Okay, I want thunderbird & firefox to "cooperate" under kde, so I did
the following, as I read in earlier posts:
In thunderbird:
network.protocol-handler.app.http --> mozilla-firefox
(same for https)
In firefox
network.protocol-handler.app.mailto --> mozilla-thunderbird

And... it works, up to a point. If I click a web link in an email
message, firefox starts up and displays the link. If I open another
link, however, with firefox sitll open, rather than opening the new link
in a new tab (as I've set in firefox preferences), or even in a new
window, or replacing the current window, a new copy of firefox is
spawned (? usage) and I'm asked to choose a profile. Is there a way to
avoid this?

BTW: I've also set up kde to use firefox as the first browser and
thunderbird as the email client.

Thanks!

Nick.

Nick wrote:
> Okay, I want thunderbird & firefox to "cooperate" under kde, so I did
> the following, as I read in earlier posts:
> In thunderbird:
> network.protocol-handler.app.http --> mozilla-firefox
> (same for https)
> In firefox
> network.protocol-handler.app.mailto --> mozilla-thunderbird
>
> And... it works, up to a point. If I click a web link in an email
> message, firefox starts up and displays the link. If I open another
> link, however, with firefox sitll open, rather than opening the new link
> in a new tab (as I've set in firefox preferences), or even in a new
> window, or replacing the current window, a new copy of firefox is
> spawned (? usage) and I'm asked to choose a profile. Is there a way to
> avoid this?
>
> BTW: I've also set up kde to use firefox as the first browser and
> thunderbird as the email client.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Nick.
Try this quick little script. It should eliminate the request for a new
profile.

- - - -

#!/bin/sh -x
/usr/local/firefox/firefox -a firefox -remote "openURL($1,new-window)"
|| /usr/local/firefox/firefox $1 &

- - - -

Note, you will have to replace '/usr/local/firefox/firefox' text with
your actual path to the firefox executable. I have this script in my
/usr/local/bin directory (which is in my $PATH).



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humjohn AT aerosurf DOT net

HJohnson wrote:

>> And... it works, up to a point. If I click a web link in an email
>> message, firefox starts up and displays the link. If I open another
>> link, however, with firefox sitll open, rather than opening the new
>> link in a new tab (as I've set in firefox preferences), or even in a
>> new window, or replacing the current window, a new copy of firefox is
>> spawned (? usage) and I'm asked to choose a profile. Is there a way to
>> avoid this?

>
> Try this quick little script. It should eliminate the request for a new
> profile.
>
> - - - -
>
> #!/bin/sh -x
> /usr/local/firefox/firefox -a firefox -remote "openURL($1,new-window)"
> || /usr/local/firefox/firefox $1 &
>
> - - - -
>
> Note, you will have to replace '/usr/local/firefox/firefox' text with
> your actual path to the firefox executable. I have this script in my
> /usr/local/bin directory (which is in my $PATH).
>
Didn't work, but I may have messed up: I changed
/usr/local/firefox/firefox to /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/firefox which is
where the package from linuxpackages installed it. I named the script
mozilla-firefox, made it executable, and placed it into /usr/local/bin,
which is the first directory in my path. Now, no browser opens at all
when I click on a link in thunderbird.


>
>

Nick wrote:
> HJohnson wrote:
>
>>> And... it works, up to a point. If I click a web link in an email
>>> message, firefox starts up and displays the link. If I open another
>>> link, however, with firefox sitll open, rather than opening the new
>>> link in a new tab (as I've set in firefox preferences), or even in a
>>> new window, or replacing the current window, a new copy of firefox is
>>> spawned (? usage) and I'm asked to choose a profile. Is there a way
>>> to avoid this?
>
>
>>
>> Try this quick little script. It should eliminate the request for a
>> new profile.
>>
>> - - - -
>>
>> #!/bin/sh -x
>> /usr/local/firefox/firefox -a firefox -remote "openURL($1,new-window)"
>> || /usr/local/firefox/firefox $1 &
>>
>> - - - -
>>
>> Note, you will have to replace '/usr/local/firefox/firefox' text with
>> your actual path to the firefox executable. I have this script in my
>> /usr/local/bin directory (which is in my $PATH).
>>
> Didn't work, but I may have messed up: I changed
> /usr/local/firefox/firefox to /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/firefox which is
> where the package from linuxpackages installed it. I named the script
> mozilla-firefox, made it executable, and placed it into /usr/local/bin,
> which is the first directory in my path. Now, no browser opens at all
> when I click on a link in thunderbird.
>
>
>>
>>
Hrm....my cut and paste blew it. The second and third lines should be
all in the second line of the script. The "||" should have a single
space on each side of it. (Word wrap did it to me again.)

The script is actually a two line thing. And I have been using this
since Firefox ver. 0.7, in order to eliminate the "Choose a Profile"
warning.

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humjohn AT aerosurf DOT net

>> Didn't work, but I may have messed up: I changed
>> /usr/local/firefox/firefox to /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/firefox which
>> is where the package from linuxpackages installed it. I named the
>> script mozilla-firefox, made it executable, and placed it into
>> /usr/local/bin, which is the first directory in my path. Now, no
>> browser opens at all when I click on a link in thunderbird.
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
> Hrm....my cut and paste blew it. The second and third lines should be
> all in the second line of the script. The "||" should have a single
> space on each side of it. (Word wrap did it to me again.)
>

I figured that should be on one line, but still no joy. I also tried (as
root) chmod +777 /usr/local/bin/mozilla-firefox, but no joy. Here is my
complete version, with changes for my install dir.:

#!/bin/sh -x
/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/firefox -a firefox -remote
"openURL($1,new-window)" || /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/firefox $1 &

and despite appearances, that's two lines

Nick.

Nick wrote:
>
>>> Didn't work, but I may have messed up: I changed
>>> /usr/local/firefox/firefox to /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/firefox which
>>> is where the package from linuxpackages installed it. I named the
>>> script mozilla-firefox, made it executable, and placed it into
>>> /usr/local/bin, which is the first directory in my path. Now, no
>>> browser opens at all when I click on a link in thunderbird.
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>> Hrm....my cut and paste blew it. The second and third lines should be
>> all in the second line of the script. The "||" should have a single
>> space on each side of it. (Word wrap did it to me again.)
>>
>
> I figured that should be on one line, but still no joy. I also tried (as
> root) chmod +777 /usr/local/bin/mozilla-firefox, but no joy. Here is my
> complete version, with changes for my install dir.:
>
> #!/bin/sh -x
> /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/firefox -a firefox -remote
> "openURL($1,new-window)" || /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/firefox $1 &
>
> and despite appearances, that's two lines
>
> Nick.
>

I got my firefox from mozilla. Installed it in the path
'/usr/local/firefox' (did not let it default to the install directory.)
So, my installation is complete, from Mozilla, while yours came from the
Linuxpackages web site. Makes me think something was missing from your
package?

Just my 2 cents

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humjohn AT aerosurf DOT net

On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 17:51:10 -0600, Nick wrote:

>
>>> Didn't work, but I may have messed up: I changed
>>> /usr/local/firefox/firefox to /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/firefox which is
>>> where the package from linuxpackages installed it. I named the script
>>> mozilla-firefox, made it executable, and placed it into /usr/local/bin,
>>> which is the first directory in my path. Now, no browser opens at all
>>> when I click on a link in thunderbird.

Well, try this script then, Nick. (I put a line number in front of each
line so you can tell if it gets wrapped by a news reader.) I got it from
here or maybe a.o.l.mandrake, and I don't know if it will work with
Thunderbird, but it works with Pan. It opens a new window if Firebird
isn't running, or opens a new tab if Firebird is running, but I think you
can figure out how to change it if you want a new window every time.

1)#!/bin/sh
2)MOZILLA="/usr/lib/firefox/firefox"
3)if $MOZILLA -a firefox -remote "ping()" 2>/dev/null
4)then
5)echo "Mozilla already launch"
6)location=",new-tab"
7)exec $MOZILLA -a firefox -remote "openURL($1$location)"
8)else
9)exec $MOZILLA "$@"
10)fi
11)exit 1

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Chick Tower

For e-mail: aols . sent . towerboy AT xoxy . net

> 1)#!/bin/sh
> 2)MOZILLA="/usr/lib/firefox/firefox"
> 3)if $MOZILLA -a firefox -remote "ping()" 2>/dev/null
> 4)then
> 5)echo "Mozilla already launch"
> 6)location=",new-tab"
> 7)exec $MOZILLA -a firefox -remote "openURL($1$location)"
> 8)else
> 9)exec $MOZILLA "$@"
> 10)fi
> 11)exit 1
>
That works a treat! Thanks to both reponders; I'll give this a try for a
few days & report back.

Nick.

I'd like to wrap up the thread that started with my post:

> Okay, I want thunderbird & firefox to "cooperate" under kde, so I did
> the following, as I read in earlier posts:
> In thunderbird:
> network.protocol-handler.app.http --> mozilla-firefox
> (same for https)
> In firefox
> network.protocol-handler.app.mailto --> mozilla-thunderbird
>
> And... it works, up to a point. If I click a web link in an email
> message, firefox starts up and displays the link. If I open another
> link, however, with firefox sitll open, rather than opening the new link
> in a new tab (as I've set in firefox preferences), or even in a new
> window, or replacing the current window, a new copy of firefox is
> spawned (? usage) and I'm asked to choose a profile. Is there a way to
> avoid this?

With help from HJohnson and CTower, I have a solution. HJohnson
suggested that my installation might be broken, and CTower suggested
that the script I was using was incorrect. It turned out that both were
right... I re-installed both firefox and thunderbird into /opt using the
distributions right from mozilla.org rather than the slackware packages
from linuxpackages. And I tried:

In thunderbird:
network.protocol-handler.app.http --> /opt/firefox/firefox
(same for https)
In firefox
network.protocol-handler.app.mailto --> /opt/thunderbird/thunderbird

And it "just works." No additional scripts needed at all. If I open a
web link from thunderbird, and firefox is already open, it opens a new
tab. Clicking a mailto: link in firefox opens a new compose window in
thunderbird whether or not its running.

Nick is happy; thanks for all the help!

N