Synopsis: -------- A 2-minute recipe for getting Firefox to handle 'freenet:'-style URLs, so that mainstream web pages can link to freesite pages without worrying about fproxy access specifics.
Purpose: ------- Allow mainstream websites to contain abstracted freenet links such as: <a href="freenet:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">hot freenet stuff here</a> without needing to prefix the href with fproxy address details, such as: 'href="http://localhost:8888/[EMAIL PROTECTED]"'. This can be valuable, since many users don't have their fproxy on localhost:8888 (myself for instance, since i run my freenet node on a headless server on the other side of my LAN). For such users, links on mainstream websites with 'href="http://localhost:8888";' will be broken. This recipe allows the specifics of fproxy access to be buried within firefox. Procedure: --------- 1) Stick the following script somewhere in your system: #!/bin/sh /path/to/firefox -remote "openURL(http://localhost:8888/$1)" Call it (say) /usr/local/bin/firefox_freenet (we'll refer to the path later on) If your fproxy is not on 'localhost:8888', change accordingly. If you're still in the Redmond Prison, use instead the script: c:\pathto\firefox.exe -remote "openURL(http://localhost:8888/%1)" and write this into a .BAT file somewhere on your disk, say, c:\freenet\firefox_freenet.bat 2) Within firefox, type into the address bar 'about:config' 3) within the displayed pane, do: (i) right-click, New, String. For preference name, enter: network.protocol-handler.app.freenet And for value, enter: /usr/local/bin/firefox_freenet (in windows hell, enter c:\firefox\firefox_freenet.BAT) (ii) right-click, New, Boolean For preference name, enter: network.protocol-handler.external.freenet And for value, enter: true (iii) right-click, New, Boolean For preference name, enter: network.protocol-handler.warn-external.freenet And for value, enter: false You're done. Test it out by entering into your firefox address bar the URL: freenet:[EMAIL PROTECTED],3ocfrqgUMVWA2PeorZx40TW0c-FiIOL-TWKQHoDbVdE,AQABAAE/Index/25/ -- Cheers David _______________________________________________ chat mailing list chat@freenetproject.org Archived: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.general Unsubscribe at http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/chat Or mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
