From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 30 03:01:35 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3410C16A4CE for ; Mon, 30 Oct 2006 03:01:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from remegius@comcast.net) Received: from rwcrmhc13.comcast.net (rwcrmhc13.comcast.net [216.148.227.153]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 251D643D67 for ; Mon, 30 Oct 2006 03:01:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from remegius@comcast.net) Received: from [67.188.180.100] (c-67-188-180-100.hsd1.ca.comcast.net[67.188.180.100]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc13) with ESMTP id <20061030030115m1300m4ujpe>; Mon, 30 Oct 2006 03:01:15 +0000 Message-ID: <45456AFB.7000205@comcast.net> Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 19:01:15 -0800 From: Rem P Roberti User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (X11/20061027) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Gary Kline References: <45451426.4080003@thought.org> <45450FE0.2020505@comcast.net> <45453744.7000300@next.online.no> <20061030024316.GA39711@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20061030024316.GA39711@thought.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Tore Lund , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: things-Mail: update X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 03:01:35 -0000 >>> Boy, I'm glad somebody got embedded URL's to work. I have been trying >>> for some time now, and still can't get them to work. Firefox is named >>> in KDE, but still no joy. I'm getting tired of cutting and pasting :) >>> >> Have you tried setting "network.protocol-handler.app.http" >> in Thunderbird to "/usr/X11R6/bin/firefox"? >> >> Anyway, I don't run KDE, and maybe I don't pick up what is your problem. >> > > > That's the great thing:: clicking on a Thunderbird URL > just-works :-) But it takes time; like 45 seconds. I > don't see any flags on indicator saying "URL connecting > with Firefox", zip. So I double/triple click. My bad. > > >> But, once we're at it, I would like to mention my own problem. I click >> a link in Thunderbird, and Firefox picks it up. However, focus is not >> passed to Firefox - the Firefox entry on the taskbar just blinks without >> the corresponding window being raised. Any solution, please? >> > > Same think happens under Gnome on my AMD 2800. The broswer > does *not* pop up over evolution. There prob'ly is some hack > you can make, but I barely know Gnome; I use CTWM and am much > more used to a CLI > > gary > > > >> -- >> Tore >> Still nothing doing. I've tried different paths to no avail. Just can't seem to get those Thunderbird URLs to click. Rem