Jeremy Huntwork wrote these words on 01/23/06 20:47 CST:

> I do realize that it's difficult. I readily admit that in the LFS world,
> you do more of that work than I do, but I have done several textual
> edits on LFS and Cross-LFS.

For example, I entered this text into the Thunderbird instructions
today. This stuff doesn't come easy to me, as I worry too much about
it being "just right". It took a bit of time. I don't think everyone
realizes how much time it actually takes to do this stuff. Anyway,
here's the text:

No specific configuration is required as long as the thunderbird  script is in 
the user's path. If
Thunderbird is installed in a non-standard location, then make a symlink to the 
thunderbird script
in the /usr/bin directory.

If you don't have privileges to install extensions globally, or you prefer to 
not install global
extensions, you can configure Thunderbird on an individual user basis for 
access to extensions. For
example, if you built the Enigmail extension and did not install it globally, 
it can be installed on
an as-needed basis for each user of the system who may use Thunderbird. It is 
accomplished through
the Thunderbird “Tools” menu. Choose the “Extensions” – “Install” option and 
fill in the “Look in:”
field with /usr/lib/thunderbird-1.5/xpi_store. You'll then see the 
enigmail-0.94.0-linux-????.xpi
file listed. Choose this file and click on “Open”, then click on “Install now”. 
The Enigmail
extension will install and you will be prompted to restart Thunderbird.

If your Window or Desktop Manager does not allow you to configure a default 
browser, you can add a
configuration parameter to Thunderbird so that a browser will start when when 
you click on an
Internet/intranet/local URL. The procedure to check or modify any of the 
configuration parameters is
quite simple and the instructions here can be used to view or modify any of the 
parameters.

First, open the configuration dialog by opening the “Edit” drop-down menu. 
Choose “Preferences” and
then click on the “Advanced” icon on the top menu bar. Choose the “General” tab 
and click on the
“Config Editor” button. This will display a list of the configuration 
preferences and information
related to each one. You can use the “Filter:” bar to enter search criteria and 
narrow down the
listed items. Changing a preference can be done using two methods. One, if the 
preference has a
boolean value (True/False), simply double-click on the preference to toggle the 
value and two, for
other preferences simply right-click on the desired line, choose “Modify” from 
the menu and change
the value. Creating new preference items is accomplished in the same way, 
except choose “New” from
the menu and provide the desired data into the fields when prompted.

The configuration preference item you need to check so that Thunderbird uses a 
specified browser is
the network.protocol-handler.app.http which should be set to the path of the 
desired browser, e.g.,
/usr/bin/firefox.

-- 
Randy

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