This issue annoys me, so I searched for a workaround which I found :)
In Icecat go to about:preferences -> General -> Applications (only a
header): Set mailto to `Use other` and set it to
`/run/current-system/profile/bin/icedove`.
$ grep mailto
If I click the reply via email button in Icecat, it switches to icedove
but does not open a reply email at all.
In ungoogled-chromium, it opens up a blank reply email, failing to fill
the To, CC, Subject with anything.
If I click the equivalent mailto link on the issues page in Icecat, its
Hello Danny,
Danny Milosavljevic writes:
[...]
> Checking the application preferences of icecat, it only gives "always
> ask" (note: it doesn't ask) and not an application for "mailto". (in
> GuixSD)
Testing in latest IceCat, there's a 'Use other...' entry in the mailto
applications
> Unless I misunderstood what you mean: this already exists. On the page
> you linked to above look for “reply via email to”. It’s followed by a
> button. When you click on it you get a “mailto”-Link.
Whoops. I should have read the page better.
However, clicking on that button in icecat does