry I don't use it but had a quick look at the documentation on the website.
Anyway, it's probably down to removal of deprecated options. Here's the help for FFx.

firefox --help

Usage: firefox [ options ... ] [URL]
       where options include:

X11 options
  --display=DISPLAY  X display to use
  --sync             Make X calls synchronous
  --g-fatal-warnings Make all warnings fatal

Firefox options
  -h or --help       Print this message.
  -v or --version    Print Firefox version.
  -P <profile>       Start with <profile>.
  --profile <path>   Start with profile at <path>.
  --migration        Start with migration wizard.
  --ProfileManager   Start with ProfileManager.
  --no-remote        Do not accept or send remote commands; implies --new-instance.
  --new-instance     Open new instance, not a new window in running instance.
  --UILocale <locale> Start with <locale> resources as UI Locale.
  --safe-mode        Disables extensions and themes for this session.
  --jsconsole        Open the Browser Console.
  --jsdebugger       Open the Browser Toolbox.
  --start-debugger-server [port|path] Start the debugger server on a TCP port or Unix domain socket path.  Defaults to TCP port 6000.
  --browser          Open a browser window.
  --new-window <url> Open <url> in a new window.
  --new-tab <url>    Open <url> in a new tab.
  --private-window <url> Open <url> in a new private window.
  --preferences      Open Preferences dialog.
  --search <term>    Search <term> with your default search engine.
  --recording <file> Record drawing for a given URL.
  --recording-output <file> Specify destination file for a drawing recording.
  --setDefaultBrowser Set this app as the default browser

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"...one cannot be angry when one looks at a penguin."  - John Ruskin
"Life in general is a bit shit, and so too is the internet. And that's all there is." - scepticisle