Re: New firefox isn't working

[Adam Wilson]

On Fri, 25 Mar 2016 21:13:27 -0400
Gene Heskett  wrote:

> On Friday 25 March 2016 18:48:36 Tom Browder wrote:
> 
> > On Friday, March 25, 2016, Gene Heskett  wrote:
> > > Greetings all;
> > > ...
> > >
> > >
> > > Is this my fault, or firefox?  If my fault, how do I fix it?
> >
> > I can't help you at the moment, Gene, I have pretty much boycotted
> > Firefox. But I want you to know I enjoyed your web site and totally
> > concur with your opinions--may God save our nation!
> >
> > If I were a Facebook user I would "like" your post.
> >
> > Cheers from another old-timer!
> >
> > -Tom
> 
> Thanks Tom.  Its hell for an old fart who can still remember his 
> grandfathers tears the night of Dec 7, 1941.  Tears because he knew we 
> would declare war.
> 
> And I believe thats the last war we fully intended to win.

What do you mean by this? Are you saying the US wasn't trying to win in 
Vietnam? In Iraq? In East Timor? In Afghanistan?

I will concede the Bay of Pigs though.


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Re: New firefox isn't working

[Adam Wilson]

On Fri, 25 Mar 2016 17:48:36 -0500
Tom Browder  wrote:

> On Friday, March 25, 2016, Gene Heskett  wrote:
> 
> > Greetings all;
> > ...
> 
> 
> > Is this my fault, or firefox?  If my fault, how do I fix it?
> 
> 
> I can't help you at the moment, Gene, I have pretty much boycotted Firefox.

Why?

> But I want you to know I enjoyed your web site and totally concur with your
> opinions--may God save our nation!

Who is this "God" of which you speak? I am afraid I am unfamiliar with her.

> If I were a Facebook user I would "like" your post.

*used


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Re: New firefox isn't working

[Gene Heskett]

On Saturday 26 March 2016 20:13:34 Eike Lantzsch wrote:

> On Saturday 26 March 2016 18:18:05 Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > On Saturday 26 March 2016 17:47:17 Gene Heskett wrote:
> > > On Saturday 26 March 2016 13:05:55 Eike Lantzsch wrote:
> > > > On Friday 25 March 2016 11:40:10 Gene Heskett wrote:
> > > > > Greetings all;
> > > > >
> > > > > The reason is that it treats every clicked on link in an
> > > > > email, into a download of the site, which kills lots of time,
> > > > > and the subsequent display of the site by showing the
> > > > > file://tmp/somehashnumber it has downloaded in the address
> > > > > titlebar.
> > > > >
> > > > > Is this my fault, or firefox?  If my fault, how do I fix it?
> > > > >
> > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett
> > > >
> > > > Gene,
> > > > as you seem to use kmail in System Settings / Default
> > > > Applications / Web Browser enter
> > > > "firefox -new-tab $1"
> > > > Provided you want the link to appear in a new tab instead of a
> > > > new window
> > > >
> > > > How does that go?
> > > >
> > > > Cheers
> > > > Eike
> > >
> > > Works a treat, thank you Eike.
> >
> > Where did you find it?
> >
> > Lisi
>
> OK, fired up a Jessie VM and installed TDE-Trinity
>
> I think:
>
> Trinity Control Center
>  TDE Components
>  Default Applications
>  Web Browser
>  x in the following browser
>  firefox -new-tab $1
>
> I didn't bother to install Firefox within the VM, however.
> So Gene ought to know better than I do ...
>
> Eike

Except I am not running any VM's, just quasi-stock wheezy with additions, 
mostly from the wheezy repo's except for the linuxcnc stuffs.  The above 
command line addition in defaults works fine now.

Cheers, Gene Heskett
-- 
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
Genes Web page 

Re: New firefox isn't working

[Eike Lantzsch]

On Saturday 26 March 2016 18:18:05 Lisi Reisz wrote:
> On Saturday 26 March 2016 17:47:17 Gene Heskett wrote:
> > On Saturday 26 March 2016 13:05:55 Eike Lantzsch wrote:
> > > On Friday 25 March 2016 11:40:10 Gene Heskett wrote:
> > > > Greetings all;
> > > > 
> > > > The reason is that it treats every clicked on link in an email, into
> > > > a download of the site, which kills lots of time, and the subsequent
> > > > display of the site by showing the file://tmp/somehashnumber it has
> > > > downloaded in the address titlebar.
> > > > 
> > > > Is this my fault, or firefox?  If my fault, how do I fix it?
> > > > 
> > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett
> > > 
> > > Gene,
> > > as you seem to use kmail in System Settings / Default Applications /
> > > Web Browser enter
> > > "firefox -new-tab $1"
> > > Provided you want the link to appear in a new tab instead of a new
> > > window
> > > 
> > > How does that go?
> > > 
> > > Cheers
> > > Eike
> > 
> > Works a treat, thank you Eike.
> 
> Where did you find it?
> 
> Lisi

OK, fired up a Jessie VM and installed TDE-Trinity

I think:

Trinity Control Center
 TDE Components
 Default Applications
 Web Browser
 x in the following browser
 firefox -new-tab $1

I didn't bother to install Firefox within the VM, however.
So Gene ought to know better than I do ...

Eike

Re: New firefox isn't working

[Eike Lantzsch]

On Saturday 26 March 2016 18:18:05 Lisi Reisz wrote:
> On Saturday 26 March 2016 17:47:17 Gene Heskett wrote:
> > On Saturday 26 March 2016 13:05:55 Eike Lantzsch wrote:
> > > On Friday 25 March 2016 11:40:10 Gene Heskett wrote:
> > > > Greetings all;
> > > > 
> > > > The reason is that it treats every clicked on link in an email, into
> > > > a download of the site, which kills lots of time, and the subsequent
> > > > display of the site by showing the file://tmp/somehashnumber it has
> > > > downloaded in the address titlebar.
> > > > 
> > > > Is this my fault, or firefox?  If my fault, how do I fix it?
> > > > 
> > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett
> > > 
> > > Gene,
> > > as you seem to use kmail in System Settings / Default Applications /
> > > Web Browser enter
> > > "firefox -new-tab $1"
> > > Provided you want the link to appear in a new tab instead of a new
> > > window
> > > 
> > > How does that go?
> > > 
> > > Cheers
> > > Eike
> > 
> > Works a treat, thank you Eike.
> 
> Where did you find it?
> 
> Lisi
Me?

I had a similar problem as Gene did. Since the Debian switch from iceweasel to 
firefox I always copied the URL and then pasted/go into the URL field. That was 
inconvenient.
man firefox
And since Gene's e-mail header mentions kmail as his e-mail client I thought 
he must be using KDE same as I. Looking in Kmail setup did not come up with 
any mention of a browser. Jörg-Volker's hint didn't work either for me [thank 
you anyway] so I looked into the KDE System Settings. Browser is an 
application, no?
So under "Applications" I found "Web Browser" - it was still set to "iceweasel 
$1" so voila.

Have a nice day/night
Eike
-- 
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Casilla de Correo 13005
1749 Asuncion / Paraguay

It's is not, it isn't ain't, and it's it's, not its, if you mean it
is. If you don't, it's its. Then too, it's hers. It isn't her's. It
isn't our's either. It's ours, and likewise yours and theirs.
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Re: New firefox isn't working

[Lisi Reisz]

On Saturday 26 March 2016 17:47:17 Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Saturday 26 March 2016 13:05:55 Eike Lantzsch wrote:
> > On Friday 25 March 2016 11:40:10 Gene Heskett wrote:
> > > Greetings all;
> > >
> > > The reason is that it treats every clicked on link in an email, into
> > > a download of the site, which kills lots of time, and the subsequent
> > > display of the site by showing the file://tmp/somehashnumber it has
> > > downloaded in the address titlebar.
> > >
> > > Is this my fault, or firefox?  If my fault, how do I fix it?
> > >
> > > Cheers, Gene Heskett
> >
> > Gene,
> > as you seem to use kmail in System Settings / Default Applications /
> > Web Browser enter
> > "firefox -new-tab $1"
> > Provided you want the link to appear in a new tab instead of a new
> > window
> >
> > How does that go?
> >
> > Cheers
> > Eike
>
> Works a treat, thank you Eike.

Where did you find it?

Lisi

Re: New firefox isn't working

[Gene Heskett]

On Saturday 26 March 2016 13:05:55 Eike Lantzsch wrote:

> On Friday 25 March 2016 11:40:10 Gene Heskett wrote:
> > Greetings all;
> >
> > The reason is that it treats every clicked on link in an email, into
> > a download of the site, which kills lots of time, and the subsequent
> > display of the site by showing the file://tmp/somehashnumber it has
> > downloaded in the address titlebar.
> >
> > Is this my fault, or firefox?  If my fault, how do I fix it?
> >
> > Cheers, Gene Heskett
>
> Gene,
> as you seem to use kmail in System Settings / Default Applications /
> Web Browser enter
> "firefox -new-tab $1"
> Provided you want the link to appear in a new tab instead of a new
> window
>
> How does that go?
>
> Cheers
> Eike

Works a treat, thank you Eike.

Cheers, Gene Heskett
-- 
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
Genes Web page 

Re: New firefox isn't working

[Gene Heskett]

On Saturday 26 March 2016 12:20:40 Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote:

> Gene Heskett wrote on 03/25/16 16:40:
> > Greetings all;
> >
> > The reason is that it treats every clicked on link in an email, into
> > a download of the site, which kills lots of time, and the subsequent
> > display of the site by showing the file://tmp/somehashnumber it has
> > downloaded in the address titlebar.
> >
> > Is this my fault, or firefox?  If my fault, how do I fix it?
> >
> > Cheers, Gene Heskett
>
> It may depend on which mail tool you use. In icedove/thunderbird I'd
> take a look at Edit -> Preferences -> Attachments -> Incoming and
> check what is configured there for http, https, ftp, file. In my case
> the Action is "Use x-www-browser". And /etc/alternatives/x-www-browser
> is a link to /usr/bin/firefox .
>
> Regards,
> jvp.

How about kmail, 1.9.10, I am using trinity R14.0.3 ATM, and cannot find 
such a configuration item.

Thanks.

Cheers, Gene Heskett
-- 
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
Genes Web page 

Re: New firefox isn't working

[Eike Lantzsch]

On Friday 25 March 2016 11:40:10 Gene Heskett wrote:
> Greetings all;
> 
> The reason is that it treats every clicked on link in an email, into a
> download of the site, which kills lots of time, and the subsequent
> display of the site by showing the file://tmp/somehashnumber it has
> downloaded in the address titlebar.
> 
> Is this my fault, or firefox?  If my fault, how do I fix it?
> 
> Cheers, Gene Heskett

Gene,
as you seem to use kmail in System Settings / Default Applications / Web 
Browser enter
"firefox -new-tab $1"
Provided you want the link to appear in a new tab instead of a new window

How does that go?

Cheers
Eike

Re: New firefox isn't working

[Jörg-Volker Peetz]

Gene Heskett wrote on 03/25/16 16:40:
> Greetings all;
> 
> The reason is that it treats every clicked on link in an email, into a 
> download of the site, which kills lots of time, and the subsequent 
> display of the site by showing the file://tmp/somehashnumber it has 
> downloaded in the address titlebar.
> 
> Is this my fault, or firefox?  If my fault, how do I fix it?
> 
> Cheers, Gene Heskett
> 
It may depend on which mail tool you use. In icedove/thunderbird I'd take a look
at Edit -> Preferences -> Attachments -> Incoming and check what is configured
there for http, https, ftp, file. In my case the Action is "Use x-www-browser".
And /etc/alternatives/x-www-browser is a link to /usr/bin/firefox .

Regards,
jvp.

Re: New firefox isn't working

[Gene Heskett]

On Friday 25 March 2016 18:48:36 Tom Browder wrote:

> On Friday, March 25, 2016, Gene Heskett  wrote:
> > Greetings all;
> > ...
> >
> >
> > Is this my fault, or firefox?  If my fault, how do I fix it?
>
> I can't help you at the moment, Gene, I have pretty much boycotted
> Firefox. But I want you to know I enjoyed your web site and totally
> concur with your opinions--may God save our nation!
>
> If I were a Facebook user I would "like" your post.
>
> Cheers from another old-timer!
>
> -Tom

Thanks Tom.  Its hell for an old fart who can still remember his 
grandfathers tears the night of Dec 7, 1941.  Tears because he knew we 
would declare war.

And I believe thats the last war we fully intended to win.  Its all been 
downhill since.

Cheers, Gene Heskett
-- 
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
Genes Web page 

Re: New firefox isn't working

[Lisi Reisz]

On Friday 25 March 2016 22:48:36 Tom Browder wrote:
> totally concur with your
> opinions--may God save our nation!

Please can we keep disagreements and comments on religion and politics off 
this site.  The two of them sully so much of the world.  Let's keep this area 
free of them.

Lisi

Re: New firefox isn't working

[Tom Browder]

On Friday, March 25, 2016, Gene Heskett  wrote:

> Greetings all;
> ...


> Is this my fault, or firefox?  If my fault, how do I fix it?


I can't help you at the moment, Gene, I have pretty much boycotted Firefox.
But I want you to know I enjoyed your web site and totally concur with your
opinions--may God save our nation!

If I were a Facebook user I would "like" your post.

Cheers from another old-timer!

-Tom

New firefox isn't working

[Gene Heskett]

Greetings all;

The reason is that it treats every clicked on link in an email, into a 
download of the site, which kills lots of time, and the subsequent 
display of the site by showing the file://tmp/somehashnumber it has 
downloaded in the address titlebar.

Is this my fault, or firefox?  If my fault, how do I fix it?

Cheers, Gene Heskett
-- 
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
Genes Web page