[CS-FSLUG] Firefox and Thunderbird
Ed Hurst
softedges at tconline.net
Sat Sep 4 18:30:09 CDT 2004
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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