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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