[CS-FSLUG] Firefox and Thunderbird

[Ed Hurst]

Timothy R. Butler wrote:
> Hi,
>    I installed the latest Mozilla.org builds of Firefox and Thunderbird 
> on a Mandrake Linux system running GNOME 2.4.x a short time ago. Here's 
> the problem: when Thunderbird attempts to open a web link, Firefox 
> starts a separate process and thus tries to get the user to switch 
> profiles (since the main one is already in use). Any ideas on how to 
> get Thunderbird to send the URL to the already open Firefox process 
> rather than starting a new one?

As I understand, it's a pretty convoluted process. The most elegant 
solution I saw so far is a script that captures the click, but I would 
have to hunt for that. Frankly, I read it's something they plan to 
fix... eventually.

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Ed Hurst
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