mozilla thunderbird

[t0t3r]

im using mozilla thunderbird mail client ... it seems it is using galleon as standard browser and i didnt find anything to configure it. i just wanna make it use firefox!

[Hayl]

Ok well you don't say what Desktop Environment you are using but I'll assume it is Gnome since you said Galeon.

You can change the default mailer, text editor, terminal, and browser in the Gnome Control Panel in the Advanced section.

[t0t3r]

no ... i'm using enlightenment! ... i dont think that there is something like an default mailer, browser etc for this environment so it must be a setting of mozilla thunderbird!

[yhotg]

i have the same problem with kde 3
i set as default thunderbird but can get rid of konqueror as the default browser,

[t0t3r]

u mean firefox? .... thunderbird is the mail client! .... the thing is when i click on a link in thunderbird itshould use firefox as browser!

[JohnT]

Setting the default browser "in" Thunderbird has not been implemented yet, work in progress. The best you could configure is a default browser for your desktop environment for now.

[t0t3r]

damn that sux ... how to configurere "default browser" in enlightenment.

[pickarooney]

Not sure exactly what enlightenment is, but to get thunderbird to use firefox as its browser, first create an executable in the ~/.thunderbird folder. I called mine external_links. The file should read along these lines (I use Opera as default, so there may be an error in this):

#!/bin/sh

# Set to the location of your Firefox Executable
FFDIR=/usr/share/firefox
FFEXE=firefox

# Choose how to open new links
OPENMODE="new-tab"
#OPENMODE="new-window"

# get URL to load
url=$1; [ -z $url ] && url=about:blank

# try xremote first and if it doesn't work, start a
# new instance of Firefox
$FFDIR/firefox-bin -remote "openURL($url,$OPENMODE)" || $FFDIR/$FFEXE $url &


(this is from the mozilla website, but I don't have the link to hand)

Next, cd to ~/.thunderbird/default/*.slt/ and edit the file prefs.js and add this line
user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.http", "~/.thunderbird/external_links");


Not sure it matters where you add it, but I kept the alphabetical order.

[t0t3r]

thx man. works fine

[yhotg]

but how i do the executable?
i mean, where i write that code and what i do with it?

[JohnT]

Originally posted by yhotg
but how i do the executable?
i mean, where i write that code and what i do with it?

Just follow pickarooney's direction and start in the hidden folder ".thunderbird/default/*.slt/ " and edit the file "prefs.js". Notice the period in front of the hidden folder ".thunderbird". You don't have to execute anything...its self-executable when you initiate the action.