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Re: Open URLs in Icedove emails in Iceweasel, how?



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On 2015-06-21 14:29, Christian Seiler wrote:
> On 06/21/2015 08:19 PM, Ken Heard wrote:
>> On 2015-06-21 12:19, Christian Seiler wrote:
>>> Could you check Icedove configuration?
>> 
>>> Edit -> Preferences ->  Advanced -> Tab: General -> Config
>>> Editor -> "I know what I'm doing"
>> 
>>> then see what the settings are for (as far as they exist):
>> 
>> Answers below:
>> 
>>> network.protocol-handler.app.http	user set	string	iceweasel %u
>>>  network.protocol-handler.app.https	default		string
>>> x-www-browser network.protocol-handler.expose-all	default
>>> boolean	false network.protocol-handler.expose.http	default
>>> boolean	true network.protocol-handler.expose.https	default
>>> boolean true network.protocol-handler.external.http	does not
>>> exist network.protocol-handler.external.https	does not exist
>> 
>> If I understand the system correctly, it should not matter
>> whether the string for the first two is "iceweasel %u" or
>> "x-www-browser".  Either or both should work if the x-www.browser
>> is set to iceweasel, as it is in the box I am using.  In fact
>> setting both to "x-www-browser" should be better, thereby leaving
>> it up to the user to determine the browser using
>> update-alternatives to choose one.
> 
> Maybe the %u is a problem here (I know it's valid in .desktop
> files, but maybe not in Mozilla preferences), so could you perhaps
> reset the value for network.protocol-handler.app.http to its
> default value? (Using the context menu accessible with the right
> mouse button).

I tried iceweasel without the %u and then changed iceweasel to
x-www-browser which is the default.  No change.

> Funnily enough, on my system, x-www-browser is not iceweasel (I 
> never set that explicitly), but I did set xdg-mime as I described; 
> my settings in icedove are all defaults (.app.http is also
> default: x-www-browser, otherwise they are identical to your
> settings), nevertheless, links in emails open in iceweasel here.
> 
> OTOH, I don't use TDE - so maybe it's a matter of icedove having 
> some logic when it comes to desktop environments?

Maybe?  The only other thing I can think to do of is to post a message
to the TDE list, to see if anyone there has anything to say about my
problem.

> Btw. did you try to start icedove from the command line (close any 
> running instance beforehand), then click on a link and see if
> there are any error messages that are printed?

I did as you suggested.  The following messages were received and then
icedove opened as usual.

(process:15184): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_slice_set_config: assertion
'sys_page_size
                             == 0' failed
enigmail.js: Registered components
mimeVerify.jsm: module initialized

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