Re: about:config can I delete some entries
On 2021-02-16 12:59 p.m., Ray Davison wrote: Danny Kile wrote: About:config can I delete some entries? The preferred way to make a new entry is to create a USER.JS file. That way you can add anything you want without any fear of damage to PREFS.JS. Preferred by whom? :) -- Newsgroup moderator ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: about:config can I delete some entries
rodney wrote on 17/2/21 7:42 am: Daniel wrote: David E. Ross wrote on 16/2/21 6:28 am: On 2/14/2021 12:39 PM, rodney wrote: David E. Ross wrote: On 2/14/2021 10:05 AM, Danny Kile wrote: About:config can I delete some entries? I was in about:config making a new entry. I then scrolled thru the complete file and I saw some some old printer settings a printed that I have not had for may years. There where 150 entries for that printer that no longer in use. The entry are like this "print.printer_HP_Photosmart_C6200_IP.print_bgcolor ;false", and print.print_printer;HP Photosmart C6200 series, can I just delete them? And if I can delete them how do I go about it, I see that you can modify, copy, or create new but no delete. Thank all for you input on this, Danny One of the menu options on an about:config entry is Reset. You will not see the entry disappear when you use that option. In many cases, however, the entry will disappear when you terminate SeaMonkey. Unfortunately, you have to reset each entry one at a time. A better way is to delete the old entries in pref.js. Do this when SeaMonkey is closed. Use Notepad or similar editor such as Komodo edit. Don't use Microsoft's script editor or Word. If you're uncomfortable do this, make a backup copy. With 40+ years of experience, first as a programmer and then as a software tester, I am far more comfortable using programmed capabilities within a program (e.g., about:config) than tweaking raw data (e.g., prefs.js). Not in this case but in others, tweaking raw data might bypass necessary housekeeping that would be done though programmed capabilities. Hmm! I always thought "about:config" and "prefs.js" were just two different ways to see, basically, the same information, one with-in the program, one outside the program. Am I wrong?? Yes, pref.js is all the non-default preference. Ah!! O.K., then! Must fix my memory one day!! ;-P -- Daniel User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 SeaMonkey/2.53.5.1 Build identifier: 20201115194905 User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 SeaMonkey/2.53.6 Build identifier: 20210118013008 ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: about:config can I delete some entries
Daniel wrote: David E. Ross wrote on 16/2/21 6:28 am: On 2/14/2021 12:39 PM, rodney wrote: David E. Ross wrote: On 2/14/2021 10:05 AM, Danny Kile wrote: About:config can I delete some entries? I was in about:config making a new entry. I then scrolled thru the complete file and I saw some some old printer settings a printed that I have not had for may years. There where 150 entries for that printer that no longer in use. The entry are like this "print.printer_HP_Photosmart_C6200_IP.print_bgcolor ;false", and print.print_printer;HP Photosmart C6200 series, can I just delete them? And if I can delete them how do I go about it, I see that you can modify, copy, or create new but no delete. Thank all for you input on this, Danny One of the menu options on an about:config entry is Reset. You will not see the entry disappear when you use that option. In many cases, however, the entry will disappear when you terminate SeaMonkey. Unfortunately, you have to reset each entry one at a time. A better way is to delete the old entries in pref.js. Do this when SeaMonkey is closed. Use Notepad or similar editor such as Komodo edit. Don't use Microsoft's script editor or Word. If you're uncomfortable do this, make a backup copy. With 40+ years of experience, first as a programmer and then as a software tester, I am far more comfortable using programmed capabilities within a program (e.g., about:config) than tweaking raw data (e.g., prefs.js). Not in this case but in others, tweaking raw data might bypass necessary housekeeping that would be done though programmed capabilities. Hmm! I always thought "about:config" and "prefs.js" were just two different ways to see, basically, the same information, one with-in the program, one outside the program. Am I wrong?? Yes, pref.js is all the non-default preference. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: about:config can I delete some entries
On 2/16/2021 9:59 AM, Ray Davison wrote: > Danny Kile wrote: >> About:config can I delete some entries? > > > The preferred way to make a new entry is to create a USER.JS file. That > way you can add anything you want without any fear of damage to PREFS.JS. > > Ray > Also, you can add comments to user.js. A comment is a line that begins with //. I do this to remind me why I made an entry. -- David E. Ross <http://www.rossde.com/>. The only reason we have so many laws is that not enough people will do the right thing. (© 1997 by David Ross) ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: about:config can I delete some entries
Danny Kile wrote: About:config can I delete some entries? The preferred way to make a new entry is to create a USER.JS file. That way you can add anything you want without any fear of damage to PREFS.JS. Ray ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: about:config can I delete some entries
David E. Ross wrote: On 2/15/2021 11:49 PM, Daniel wrote: David E. Ross wrote on 16/2/21 6:28 am: On 2/14/2021 12:39 PM, rodney wrote: David E. Ross wrote: On 2/14/2021 10:05 AM, Danny Kile wrote: About:config can I delete some entries? I was in about:config making a new entry. I then scrolled thru the complete file and I saw some some old printer settings a printed that I have not had for may years. There where 150 entries for that printer that no longer in use. The entry are like this "print.printer_HP_Photosmart_C6200_IP.print_bgcolor ;false", and print.print_printer;HP Photosmart C6200 series, can I just delete them? And if I can delete them how do I go about it, I see that you can modify, copy, or create new but no delete. Thank all for you input on this, Danny One of the menu options on an about:config entry is Reset. You will not see the entry disappear when you use that option. In many cases, however, the entry will disappear when you terminate SeaMonkey. Unfortunately, you have to reset each entry one at a time. A better way is to delete the old entries in pref.js. Do this when SeaMonkey is closed. Use Notepad or similar editor such as Komodo edit. Don't use Microsoft's script editor or Word. If you're uncomfortable do this, make a backup copy. With 40+ years of experience, first as a programmer and then as a software tester, I am far more comfortable using programmed capabilities within a program (e.g., about:config) than tweaking raw data (e.g., prefs.js). Not in this case but in others, tweaking raw data might bypass necessary housekeeping that would be done though programmed capabilities. Hmm! I always thought "about:config" and "prefs.js" were just two different ways to see, basically, the same information, one with-in the program, one outside the program. Am I wrong?? You SEE the same information. With about:config, however, the software limits you to screwing up only one entry at a time, limited to a small set of actions. Editing prefs.js allows you to screw up a whole bunch of entries all at once, limited only by the capabilities of the text editor you are using. With prefs.js, you see only the settings you changed (or the application changed). With about:config, you see the default settings as well as the altered settings. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: about:config can I delete some entries
On 2/15/2021 11:49 PM, Daniel wrote: > David E. Ross wrote on 16/2/21 6:28 am: >> On 2/14/2021 12:39 PM, rodney wrote: >>> David E. Ross wrote: >>>> On 2/14/2021 10:05 AM, Danny Kile wrote: >>>>> About:config can I delete some entries? I was in about:config making a >>>>> new entry. I then scrolled thru the complete file and I saw some some >>>>> old printer settings a printed that I have not had for may years. There >>>>> where 150 entries for that printer that no longer in use. The entry are >>>>> like this "print.printer_HP_Photosmart_C6200_IP.print_bgcolor ;false", >>>>> and print.print_printer;HP Photosmart C6200 series, can I just delete >>>>> them? And if I can delete them how do I go about it, I see that you can >>>>> modify, copy, or create new but no delete. >>>>> >>>>> Thank all for you input on this, >>>>> >>>>> Danny >>>> >>>> One of the menu options on an about:config entry is Reset. You will not >>>> see the entry disappear when you use that option. In many cases, >>>> however, the entry will disappear when you terminate SeaMonkey. >>>> >>>> Unfortunately, you have to reset each entry one at a time. >>>> >>> A better way is to delete the old entries in pref.js. >>> Do this when SeaMonkey is closed. >>> Use Notepad or similar editor such as Komodo edit. >>> Don't use Microsoft's script editor or Word. >>> If you're uncomfortable do this, make a backup copy. >>> >> >> With 40+ years of experience, first as a programmer and then as a >> software tester, I am far more comfortable using programmed capabilities >> within a program (e.g., about:config) than tweaking raw data (e.g., >> prefs.js). Not in this case but in others, tweaking raw data might >> bypass necessary housekeeping that would be done though programmed >> capabilities. >> > Hmm! I always thought "about:config" and "prefs.js" were just two > different ways to see, basically, the same information, one with-in the > program, one outside the program. > > Am I wrong?? > You SEE the same information. With about:config, however, the software limits you to screwing up only one entry at a time, limited to a small set of actions. Editing prefs.js allows you to screw up a whole bunch of entries all at once, limited only by the capabilities of the text editor you are using. -- David E. Ross <http://www.rossde.com/>. The only reason we have so many laws is that not enough people will do the right thing. (© 1997 by David Ross) ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: about:config can I delete some entries
Daniel wrote: Hmm! I always thought "about:config" and "prefs.js" were just two different ways to see, basically, the same information, one with-in the program, one outside the program. Am I wrong?? -- That's correct, although I think remember that there may be a few settings that are visible only by direct access to prefs.js Smith ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: about:config can I delete some entries
David E. Ross wrote on 16/2/21 6:28 am: On 2/14/2021 12:39 PM, rodney wrote: David E. Ross wrote: On 2/14/2021 10:05 AM, Danny Kile wrote: About:config can I delete some entries? I was in about:config making a new entry. I then scrolled thru the complete file and I saw some some old printer settings a printed that I have not had for may years. There where 150 entries for that printer that no longer in use. The entry are like this "print.printer_HP_Photosmart_C6200_IP.print_bgcolor ;false", and print.print_printer;HP Photosmart C6200 series, can I just delete them? And if I can delete them how do I go about it, I see that you can modify, copy, or create new but no delete. Thank all for you input on this, Danny One of the menu options on an about:config entry is Reset. You will not see the entry disappear when you use that option. In many cases, however, the entry will disappear when you terminate SeaMonkey. Unfortunately, you have to reset each entry one at a time. A better way is to delete the old entries in pref.js. Do this when SeaMonkey is closed. Use Notepad or similar editor such as Komodo edit. Don't use Microsoft's script editor or Word. If you're uncomfortable do this, make a backup copy. With 40+ years of experience, first as a programmer and then as a software tester, I am far more comfortable using programmed capabilities within a program (e.g., about:config) than tweaking raw data (e.g., prefs.js). Not in this case but in others, tweaking raw data might bypass necessary housekeeping that would be done though programmed capabilities. Hmm! I always thought "about:config" and "prefs.js" were just two different ways to see, basically, the same information, one with-in the program, one outside the program. Am I wrong?? -- Daniel User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 SeaMonkey/2.53.5.1 Build identifier: 20201115194905 User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 SeaMonkey/2.53.6 Build identifier: 20210118013008 ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: about:config can I delete some entries
Danny Kile wrote: About:config can I delete some entries? I was in about:config making a new entry. I then scrolled thru the complete file and I saw some some old printer settings a printed that I have not had for may years. There where 150 entries for that printer that no longer in use. The entry are like this "print.printer_HP_Photosmart_C6200_IP.print_bgcolor ;false", and print.print_printer;HP Photosmart C6200 series, can I just delete them? And if I can delete them how do I go about it, I see that you can modify, copy, or create new but no delete. Yes, it's safe to delete entries for printers that you don't use. You more or less have the necessary info in other responses to your post, but to summarize, the route I would go: First, make a copy of your prefs.js file, so that you have a fall-back, if something isn't quite right. From there, If you're comfortable with doing that with a text editor (e.g., Notepad, and not something that designed for word processing), you can do it that way. Personally, I'd go via about:config, where it's easier to use the search tool to filter all the entries related to a particular printer (e.g., "6200"). To me, that gives you a little more protection against accidental deletion of something that you don't want to delete. For any direct interaction you do with prefs.js (both backup, and if you decide to work with a text editor), make sure you do that with Seamonkey closed. Smith ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: about:config can I delete some entries
On 2/14/2021 12:39 PM, rodney wrote: > David E. Ross wrote: >> On 2/14/2021 10:05 AM, Danny Kile wrote: >>> About:config can I delete some entries? I was in about:config making a >>> new entry. I then scrolled thru the complete file and I saw some some >>> old printer settings a printed that I have not had for may years. There >>> where 150 entries for that printer that no longer in use. The entry are >>> like this "print.printer_HP_Photosmart_C6200_IP.print_bgcolor ;false", >>> and print.print_printer;HP Photosmart C6200 series, can I just delete >>> them? And if I can delete them how do I go about it, I see that you can >>> modify, copy, or create new but no delete. >>> >>> Thank all for you input on this, >>> >>> Danny >> >> One of the menu options on an about:config entry is Reset. You will not >> see the entry disappear when you use that option. In many cases, >> however, the entry will disappear when you terminate SeaMonkey. >> >> Unfortunately, you have to reset each entry one at a time. >> > A better way is to delete the old entries in pref.js. > Do this when SeaMonkey is closed. > Use Notepad or similar editor such as Komodo edit. > Don't use Microsoft's script editor or Word. > If you're uncomfortable do this, make a backup copy. > With 40+ years of experience, first as a programmer and then as a software tester, I am far more comfortable using programmed capabilities within a program (e.g., about:config) than tweaking raw data (e.g., prefs.js). Not in this case but in others, tweaking raw data might bypass necessary housekeeping that would be done though programmed capabilities. -- David E. Ross <http://www.rossde.com/>. The only reason we have so many laws is that not enough people will do the right thing. (© 1997 by David Ross) ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: about:config can I delete some entries
David E. Ross wrote: On 2/14/2021 10:05 AM, Danny Kile wrote: About:config can I delete some entries? I was in about:config making a new entry. I then scrolled thru the complete file and I saw some some old printer settings a printed that I have not had for may years. There where 150 entries for that printer that no longer in use. The entry are like this "print.printer_HP_Photosmart_C6200_IP.print_bgcolor ;false", and print.print_printer;HP Photosmart C6200 series, can I just delete them? And if I can delete them how do I go about it, I see that you can modify, copy, or create new but no delete. Thank all for you input on this, Danny One of the menu options on an about:config entry is Reset. You will not see the entry disappear when you use that option. In many cases, however, the entry will disappear when you terminate SeaMonkey. Unfortunately, you have to reset each entry one at a time. You can check the entry again after reloading about:config. The entry should be gone after reset if it is no longer valid. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: about:config can I delete some entries
David E. Ross wrote: On 2/14/2021 10:05 AM, Danny Kile wrote: About:config can I delete some entries? I was in about:config making a new entry. I then scrolled thru the complete file and I saw some some old printer settings a printed that I have not had for may years. There where 150 entries for that printer that no longer in use. The entry are like this "print.printer_HP_Photosmart_C6200_IP.print_bgcolor ;false", and print.print_printer;HP Photosmart C6200 series, can I just delete them? And if I can delete them how do I go about it, I see that you can modify, copy, or create new but no delete. Thank all for you input on this, Danny One of the menu options on an about:config entry is Reset. You will not see the entry disappear when you use that option. In many cases, however, the entry will disappear when you terminate SeaMonkey. Unfortunately, you have to reset each entry one at a time. A better way is to delete the old entries in pref.js. Do this when SeaMonkey is closed. Use Notepad or similar editor such as Komodo edit. Don't use Microsoft's script editor or Word. If you're uncomfortable do this, make a backup copy. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: about:config can I delete some entries
On 2/14/2021 10:05 AM, Danny Kile wrote: > About:config can I delete some entries? I was in about:config making a > new entry. I then scrolled thru the complete file and I saw some some > old printer settings a printed that I have not had for may years. There > where 150 entries for that printer that no longer in use. The entry are > like this "print.printer_HP_Photosmart_C6200_IP.print_bgcolor ;false", > and print.print_printer;HP Photosmart C6200 series, can I just delete > them? And if I can delete them how do I go about it, I see that you can > modify, copy, or create new but no delete. > > Thank all for you input on this, > > Danny One of the menu options on an about:config entry is Reset. You will not see the entry disappear when you use that option. In many cases, however, the entry will disappear when you terminate SeaMonkey. Unfortunately, you have to reset each entry one at a time. -- David E. Ross <http://www.rossde.com/>. The only reason we have so many laws is that not enough people will do the right thing. (© 1997 by David Ross) ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
about:config can I delete some entries
About:config can I delete some entries? I was in about:config making a new entry. I then scrolled thru the complete file and I saw some some old printer settings a printed that I have not had for may years. There where 150 entries for that printer that no longer in use. The entry are like this "print.printer_HP_Photosmart_C6200_IP.print_bgcolor ;false", and print.print_printer;HP Photosmart C6200 series, can I just delete them? And if I can delete them how do I go about it, I see that you can modify, copy, or create new but no delete. Thank all for you input on this, Danny ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
