making thunderbird and firefox default in kubuntu

[Shea Martin]

I have a Kubuntu installed. My wife likes KDE,but I prefer fluxbox. In
flux, I use firefox and thunderbird. The problem is, clicing in a link
in an email (in thunderbird) causes the link to open in Konqy. And
clicking on a mailto: in firefox causes kmail to fire up. How can I
change this behavior? I don't see an option in the preferences tab of
either.

Thanks,

~S

[Toby Newman]

On 2006-04-04, Shea Martin <sheam@void.nil> wrote:

> I have a Kubuntu installed. My wife likes KDE,but I prefer fluxbox. In
> flux, I use firefox and thunderbird. The problem is, clicing in a link
> in an email (in thunderbird) causes the link to open in Konqy. And
> clicking on a mailto: in firefox causes kmail to fire up. How can I
> change this behavior? I don't see an option in the preferences tab of
> either.

I reckon it's a fluxbox setting. In KDE, IIRC, the setting is found in
~/.kde, so perhaps have a look for ~/fluxbox or similar?

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[Shea Martin]

Toby Newman wrote:

> On 2006-04-04, Shea Martin <sheam@void.nil> wrote:

>> I have a Kubuntu installed. My wife likes KDE,but I prefer fluxbox. In
>> flux, I use firefox and thunderbird. The problem is, clicing in a link
>> in an email (in thunderbird) causes the link to open in Konqy. And
>> clicking on a mailto: in firefox causes kmail to fire up. How can I
>> change this behavior? I don't see an option in the preferences tab of
>> either.

>
> I reckon it's a fluxbox setting. In KDE, IIRC, the setting is found in
> ~/.kde, so perhaps have a look for ~/fluxbox or similar?
>

fluxbox is just a wm not a desktop environment, so I don't think that is
the case. I did check the .fluxbox folder, but nothing. I have used
flux for a while, and don't recall that being a configurable setting.
Maybe a compile time thing?

~S

[Mark South]

On Tue, 04 Apr 2006 21:43:37 +0000, Shea Martin wrote:

> Toby Newman wrote:

>> On 2006-04-04, Shea Martin <sheam@void.nil> wrote:

>>> I have a Kubuntu installed. My wife likes KDE,but I prefer fluxbox. In
>>> flux, I use firefox and thunderbird. The problem is, clicing in a link
>>> in an email (in thunderbird) causes the link to open in Konqy. And
>>> clicking on a mailto: in firefox causes kmail to fire up. How can I
>>> change this behavior? I don't see an option in the preferences tab of
>>> either.

>>
>> I reckon it's a fluxbox setting. In KDE, IIRC, the setting is found in
>> ~/.kde, so perhaps have a look for ~/fluxbox or similar?
>>

> fluxbox is just a wm not a desktop environment, so I don't think that is
> the case. I did check the .fluxbox folder, but nothing. I have used
> flux for a while, and don't recall that being a configurable setting.
> Maybe a compile time thing?

Does Ubuntu respect $BROWSER or $DEFAULTBROWSER? Type "set" at the
bash prompt and see if either of those come up in the list.

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[Shea Martin]

set or env grep -i, does not turn up kmail,konq,browser.
~S

> Does Ubuntu respect $BROWSER or $DEFAULTBROWSER? Type "set" at the
> bash prompt and see if either of those come up in the list.
>

[Wayne]

On Tue, 04 Apr 2006 04:15:33 +0000, Shea Martin wrote:

> I have a Kubuntu installed. My wife likes KDE,but I prefer fluxbox. In
> flux, I use firefox and thunderbird. The problem is, clicing in a link in
> an email (in thunderbird) causes the link to open in Konqy. And clicking
> on a mailto: in firefox causes kmail to fire up. How can I change this
> behavior? I don't see an option in the preferences tab of either.
>
> Thanks,
>
> ~S

In Firefox type "about:config" and look for this line:

network.protocol-handler.app.mailto

Right click on it and choose 'Modify' then enter the path to the
Thunderbird executable.

I'm not sure about Thunderbird > Firefox.

Wayne
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[Swild]

On Tue, 04 Apr 2006 04:15:33 +0000, Shea Martin wrote:

> I have a Kubuntu installed. My wife likes KDE,but I prefer fluxbox. In
> flux, I use firefox and thunderbird. The problem is, clicing in a link
> in an email (in thunderbird) causes the link to open in Konqy. And
> clicking on a mailto: in firefox causes kmail to fire up. How can I
> change this behavior? I don't see an option in the preferences tab of
> either.
>

Try changing the defaults in KDE. I don't use Fluxbox, but it sounds like
it's using the KDE defaults.

On my system they are changed by choosing "System Settings" from the KDE
menu (you'll have to log in to KDE first, of course), then "User Account",
then "Default Applications."

[Wayne]

On Thu, 06 Apr 2006 08:55:40 +0900, Wayne wrote:

> On Tue, 04 Apr 2006 04:15:33 +0000, Shea Martin wrote:
>

>> I have a Kubuntu installed. My wife likes KDE,but I prefer fluxbox. In
>> flux, I use firefox and thunderbird. The problem is, clicing in a link
>> in an email (in thunderbird) causes the link to open in Konqy. And
>> clicking on a mailto: in firefox causes kmail to fire up. How can I
>> change this behavior? I don't see an option in the preferences tab of
>> either.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> ~S

>
> In Firefox type "about:config" and look for this line:
>
> network.protocol-handler.app.mailto
>
> Right click on it and choose 'Modify' then enter the path to the
> Thunderbird executable.
>
> I'm not sure about Thunderbird > Firefox.
>
> Wayne

There should be a 'prefs.js' file in your /home/~/.Thunderbird/xwz.default
directory. Open it up with Thunderbird closed and look for these lines and
modify them accordingly and see if that works:

user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.ftp", "/path/to/Firefox");
user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.http", "/path/to/Firefox");
user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.https", "/path/to/Firefox");

Or if you don't want to mess about with the prefs.js file you can create
your own called "user.js" and put the same 3 lines (followed by a
carriage return and then saved)

I *think* this should work but YMMV :-)

Wayne
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[Shea Martin]

Wayne wrote:

> On Tue, 04 Apr 2006 04:15:33 +0000, Shea Martin wrote:
>

>> I have a Kubuntu installed. My wife likes KDE,but I prefer fluxbox. In
>> flux, I use firefox and thunderbird. The problem is, clicing in a link in
>> an email (in thunderbird) causes the link to open in Konqy. And clicking
>> on a mailto: in firefox causes kmail to fire up. How can I change this
>> behavior? I don't see an option in the preferences tab of either.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> ~S

>
> In Firefox type "about:config" and look for this line:
>
> network.protocol-handler.app.mailto
>
> Right click on it and choose 'Modify' then enter the path to the
> Thunderbird executable.
>
> I'm not sure about Thunderbird > Firefox.
>
> Wayne

I didn't have that setting, but I added it, and it worked. Cheers.
~S

[Shea Martin]

Wayne wrote:

> On Thu, 06 Apr 2006 08:55:40 +0900, Wayne wrote:
>

>> On Tue, 04 Apr 2006 04:15:33 +0000, Shea Martin wrote:
>>

>>> I have a Kubuntu installed. My wife likes KDE,but I prefer fluxbox. In
>>> flux, I use firefox and thunderbird. The problem is, clicing in a link
>>> in an email (in thunderbird) causes the link to open in Konqy. And
>>> clicking on a mailto: in firefox causes kmail to fire up. How can I
>>> change this behavior? I don't see an option in the preferences tab of
>>> either.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> ~S

>> In Firefox type "about:config" and look for this line:
>>
>> network.protocol-handler.app.mailto
>>
>> Right click on it and choose 'Modify' then enter the path to the
>> Thunderbird executable.
>>
>> I'm not sure about Thunderbird > Firefox.
>>
>> Wayne

>
> There should be a 'prefs.js' file in your /home/~/.Thunderbird/xwz.default
> directory. Open it up with Thunderbird closed and look for these lines and
> modify them accordingly and see if that works:
>
> user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.ftp", "/path/to/Firefox");
> user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.http", "/path/to/Firefox");
> user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.https", "/path/to/Firefox");
>
> Or if you don't want to mess about with the prefs.js file you can create
> your own called "user.js" and put the same 3 lines (followed by a
> carriage return and then saved)
>
> I *think* this should work but YMMV :-)
>
> Wayne

This worked. My prefs.js did not have these lines, so I added them, and
it works now.

For others trying this, make sure you close thunderbird first as it
overwrites your changes on close. Also it is in the
..mozilla-thunderbird folder, not .thunderbird.

~S

[Wayne]

On Sat, 08 Apr 2006 04:49:57 +0000, Shea Martin wrote:

>> There should be a 'prefs.js' file in your
>> /home/~/.Thunderbird/xwz.default directory. Open it up with Thunderbird
>> closed and look for these lines and modify them accordingly and see if
>> that works:
>>
>> user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.ftp", "/path/to/Firefox");
>> user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.http", "/path/to/Firefox");
>> user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.https", "/path/to/Firefox");
>>
>> Or if you don't want to mess about with the prefs.js file you can create
>> your own called "user.js" and put the same 3 lines (followed by a
>> carriage return and then saved)
>>
>> I *think* this should work but YMMV :-)
>>
>> Wayne

>
> This worked. My prefs.js did not have these lines, so I added them, and
> it works now.
>
> For others trying this, make sure you close thunderbird first as it
> overwrites your changes on close. Also it is in the .mozilla-thunderbird
> folder, not .thunderbird.

I was going on my memory of my Mandriva LE2005 install. It seems that
different distros have different names for some directories.

All these Firefox/Thundebird tips and tricks and more can be yours for
only 10 pounds sterling, in a plain brown envelope, left behind the
water pipe in the third stall, men's lavatory, Victoria station and
a few minutes with Google :-)

Glad it worked out, I made a note to myself and put it in a tips file
in my misc docs folder :-)

Wayne
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