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Old 05-24-2004, 01:33 AM   #1
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Exclamation Firefox Default Browser (thunderbird)

I've tried everything related already available in this forum, and failed

I have Firefox installed in /home/federico/Programs/firefox

what should I do to make thunderbird open new links in tabs and not in another window?

oh, as a sidenote... I'm a total linux newbie
 
Old 05-24-2004, 07:56 AM   #2
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what should I do to make thunderbird open new links in tabs and not in another window?
If I understand this correctly you want to take links that you may get in an email (in Thunderbird) and have them open in a new tab in Firefox?

I don't think there is a direct manner to do this from Thunderbird but you should be able to open a blank tab in Firefox and then click the link in the email attachment.
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Old 05-24-2004, 11:33 AM   #3
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yup, that's what I want to do.


any ideas ?
 
Old 05-24-2004, 11:38 AM   #4
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I've just solved this myself from a post on the mozillazine forums. Give me a minute while I go look up the thread.
 
Old 05-24-2004, 11:42 AM   #5
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Old 05-24-2004, 11:45 AM   #6
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Jeez. They have a terrible search form over there. Here is the thread where someone posts a shell script that solves this: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=72353
 
Old 05-24-2004, 01:48 PM   #7
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didn't work for me...

I have my apps installed in:
/home/federico/Programs/firefox
/home/federico/Programs/thunderbird

can you please help me out ?
I'm kinda getting desperate now lol
 
Old 05-24-2004, 02:09 PM   #8
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Did you follow the direction in this specific post? http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewto...t=72353#501848

Make sure you're editing that script to point to where you've installed FF.
 
Old 05-24-2004, 02:14 PM   #9
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yes, but mozilla-xremote-client was already in the firefox dir...

do I have to overwrite ?

also, that chmod does not confirm I've done anything...
I just type that, press enter and nothing seems to happen...
 
Old 05-25-2004, 11:31 AM   #10
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I can't remember if I overwrote mine or not. Change it's name and copy the other one in there. If anything explodes, change it back.
 
  


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