On 3/31/2018 6:49 PM, cmcadams wrote:
> David E. Ross wrote:
>> On 3/31/2018 11:23 AM, EE wrote:
>>> cmcadams wrote:
>>>> Trying a user.js didn't work.
>>>>
>>>> prefs.js didn't wish to be changed...tried both Windows 7 Notepad and
>>>> DOS Edit, but evidently didn't know the right save options, because
>>>> after running SM the new entry disappeared. Rejected by SM, I suppose.
>>>
>>> If an entry into user.js is not recognized by SeaMonkey as being valid,
>>> it will not appear in about:config. This includes errors in syntax in
>>> the setting, and also settings that are simply not recognized. The
>>> format for entries in user.js is the same as that for prefs.js.
>>>
>>
>> To check whether SeaMonkey loaded all of user.js into prefs.js
>> successfully, insert
>> user_pref("00_user.js.loaded", "user.js load failed");
>> as the very first line of user.js and
>> user_pref("00_user.js.loaded", "yes");
>> as the very last line of user.js, all with SeaMonkey not running. Note
>> that the semicolon (;) is required.
>>
>> Then, launch SeaMonkey and enter about:config in the address area (URI
>> bar). You should see
>> 00_user.js.loaded user set string yes
>> if the entire user.js file was okay. If there was a problem, you will
>> instead see
>> 00_user.js.loaded user set string user.js load failed
>>
>> This also works with Thunderbird and should work (but I have not tested
>> it) with Firefox.
>>
>
> Thank you, I've saved this.
>
> Does anyone know for certain which Windows programs will work to edit and
> save SM
> config files? And with what settings? Are they ASCII? ANSI? I figured that's
> where I
> went wrong, trying to edit prefs.js.
>
The prefs.js file is plain ASCII text. Unlike Daniel, I prefer always
using Wordpad. I even set Wordpad as the default appplication for when
I select "Edit" on the context menu for all .js files.
--
David E. Ross
<http://www.rossde.com/>
First you say you do, and then you don't.
And then you say you will, but then won't.
You're undecided now, so what're you goin' to do?
From a 1950s song
That should be Donald Trump's theme song. He obviously
does not understand "commitment", whether it is about
policy or marriage.
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