Why doesn't iceweasel work with iceape
I am running Debian 5. I have iceweasel installed, and I have iceape installed. I use iceape because it allows me, on clicking on a mailto link, to open an iceape mail composer window. In trying to configure iceweasel to do the same (iceweasel defaults to opening evolution, which I understand to be much the same as microsoft outlook), I open the iceweasel Edit -> Preferences -> Applications -> mailto option, and it displays the options "Use Gmail", Use Yahoo! Mail", "Always ask", and "Use other", which does not give access to iceape mail composer. But, it does not display an option for "Use Iceape Mail Composer", and, with iceape mail composer, in viewing the properties, and thus the launch command, the iceweaselpreferences options, do not allow for entering the command to run iceape mail composer; "iceape -compose". So, iceweasel recognises proprietary email applications (gmail and yahoo mail), but, does not recognise the realted email application; iceape mail composer, and, apparently, prohibits the use of iceape mail composer, to acion mailto links. Why doesn't iceweasel work with iceape? -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/alpine.deb.1.10.1002272317350.21...@bretnewworkstation.busby.net
Re: Why doesn't iceweasel work with iceape
On Saturday 27 February 2010 16:30:08 Bret Busby wrote: > I am running Debian 5. > > I have iceweasel installed, and I have iceape installed. > > I use iceape because it allows me, on clicking on a mailto link, to open > an iceape mail composer window. > > In trying to configure iceweasel to do the same (iceweasel defaults to > opening evolution, which I understand to be much the same as microsoft > outlook), I open the iceweasel Edit -> Preferences -> Applications -> > mailto option, and it displays the options "Use Gmail", Use Yahoo! > Mail", "Always ask", and "Use other", which does not give access to > iceape mail composer. > > But, it does not display an option for "Use Iceape Mail Composer", and, > with iceape mail composer, in viewing the properties, and thus the > launch command, the iceweaselpreferences options, do not allow for > entering the command to run iceape mail composer; "iceape -compose". > > So, iceweasel recognises proprietary email applications (gmail and yahoo > mail), but, does not recognise the realted email application; iceape > mail composer, and, apparently, prohibits the use of iceape mail > composer, to acion mailto links. > > Why doesn't iceweasel work with iceape? > > -- > Bret Busby > Armadale > West Australia > .. > > "So once you do know what the question actually is, > you'll know what the answer means." > - Deep Thought, >Chapter 28 of Book 1 of >"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: >A Trilogy In Four Parts", >written by Douglas Adams, >published by Pan Books, 1992 > > > 1. run: dpkg-reconfigure iceweasel 2. run: update-alternatives --config x-www-browser -- Jens Van Broeckhoven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201002271739.27665.jens.vanbroeckho...@telenet.be
Re: Why doesn't iceweasel work with iceape
On Sat, 27 Feb 2010, Jens Van Broeckhoven wrote: On Saturday 27 February 2010 16:30:08 Bret Busby wrote: I am running Debian 5. I have iceweasel installed, and I have iceape installed. I use iceape because it allows me, on clicking on a mailto link, to open an iceape mail composer window. In trying to configure iceweasel to do the same (iceweasel defaults to opening evolution, which I understand to be much the same as microsoft outlook), I open the iceweasel Edit -> Preferences -> Applications -> mailto option, and it displays the options "Use Gmail", Use Yahoo! Mail", "Always ask", and "Use other", which does not give access to iceape mail composer. But, it does not display an option for "Use Iceape Mail Composer", and, with iceape mail composer, in viewing the properties, and thus the launch command, the iceweaselpreferences options, do not allow for entering the command to run iceape mail composer; "iceape -compose". So, iceweasel recognises proprietary email applications (gmail and yahoo mail), but, does not recognise the realted email application; iceape mail composer, and, apparently, prohibits the use of iceape mail composer, to acion mailto links. Why doesn't iceweasel work with iceape? -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. 1. run: dpkg-reconfigure iceweasel 2. run: update-alternatives --config x-www-browser -- Jens Van Broeckhoven The second command above, appears to be for setting the default browser. Does an equivalent command exist, for setting the default email application? Also, as an aside (as the first of those two commands, requires restarting iceweasel), whilst, when iceweasel crashes, a user can choose to restore the crashed session, like with Opera, can a session be saved, and chosen to be restored after an orderly shutdown of iceweasel, like with Opera? Thank you in anticiaption. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/alpine.deb.1.10.1002280158300.23...@bretnewworkstation.busby.net
Re: Why doesn't iceweasel work with iceape
In trying to configure iceweasel to do the same (iceweasel defaults to opening evolution, which I understand to be much the same as microsoft outlook), I open the iceweasel Edit -> Preferences -> Applications -> mailto option, and it displays the options "Use Gmail", Use Yahoo! Mail", "Always ask", and "Use other", which does not give access to iceape mail composer. Hi, I just try than on Squeeze and it works, but trick is that when you browse "Use other" choose iceape (/usr/bin/iceape). -- Bye, Goran Dobosevic Hrvatski: www.dobosevic.com English: www.dobosevic.com/en/ Registered Linux User #503414 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4b8a0038.4080...@dobosevic.com
Re: Why doesn't iceweasel work with iceape
On Sun, 28 Feb 2010, godo wrote: In trying to configure iceweasel to do the same (iceweasel defaults to opening evolution, which I understand to be much the same as microsoft outlook), I open the iceweasel Edit -> Preferences -> Applications -> mailto option, and it displays the options "Use Gmail", Use Yahoo! Mail", "Always ask", and "Use other", which does not give access to iceape mail composer. Hi, I just try than on Squeeze and it works, but trick is that when you browse "Use other" choose iceape (/usr/bin/iceape). -- Bye, Goran Dobosevic That seems to work. Whilst it opens up an iceape browser window with the URL "mailto...", which then opens up an iceape mail compser window, it does work, if not directly. I had previously tried to find iceape using the paths /bin and /sbin, but didn't find it there; the required path was, as you have indicated - /usr/bin/iceape. Thank you for that. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/alpine.deb.1.10.1002281845160.27...@bretnewworkstation.busby.net
Re: Why doesn't iceweasel work with iceape
Bret Busby wrote: On Sun, 28 Feb 2010, godo wrote: In trying to configure iceweasel to do the same (iceweasel defaults to opening evolution, which I understand to be much the same as microsoft outlook), I open the iceweasel Edit -> Preferences -> Applications -> mailto option, and it displays the options "Use Gmail", Use Yahoo! Mail", "Always ask", and "Use other", which does not give access to iceape mail composer. Hi, I just try than on Squeeze and it works, but trick is that when you browse "Use other" choose iceape (/usr/bin/iceape). -- Bye, Goran Dobosevic That seems to work. Whilst it opens up an iceape browser window with the URL "mailto...", which then opens up an iceape mail compser window, it does work, if not directly. I had previously tried to find iceape using the paths /bin and /sbin, but didn't find it there; the required path was, as you have indicated - /usr/bin/iceape. Thank you for that. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 For finding some app.: 'whereis' $ whereis iceape iceape: /usr/bin/iceape /etc/iceape /usr/lib/iceape /usr/share/iceape /usr/share/man/man1/iceape.1.gz -- Bye, Goran Dobosevic Hrvatski: www.dobosevic.com English: www.dobosevic.com/en/ Registered Linux User #503414 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4b8a92b3.8050...@dobosevic.com
Re: Why doesn't iceweasel work with iceape
On Sun, 28 Feb 2010, godo wrote: For finding some app.: 'whereis' $ whereis iceape iceape: /usr/bin/iceape /etc/iceape /usr/lib/iceape /usr/share/iceape /usr/share/man/man1/iceape.1.gz I had previously believed that it could be found when finding the Properties of an application; at present, I have the iceape mail composer icon included in my panel at the bottom of the screen, on two of my systems, and, by clicking on the icon with the non-dominant mouse button (I had believed that I could previously do it with the listing of the application in the menu entry, but that appears to now not include a Properties option), it displays a Properties window for the application. However, as previously mentioned (in a posting by me, in this thread), in viewing the Properties window, the Properties window lists the following information: "Type" - "Application" "Name" - "Iceape Mail Composer" "Command" - "iceape -compose" "Comment" - "Iceape Mail Composer" but not the path to the application. Perhaps, if the Properties window included the path for the command, e.g., "Command" - "usr/bin/iceape -compose" which would be quite useful if it was possible to directly launch the mail composer from another application, such as I had been seeking, or, even, it would show the path for iceape itself, which could have been used as it is now configured. In inputting the option "Command" - "usr/bin/iceape -compose" and trying it, I note that it still launched the iceape web browser window, with the mailto command as the URL, in addition to the iceape mail composer window opening to create a new email message. Anyway, thank you again for your help - it means that I can now launch the iceape mail composer application, by clicking on a mailto link in an iceweasel web browser window, which was what I was seeking. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/alpine.deb.1.10.1003011146100.31...@bretnewworkstation.busby.net
Re: Why doesn't iceweasel work with iceape - solution broke system (?)
On Sun, 28 Feb 2010, Bret Busby wrote: On Sun, 28 Feb 2010, godo wrote: In trying to configure iceweasel to do the same (iceweasel defaults to opening evolution, which I understand to be much the same as microsoft outlook), I open the iceweasel Edit -> Preferences -> Applications -> mailto option, and it displays the options "Use Gmail", Use Yahoo! Mail", "Always ask", and "Use other", which does not give access to iceape mail composer. Hi, I just try than on Squeeze and it works, but trick is that when you browse "Use other" choose iceape (/usr/bin/iceape). -- Bye, Goran Dobosevic That seems to work. Whilst it opens up an iceape browser window with the URL "mailto...", which then opens up an iceape mail compser window, it does work, if not directly. I had previously tried to find iceape using the paths /bin and /sbin, but didn't find it there; the required path was, as you have indicated - /usr/bin/iceape. Thank you for that. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. Unfortunately, after doing that, and opening iceweasel browser windows, saving bookmark sets ("Bookmark all tabs" in window), then closing windows, when I got down to three open windows, iceweasel froze, and then I did a Lock Screen, but I could not restore the login session, and now the computer will not boot into Debian - it seems that the change to iceweasel, broke the Debian installation. I get hard drive errors, then a final error something like "No processes running", and the system hangs. I do not know how to access the error messages log file, from outside the operating system; from Ubuntu, "ls: cannot access /dev/sda5/var: Not a directory" I have booted into Ubuntu, and ran fsck on the partition, and it shows as clean, reagrdless opf the inode errors and processes loading too fast, that show in the last screen of the boot messages that are displayed on the screen. But, the installation of Debian now seems to be destroyed. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/alpine.deb.1.10.1003012310550.5...@bretnewworkstation.busby.net
Re: Why doesn't iceweasel work with iceape - solution broke system (?)
On Mon, 1 Mar 2010, Bret Busby wrote: On Sun, 28 Feb 2010, Bret Busby wrote: On Sun, 28 Feb 2010, godo wrote: In trying to configure iceweasel to do the same (iceweasel defaults to opening evolution, which I understand to be much the same as microsoft outlook), I open the iceweasel Edit -> Preferences -> Applications -> mailto option, and it displays the options "Use Gmail", Use Yahoo! Mail", "Always ask", and "Use other", which does not give access to iceape mail composer. Hi, I just try than on Squeeze and it works, but trick is that when you browse "Use other" choose iceape (/usr/bin/iceape). -- Bye, Goran Dobosevic That seems to work. Whilst it opens up an iceape browser window with the URL "mailto...", which then opens up an iceape mail compser window, it does work, if not directly. I had previously tried to find iceape using the paths /bin and /sbin, but didn't find it there; the required path was, as you have indicated - /usr/bin/iceape. Thank you for that. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. Unfortunately, after doing that, and opening iceweasel browser windows, saving bookmark sets ("Bookmark all tabs" in window), then closing windows, when I got down to three open windows, iceweasel froze, and then I did a Lock Screen, but I could not restore the login session, and now the computer will not boot into Debian - it seems that the change to iceweasel, broke the Debian installation. I get hard drive errors, then a final error something like "No processes running", and the system hangs. I do not know how to access the error messages log file, from outside the operating system; from Ubuntu, "ls: cannot access /dev/sda5/var: Not a directory" I have booted into Ubuntu, and ran fsck on the partition, and it shows as clean, reagrdless opf the inode errors and processes loading too fast, that show in the last screen of the boot messages that are displayed on the screen. But, the installation of Debian now seems to be destroyed. In looking at a posting on the Debian laptop list, it could be that it is that Xwindows is the cause of the destruction, rather than iceweasel. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/alpine.deb.1.10.1003021310410.9...@bretnewworkstation.busby.net