correct way to set firefox/thunderbird as preferred brower/mail client

[Dexter Ang]

On Sat, 04 Sep 2004 23:19:10 +0100, Mr R A Mercer
<r.a.mercer at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Just installed FC2, I want to use firefox/thunderbird builds from
> mozilla.org but am having problems setting the programs correctly in the
> Preferred Applications preferences.

any particular reason why you didn't  use the rpms provided by
fedora.us? they have proper support for the "Preferred Applications"
settings in gnome.

> set for browser/mail client respectively.
> 
> Clicking on a web link in thunderbird opens in firefox fine as long as
> firefox is not running, if it is I get the Select Profile window
> (similarly for clicking on a mailto link in firefox).
> 
> How can I get it so that the respective link opens as expected whether
> or not firefox/thunderbird is running?

i believe this is a known bug in mozilla apps. i forget who, but
someone hacked a way through the firefox and thunderbird scripts in
fedora.us to get this to work correctly.

try using the rpms in fedora.us. they work very well with gnome in FC2.

dex