On 11/23/2010 11:56 AM, Michael Lueck wrote: > NoOp wrote: >> 2. What if your preferred email application were something other >> than SeaMonkey? You'd set your email preferences as above only use >> the path to that particular email client. > > Then what caused SeaMonkey to get added to the Gnome Preferred > Applications list (with the wrong switches) in the first place?
Not sure, but perhaps you can ask on: http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=251 > > I had been using Thunderbird up until I installed SeaMonkey. > Thunderbird was handling the mailto: links correctly. And did you also install via Ubuntuzilla? If so, what was the switch? > > At that time, SeaMonkey was not in the list. After I instilled > SeaMonkey, it was there, just the switches were incorrect. > > What ever adds SeaMonkey to the list of Gnome Preferred Applications, > THAT needs to be updated to use the correct switches. Possibly. I typically run SeaMonkey from a /home folder, so I've not run into this problem previously. I just use 'Custom' and insert the path & -compose %s or simply %s (the latter works just fine). However I do note that the SeaMonkey2 build from Joe also includes the '-mail' switch, so I'll ask him. The there *is* something in the build configurations that sets this as '-mail' default, then *perhaps* there is an issue. Unfortunately it would/will be most hard to debug as you'd have to query all those that built .deb packages from source. If you look at the link I previously referenced, you'll find that the '-mail' switch is proper for opening the mail client. The issue is pehaps that the '-mail' command does not recognise/honor the "%s" (see the GNOME desktop reference guide/docs for this). Again, that wouldn't be a SeaMonkey issue as the reference clearly states: -mail mailto_URL Start the Compose Message window for the given mailto_URL Thunderbird only. thunderbird -mail mailto:m...@isp.net?subject=hi As you can see, that (possibly) only works in Thunderbird. For SeaMonkey you'd need to use: ./seamonkey -compose mailto:m...@isp.net?subject=hi and that works just fine. Have a look at: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Default_mail_client http://kb.mozillazine.org/Default_mail_client#Linux_-_Gnome for methods to configure your desktop. Change your System|Preferences|Preferred Applications|Mail Reader|Custom| to include the path to SeaMonkey (if installed in a /home folder) or simply: 'seamonkey %s' or 'seamonkey -compose %s' if you've installed to the system (via Ubuntuzilla or otherwise). If you do not require SeaMonkey to be available for all users on your system I *highly* recommend just installing to a /home folder and running from there. You'll find that doing so is considerably easier & safer. > > I would think that something in the SeaMonkey installation process > adds SeaMonkey to the Preferred Applications list. Thus why I started > with a bug against SeaMonkey. Perhaps. But again you'd need to check with whoever built the .deb packages to be certain. Is it a SeaMonkey bug, or is it a problem with how the package was built? Regarding your other post: >> > were it >> > not for the fact that the Ubuntu SeaMonkey maintainers can't seem to get >> > their act together and still haven't backported the lucid fixes yet: >> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/seamonkey/+bug/575160 >> > [seamonkey 2.0 crashes with 'RenderBadPicture' diagnostics] > Why would you suggest all of that grief over simply using the official > Mozilla binaries via UbuntuZilla?!!?!? You obviously missed (and cut): > I'd recommend that you just install via your distro repository were it > not for the fact that the Ubuntu SeaMonkey maintainers can't seem to get > their act together and still haven't backported the lucid fixes yet: I *don't* recommend that you install your distro version for the very reasons mentioned in: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/seamonkey/+bug/575160 I do however recommend that you use Joe's PPA (or install directly to a /home folder) rather than Ubuntuzilla. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
