How to launch Aqua Firefox from X11 kmail

stefmit · 11-23-2005, 09:24 AM

I think the subject says it all

I have just installed kontact (mainly for kmail and akregator, with the first just because it allows me to sync kmail on my linux box, with the kmail on the macosx powerbook - no way to do kmail <--> mail.app that I found), but I can't find out where to instruct kmail to launch the firefox with the links being accessed (vs. konqueror). I need firefox for a similar reason as kmail - sync-ing bookmarks with other machines.

TIA,
Stef

bedouin · 11-23-2005, 11:46 AM

You will need to change KDE's default web browser from kcontrol (launch this from terminal by typing 'kcontrol'). From there click on "KDE Components" then "Component Chooser" then "Web Browser." For the browser line enter this:

/Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox

This should work. Mind you, if you used Fink/Darwinports to install KMail I don't know if it installs all of KDE including the Control Center. I guess the obvious question is though, why don't you just run KMail from your Linux box in X11? Then there's no syncing problem at all, even remotely.

stefmit · 11-23-2005, 01:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bedouin


	<snip>Mind you, if you used Fink/Darwinports to install KMail I don't know if it installs all of KDE including the Control Center. I guess the obvious question is though, why don't you just run KMail from your Linux box in X11? Then there's no syncing problem at all, even remotely.

Thanks for your quick reply - the problem is that sync-ing is a matter of availability of connectivity between the two devices, so I could not forward X all the time, if that's what you were suggesting. In fact I was thinking of looking for an IMAP server, somehere, to do this for me in a cleaner fashion (in which case I could have used OSX' own mail.app), but the problem is that I could not find one, and my attempts to build my own, and trying to sync the gazillion of folders and subfolders I already have, from client to the server, were unsuccessful

stefmit · 11-23-2005, 02:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bedouin


	You will need to change KDE's default web browser from kcontrol (launch this from terminal by typing 'kcontrol').

Can't find the kcontrol anywhere?!? Looked for it as itself
$fink list kcontrol
and on the fink docs
http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/section.php/kde

Thx,
Stef

bedouin · 11-23-2005, 03:58 PM

kcontrol is a part of the entire KDE environment. I'm not sure how Fink handles installation of KDE-based apps like KMail and Konqueror (I have them installed on a Linux machine).

All of those configuration utilities have independent configuration files, I just forget where they're at. Assuming your install of KMail relies upon these configuration files, it would be a simple matter of finding out its filename and changing the appropriate variable. Or you could install the rest of KDE so you'd get kcontrol.

tlarkin · 11-26-2005, 03:19 PM

you know i have the same problem on my hp laptop running suse 10 and groupwise. we run novell networks at my work and I got the groupwise client running and I can get mail but I cannot associate the application with firefox at all. No links will work right, I can click them but nothing happens.

I tried associations, and I tried a script but nothing ever worked right. I run KDE desktop as well on my linux box.

Just curious, have you tried other browsers/email clients? For some reason I can get konquerer to work but I cannot get fire fox, which is totally annoying.

sao · 11-27-2005, 12:32 AM

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	tlarkin wrote: can get mail but I cannot associate the application with firefox at all.

Some people reported success with the following:

If you have it installed, start Gnome in X11, then open Preferences -->More Preferences and check "Associations and Programs". Double click on 'mailto:' and set it to 'kmail %s'.

or

In the browsing tab of Firefox, type about:config and create the string variable

network.protocol-handler.app.mailto --value= /whatever/bin/kmail

and make sure the following is set to:

network.protocol-handler.external.mailto --value=true

.

stefmit · 11-27-2005, 01:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sao


	Some people reported success with the following: 1- If you have it installed, start Gnome in X11, then open Preferences -->More Preferences and check "Associations and Programs". Double click on 'mailto:' and set it to 'kmail %s'. 2- In the browsing tab of Firefox, type about:config and create the string variable network.protocol-handler.app.mailto --value= /whatever/bin/kmail and make sure the following is set to: network.protocol-handler.external.mailto --value=true .

Isn't this a solution for doing the opposite of what the original question was (opening Firefox from kmail, not launching kmail from Firefox)?!?

11-23-2005, 09:24 AM	#1
stefmit Triple-A Player Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 88	How to launch Aqua Firefox from X11 kmail I think the subject says it all I have just installed kontact (mainly for kmail and akregator, with the first just because it allows me to sync kmail on my linux box, with the kmail on the macosx powerbook - no way to do kmail <--> mail.app that I found), but I can't find out where to instruct kmail to launch the firefox with the links being accessed (vs. konqueror). I need firefox for a similar reason as kmail - sync-ing bookmarks with other machines. TIA, Stef

11-26-2005, 03:19 PM	#6
tlarkin League Commissioner Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kansas City Posts: 9,900	you know i have the same problem on my hp laptop running suse 10 and groupwise. we run novell networks at my work and I got the groupwise client running and I can get mail but I cannot associate the application with firefox at all. No links will work right, I can click them but nothing happens. I tried associations, and I tried a script but nothing ever worked right. I run KDE desktop as well on my linux box. Just curious, have you tried other browsers/email clients? For some reason I can get konquerer to work but I cannot get fire fox, which is totally annoying. __________________ http://www.tlarkin.com (it is under construction)

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11-23-2005, 11:46 AM	#2
bedouin All Star Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 728	You will need to change KDE's default web browser from kcontrol (launch this from terminal by typing 'kcontrol'). From there click on "KDE Components" then "Component Chooser" then "Web Browser." For the browser line enter this: /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox This should work. Mind you, if you used Fink/Darwinports to install KMail I don't know if it installs all of KDE including the Control Center. I guess the obvious question is though, why don't you just run KMail from your Linux box in X11? Then there's no syncing problem at all, even remotely.

11-23-2005, 03:58 PM	#5
bedouin All Star Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 728	kcontrol is a part of the entire KDE environment. I'm not sure how Fink handles installation of KDE-based apps like KMail and Konqueror (I have them installed on a Linux machine). All of those configuration utilities have independent configuration files, I just forget where they're at. Assuming your install of KMail relies upon these configuration files, it would be a simple matter of finding out its filename and changing the appropriate variable. Or you could install the rest of KDE so you'd get kcontrol.