On Fri, 09 Nov 2012 12:05:56 +0530, V S Rawat wrote:
> It is a utter confusion to find what all about: commands are there and
> their correct spelling.
about:about
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That only shows an extension for Tbird - is that what you meant?
I don't think that adequately answers Millwood's question, the answer to which is there isn't any native way to enter about:x in Tbird.
Unless Rawat has found a way other than an extension, which he hasn't shared yet...
> That only shows an extension for Tbird - is that what you meant?
> I don't think that adequately answers Millwood's question, the answer to
> which is there isn't any native way to enter about:x in Tbird.
> Unless Rawat has found a way other than an extension, which he hasn't
> shared yet...
To quote: "In Thunderbird 1.5 or later, about:config is accessed via "Tools
-> Options -> Advanced -> General -> Config Editor (button)". "
I believe that extension just makes a shortcut to it, from the view menu.
( and apologies for the top posting, getting used to gmail's new composer. )
>> That only shows an extension for Tbird - is that what you meant?
>> I don't think that adequately answers Millwood's question, the answer to
>> which is there isn't any native way to enter about:x in Tbird.
>> Unless Rawat has found a way other than an extension, which he hasn't
>> shared yet...
> To quote: "In Thunderbird 1.5 or later, about:config is accessed via "Tools
> -> Options -> Advanced -> General -> Config Editor (button)". "
> I believe that extension just makes a shortcut to it, from the view menu.
> ( and apologies for the top posting, getting used to gmail's new composer. )
the issue wasn't where to find /about:config/
the question was where to input various about:<whatever>
such as about:about
Dave Royal on 11/9/2012 2:46 AM, keyboarded a reply:
> On Fri, 09 Nov 2012 12:05:56 +0530, V S Rawat wrote:
>> It is a utter confusion to find what all about: commands are there and
>> their correct spelling.
> about:about
Get the extension View About. It adds a View Menu item to use the extension and works in both FF and TB. It was authored by a TB contributor about 4 years ago. Note: It has more options than TB supports, but which exist in HH.
-- Ron K.
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> It is a utter confusion to find what all about: commands are there and
> their correct spelling.
> tb/ff should provide some method, say, by just writing about: in url
> bar, we should get all the about: commands listed in the page.
> same about addons having such options, like thunderbrowse addon of tb
> should give a list of all such options when I type tbil: in url bar.
> Thanks.
In Firefox, type "about:about" into the address bar. You get a list of about: commands. Since Thunderbird has no address bar, I see no way to do that with it.
> On 2012-11-08 23:35, V S Rawat wrote:
>> It is a utter confusion to find what all about: commands are there and
>> their correct spelling.
>> tb/ff should provide some method, say, by just writing about: in url
>> bar, we should get all the about: commands listed in the page.
>> same about addons having such options, like thunderbrowse addon of tb
>> should give a list of all such options when I type tbil: in url bar.
>> Thanks.
> In Firefox, type "about:about" into the address bar. You get a list of
> about: commands. Since Thunderbird has no address bar, I see no way to
> do that with it.
With Thunderbird use of the "Start Page" in Options/Preferences > General is a workaround if the View About extension is not installed.
-- Ron K.
Who is General Failure, and why is he searching my HDD?
Kernel Restore reported Major Error used BSOD to msg the enemy!
> And /why/ does one need/want about:<> in Tbird?
> Must be a reason but I can't think if it...
Dugh, a typo of FF. :(
I like the View About extension for it's easy menu based access to :crashes, :cache, :memory, and :plugins. It is so much easier than editing the start page in TB for each about:x. The about:cache is nice for copying media that may have been streamed with an RSS feed.
-- Ron K.
Who is General Failure, and why is he searching my HDD?
Kernel Restore reported Major Error used BSOD to msg the enemy!
>> That only shows an extension for Tbird - is that what you meant?
>> I don't think that adequately answers Millwood's question, the answer to
>> which is there isn't any native way to enter about:x in Tbird.
>> Unless Rawat has found a way other than an extension, which he hasn't
>> shared yet...
> To quote: "In Thunderbird 1.5 or later, about:config is accessed via "Tools
> -> Options -> Advanced -> General -> Config Editor (button)". "
> I believe that extension just makes a shortcut to it, from the view menu.
> ( and apologies for the top posting, getting used to gmail's new composer. )
when you access about:config by tools - options, it opens as a pop up window, and the url bar is not accessable or editable and there you can't paste new url to open.
> Dave Royal on 11/9/2012 2:46 AM, keyboarded a reply:
>> On Fri, 09 Nov 2012 12:05:56 +0530, V S Rawat wrote:
>>> It is a utter confusion to find what all about: commands are there and
>>> their correct spelling.
>> about:about
> Get the extension View About. It adds a View Menu item to use the
> extension and works in both FF and TB. It was authored by a TB
> contributor about 4 years ago. Note: It has more options than TB
> supports, but which exist in HH.
installed "View About" in tb and ff.
in TB it does show all the about: options in view - viewabout.
in ff, with menu bar off, where is the view menu command to see viewabout?
>> Dave Royal on 11/9/2012 2:46 AM, keyboarded a reply:
>>> On Fri, 09 Nov 2012 12:05:56 +0530, V S Rawat wrote:
>>> It is a utter confusion to find what all about: commands are there and
>>>> their correct spelling.
>>>> about:about
>> Get the extension View About. It adds a View Menu item to use the
>> extension and works in both FF and TB. It was authored by a TB
>> contributor about 4 years ago. Note: It has more options than TB
>> supports, but which exist in HH.
> installed "View About" in tb and ff.
> in TB it does show all the about: options in view - viewabout.
> in ff, with menu bar off, where is the view menu command to see viewabout?
> Thanks.
Just press the "alt" button on the keyboard -- the menu bar will show up.
Alternatively, try right clicking the toolbar, and enabling "Menu bar" in
the popup menu.
> On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 2:11 AM, V S Rawat <vsra...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 11/10/2012 12:12 AM, Ron K. wrote:
>>> Dave Royal on 11/9/2012 2:46 AM, keyboarded a reply:
>>>> On Fri, 09 Nov 2012 12:05:56 +0530, V S Rawat wrote:
>>>> It is a utter confusion to find what all about: commands are there and
>>>>> their correct spelling.
>>>>> about:about
>>> Get the extension View About. It adds a View Menu item to use the
>>> extension and works in both FF and TB. It was authored by a TB
>>> contributor about 4 years ago. Note: It has more options than TB
>>> supports, but which exist in HH.
>> installed "View About" in tb and ff.
>> in TB it does show all the about: options in view - viewabout.
>> in ff, with menu bar off, where is the view menu command to see viewabout?
>> Thanks.
> Just press the "alt" button on the keyboard -- the menu bar will show up.
> Alternatively, try right clicking the toolbar, and enabling "Menu bar" in
> the popup menu.
ohk. very convenient.
though it doesn't open till I release the alt. If I keep that pressed, it doesn't come, and pop comes when I release that.
