[users] [Fwd: sending email attachment from writer tries to open new instance of thunderbird]

2005-10-25 Thread Brian Carey
2.0 on slackware (rpm2tgz worked quite nicely ;) I have selected thunderbird as my email client. When I try to send a mail via File->Send->email attachment everything works fine if tbird is not already running. If it is running I get the "select a different profile" dialog from thunderbird, wh

Re: [users] [Fwd: sending email attachment from writer tries to open new instance of thunderbird]

2005-10-26 Thread CPHennessy
On Tue October 25 2005 23:15, Brian Carey wrote: > 2.0 on slackware (rpm2tgz worked quite nicely ;) > > I have selected thunderbird as my email client. When I try to send a > mail via File->Send->email attachment everything works fine if tbird is > not already running. If it is running I get the "s

Re: [users] [Fwd: sending email attachment from writer tries to open new instance of thunderbird]

2005-10-27 Thread Matthew Stier
You need to create a, or modify your,  Thunderbird startup script to change: -compose attachment=file:///var/tmp/svga3.tmp/noname2.odt into -remote 'xfeDoCommand(composeMessage,attachment=file:///var/tmp/svga3.tmp/noname2.odt)' if an already running version of Thunderbird exists. Brian

Re: [users] [Fwd: sending email attachment from writer tries to open new instance of thunderbird]

2005-10-27 Thread Brian Carey
CPHennessy wrote: On Tue October 25 2005 23:15, Brian Carey wrote: 2.0 on slackware (rpm2tgz worked quite nicely ;) I have selected thunderbird as my email client. When I try to send a mail via File->Send->email attachment everything works fine if tbird is not already running. If it is runn

Re: [users] [Fwd: sending email attachment from writer tries to open new instance of thunderbird]

2005-10-27 Thread Brian Carey
Where should I put the script, and what do I call it? This is not a general problem on my system, as only OpenOffice fails to notice when tbird is already running. OO works correctly with kmail and mozilla. Tbird works correctly from eg. the console. Is the file-name in your example signific

Re: [users] [Fwd: sending email attachment from writer tries to open new instance of thunderbird]

2005-10-27 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Thu, 2005-10-27 at 16:48 -0600, Brian Carey wrote: > CPHennessy wrote: > > >On Tue October 25 2005 23:15, Brian Carey wrote: > > > > > >>2.0 on slackware (rpm2tgz worked quite nicely ;) > >> > >>I have selected thunderbird as my email client. When I try to send a > >>mail via File->Send->emai

Re: [users] [Fwd: sending email attachment from writer tries to open new instance of thunderbird]

2005-10-27 Thread Brian Carey
I have found /opt/openoffice.org2.0/program/senddoc but it is a shell script not an xml file. It seems to treat thunderbird the same as mozilla, and mozilla behaves properly (as does kmail). Thanks, Brian Brian Carey wrote: CPHennessy wrote: On Tue October 25 2005 23:15, Brian Carey wrote

Re: [users] [Fwd: sending email attachment from writer tries to open new instance of thunderbird]

2005-10-27 Thread Brian Carey
G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Thu, 2005-10-27 at 16:48 -0600, Brian Carey wrote: CPHennessy wrote: On Tue October 25 2005 23:15, Brian Carey wrote: 2.0 on slackware (rpm2tgz worked quite nicely ;) I have selected thunderbird as my email client. When I try to send a mail v

Re: [users] [Fwd: sending email attachment from writer tries to open new instance of thunderbird]

2005-10-27 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Thu, 2005-10-27 at 17:23 -0600, Brian Carey wrote: > G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > > >On Thu, 2005-10-27 at 16:48 -0600, Brian Carey wrote: > > > > > >>CPHennessy wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>On Tue October 25 2005 23:15, Brian Carey wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > 2.0 on slack

Re: [users] [Fwd: sending email attachment from writer tries to open new instance of thunderbird]

2005-10-28 Thread Brian Carey
G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Thu, 2005-10-27 at 17:23 -0600, Brian Carey wrote: G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Thu, 2005-10-27 at 16:48 -0600, Brian Carey wrote: CPHennessy wrote: On Tue October 25 2005 23:15, Brian Carey wrote: 2.0 on

Re: [users] [Fwd: sending email attachment from writer tries to open new instance of thunderbird]

2005-10-28 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Fri, 2005-10-28 at 09:15 -0600, Brian Carey wrote: > G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > > >On Thu, 2005-10-27 at 17:23 -0600, Brian Carey wrote: > > > > > >>G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>On Thu, 2005-10-27 at 16:48 -0600, Brian Carey wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> >

Re: [users] [Fwd: sending email attachment from writer tries to open new instance of thunderbird]

2005-10-28 Thread Brian Carey
G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Fri, 2005-10-28 at 09:15 -0600, Brian Carey wrote: G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Thu, 2005-10-27 at 17:23 -0600, Brian Carey wrote: G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Thu, 2005-10-27 at 16:48 -0600, Brian Carey wrote:

Re: [users] [Fwd: sending email attachment from writer tries to open new instance of thunderbird]

2005-10-28 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Fri, 2005-10-28 at 10:58 -0600, Brian Carey wrote: > G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > > >On Fri, 2005-10-28 at 09:15 -0600, Brian Carey wrote: > > > > > >>G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>On Thu, 2005-10-27 at 17:23 -0600, Brian Carey wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> >

Re: [users] [Fwd: sending email attachment from writer tries to open new instance of thunderbird]

2005-10-28 Thread Matthew Stier
Blame it on the Mozilla group. Their startup scripts assume that if you start it when one instance already exists, that you must want to invoke a new session (profile), rather than manipulate the current running session, as you, and most other people, would want. Since Mozilla hasn't done it

Re: [users] [Fwd: sending email attachment from writer tries to open new instance of thunderbird]

2005-10-28 Thread Brian Carey
G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Fri, 2005-10-28 at 10:58 -0600, Brian Carey wrote: G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Fri, 2005-10-28 at 09:15 -0600, Brian Carey wrote: G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Thu, 2005-10-27 at 17:23 -0600, Brian Carey wrote:

Re: [users] [Fwd: sending email attachment from writer tries to open new instance of thunderbird]

2005-10-28 Thread Brian Carey
I created this file, but when I invoke it from OO I get "could not find a working email application" or some such. Running from the command line gives: /usr/bin/thunderbird: line 164: [: too many arguments /usr/bin/thunderbird: line 164: [: too many arguments Brian Matthew Stier wrote: Blam