Re: Thunderbird: Web links and default mailer in KDE

Mike Fedyk wrote:
> Neil Williams wrote:
> 
>> Hi
>>
>> I really like Thunderbird, which I run on a KDE 3.1.4 desktop. 
>> However, I have a couple of small issues and hope someone on the list 
>> can point me in the right direction.
>>
>> When I click on Web links in a message nothing happens. I have to cut 
>> and paste the link into my browser rather than 1 click to open a 
>> browser window that points at the desired location.
> 
> 
> Are you using the mozilla.org binaries or a packaged version?
> Debian does it for me automatically, so I haven't had to do anything to 
> get it working for me.

I use SuSE 8.2 but have taken the binaries from mozilla.org

A reply in the mozilla-unix list pointed me to 
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/thunderbird/linuxurls.html

which lead me to create a user.js file with

user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.http","/opt/kde3/bin/konqueror");

Now when I click hyperlinks in Thunderbird a Konqueror window opens with 
the required URL loaded. So problem 1 of 2 sorted.

>> Secondly, I've set up Thunderbird as my KDE email client but this 
>> fails to work at it should.
>>
> 
> What does this mean?

In Control Center > KDE Components > Component Chooser I've selected 
"Use a different [not Kmail] email client" and added the path to 
Thunderbird. My KDE applications now start Thunderbird when a mail 
client is needed but instead of giving me a compose window all I get is 
the application starting. For example, if in Konqueror I click on a 
hyperlink mailto:[email protected] then Thunderbird starts in the "normal" 
mode when what I'd actually like to happen is have a compose window pop up.


> 
>> Any hints, tips or pointers would be greatly appreciated.
>>
> 
> What's your dist?
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