Thunderbird on Slint

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Thu Jul 22 15:33:47 UTC 2021


Thanks!


Al


On 7/22/21 11:23 AM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> Hi Al,
>
> quick answer: after each upgrade.
> This is:  thunderbird -P --allow-downgrade (mind the capital P)
>
> Cheers,
> Didier
>
> Le 22/07/2021 à 16:57, Linux for blind general discussion a écrit :
>> Hi, Didier.
>>
>>
>> Quick question:  since I installed a version of Thunderbird according 
>> to the instructions you linked to last week, do I still need to use 
>> "-p allow-downgrade" to bring it up after a new install?  (I hope I 
>> wrote that right, as I did it from memory.)
>>
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>>
>> Al
>>
>>
>> On 7/21/21 3:57 AM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>>> Hi Brandt,
>>>
>>> short answer:
>>> http://slackware.uk/slint/x86_64/slint-14.2.1/testing/README
>>>
>>> Discard the comment about Speech Dispatcher, a fairly recent
>>> one is     already in Slint.
>>>
>>> More:
>>> https://slint.fr/doc/
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Didier
>>> -- 
>>> Didier Spaier
>>>
>>> Le 21/07/2021 à 08:53, Linux for blind general discussion a écrit :
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I just checked the version of Thunderbird in slint, and I saw it is 
>>>> about 10 versions out of date. Is there a way to get a newer 
>>>> version of the software? I know, I can probably get it from github, 
>>>> but I must admit, it is not my favorite way of installing software.
>
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