How to make Thunderbird open your browser

[Scott Thornley]

Been wanting to do this, then read the release notes for Thunderbird .5

 

First, read: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/thunderbir.../linuxurls.html

 

 

Dropped the script into /usr/local/bin as it is in the PATH and I thought that maybe, just maybe, one day there'd be more than one user using this system.

 

Also:

 

Alternatively, you can explicitly tell Mozilla Thunderbird which shell script should be run for particular urls by setting the following user preferences to Thunderbird (don't forget to change the path and name to point to your shell script): 

 

 

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

 

Repeat for each protocol you want Thunderbird to dispatch (https, ftp, etc.).

 

 

this should go in a newly created file called user.js in /home/users login/.thunderbird/default/jibbersh.slt/

 

I did a search, and didn't find anything regarding this in tips and tricks, so I hope it is not a duplicate.

 

Regards,

Scott

Edited February 28, 2004 by Scott Thornley

[Thulemand]

Been wanting to do this, then read the release notes for Thunderbird .5

 

First, read:  http://www.mozilla.org/projects/thunderbir.../linuxurls.html

 

 

Dropped the script into /usr/local/bin  as it is in the PATH  and I thought that maybe, just maybe, one day there'd be more than one user using this system.

 

Also:

 

Alternatively, you can explicitly tell Mozilla Thunderbird which shell script should be run for particular urls by setting the following user preferences to Thunderbird (don't forget to change the path and name to point to your shell script): 

 

 

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

 

Repeat for each protocol you want Thunderbird to dispatch (https, ftp, etc.).

 

 

this should go in a newly created file called user.js in /home/users login/.thunderbird/default/jibbersh.slt/

 

I did a search, and didn't find anything regarding this in tips and tricks, so I hope it is not a duplicate.

 

Regards,

Scott

Did you try changing the file associations in Configuration-KDE-Components-

 

and select your desired browser for the particular extension?

It smartly groups extensions so both htm and html etc is in the same group.

 

What happens if you do this?

[Scott Thornley]

Actually, yes, I did. With no effect. And KDE configuration certainly won't help when I run XFCE for grins.

 

Regards,

Scott