"Choose an application".

[flatula...@deadspam.com]

Lubuntu Linux 13.04, Thunderbird 17.0.6

Normally clicking on a link in an email opens my selected browser
(Firefox); however now I am asked to choose an application.

What directory would I find the application? Had a good look around
but this seems to have stumped me!

As usual, thanks in advance!

[flatula...@deadspam.com]

On Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:01:46 +1000 flatula...@deadspam.com said:-

/n


Apologies, wrong ng!

[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

In message <xeSdnXCdKL6OhiTM...@mozilla.org>,

(Not sure why - seemed a valid question to me!)

Perhaps it's a link, not just to another web page, but to an actual file
of some sort, for which your Firefox doesn't have an application set up
(in Windows XP Firefox, Tools | Options | Applications will show the
list of what's set up).

Is it happening with _all_ links, though?
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

"To YOU I'm an atheist; to God, I'm the Loyal Opposition." - Woody Allen

[g]

hello dingo and j.p.,

On 06/15/2013 01:10 AM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
> In message <xeSdnXCdKL6OhiTM...@mozilla.org>,
> flatula...@deadspam.com writes:
>> On Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:01:46 +1000 flatula...@deadspam.com said:-
>>
>>> Lubuntu Linux 13.04, Thunderbird 17.0.6
>>>
>>> Normally clicking on a link in an email opens my selected browser
>>> (Firefox); however now I am asked to choose an application.
>>>
>>> What directory would I find the application? Had a good look around
>>> but this seems to have stumped me!
>>>
>>> As usual, thanks in advance!
>>
>> /n
>>
>>
>> Apologies, wrong ng!
>
> (Not sure why - seemed a valid question to me!)
>
> Perhaps it's a link, not just to another web page, but to an actual file
> of some sort, for which your Firefox doesn't have an application set up
> (in Windows XP Firefox, Tools | Options | Applications will show the
> list of what's set up).
>
> Is it happening with _all_ links, though?

with linux, it is easy to find an executable file and it's type;

]$ locate firefox|grep bin/
/usr/bin/firefox
]$ file /usr/bin/firefox
/usr/bin/firefox: POSIX shell script text executable

command 'locate' is used to locate _any_ filename or directory
command 'grep bin/' shows only the 'binary' directories when locating
command 'file', determines file type.

jp, in linux, there is no '.exe' and reason for 'grep bin/', as most
all binary and script files are found in directories;

/bin
/sbin
/usr/bin
/usr/sbin

dingo, at a command line, aka, 'xterminal' entry, or 'virtual terminal',
ie, <Fx>, where 'x' = 2 thru 4, (or what ever lubuntu goes up to) enter;

man locate
man grep
man file

hth.

--

peace out.

in a world with out fences, who needs gates.

sl6.3 linux

tc.hago.

g
.

[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

In message
<mailman.524.1371334444...@lists.mozilla.org>, g

<gel...@bellsouth.net> writes:
>hello dingo and j.p.,
>
>On 06/15/2013 01:10 AM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
>> In message <xeSdnXCdKL6OhiTM...@mozilla.org>,
>> flatula...@deadspam.com writes:
>>> On Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:01:46 +1000 flatula...@deadspam.com said:-
>>>
>>>> Lubuntu Linux 13.04, Thunderbird 17.0.6
>>>>
>>>> Normally clicking on a link in an email opens my selected browser
>>>> (Firefox); however now I am asked to choose an application.

That sounds as if the behaviour of the system has changed, i. e. was
working before. Hence my question below.

>>>>
>>>> What directory would I find the application? Had a good look around
>>>> but this seems to have stumped me!
>>>>
>>>> As usual, thanks in advance!
>>>
>>> /n
>>>
>>>
>>> Apologies, wrong ng!
>>
>> (Not sure why - seemed a valid question to me!)
>>
>> Perhaps it's a link, not just to another web page, but to an actual file
>> of some sort, for which your Firefox doesn't have an application set up
>> (in Windows XP Firefox, Tools | Options | Applications will show the
>> list of what's set up).
>>
>> Is it happening with _all_ links, though?
>

(That question.)

>
>with linux, it is easy to find an executable file and it's type;
>
> ]$ locate firefox|grep bin/
> /usr/bin/firefox
> ]$ file /usr/bin/firefox
> /usr/bin/firefox: POSIX shell script text executable

An interesting definition of "easy" ... (-:

>
>command 'locate' is used to locate _any_ filename or directory
>command 'grep bin/' shows only the 'binary' directories when locating
>command 'file', determines file type.
>
>jp, in linux, there is no '.exe' and reason for 'grep bin/', as most
>all binary and script files are found in directories;
>
> /bin
> /sbin
> /usr/bin
> /usr/sbin

I think the question that needs to be asked (although it isn't what
fetiddingoeskidneys actually asked) is, assuming this is a link to a
normal web page not a specific file, why has the behaviour of his system
changed (he said "Normally clicking on a link in an email opens my
selected browser")?
[]

--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind. - Mahatma Gandhi
(according to the film Gandhi [1982])

[g]

hello john,

On 06/16/2013 04:56 PM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
<<>>

> I think the question that needs to be asked (although it isn't what
> fetiddingoeskidneys actually asked) is, assuming this is a link to a
> normal web page not a specific file, why has the behaviour of his system
> changed (he said "Normally clicking on a link in an email opens my
> selected browser")?

this is true. but, but only in part, as in his original post, he states;

}> Normally clicking on a link in an email opens my selected browser
}> (Firefox); however now I am asked to choose an application.
}>

}> What directory would I find the application? Had a good look around
}> but this seems to have stumped me!

therefore, "Normally" and "however now" are _key_ words that should and
must be considered.

therefore, my reply is an answer to his original post and following the
steps in my reply will give him information to answer his post. :-)


in addition, if you wish to _think_ and _assume_, go ahead. but the "me"
does not apply to "meself". ;-)

your header shows that you are using;

User-Agent: Turnpike/6.07-M

which is for oos. if you where using a linux release, you would be able to
verify that my post answers op's question.

also, if things have not changed from earlier releases, when op replies to
'choose an application', he will/may be asked to designate firefox as his
default browser.


because this 'sidetrack' is heading 'off subject', i have set;

Followup-To: mozilla.general

now i will have to enable news groups. :-(


good night. it has be a long day and i need to crash.

later.

[»Q«]

`which firefox` will show the firefox executable in your $PATH, so you
don't have to grep out extraneous stuff.

$ which firefox
/usr/bin/firefox

That should be enough for the "choose an application" dialog, but if the
filetype is needed,

$ which firefox | xargs file
/usr/bin/firefox: symbolic link to `/usr/lib64/firefox/firefox'

$ which firefox | xargs file --dereference
/usr/bin/firefox: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV),
dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.9,
BuildID[sha1]=0fa30f9ec34034f3c78b5a9ae348b7121e56d168, stripped

[g]

On 06/17/2013 03:59 PM, »Q« wrote:
<<>> On Sat, 15 Jun 2013 17:12:56 -0500

> `which firefox` will show the firefox executable in your $PATH, so you
> don't have to grep out extraneous stuff.
>
> $ which firefox
> /usr/bin/firefox
>
> That should be enough for the "choose an application" dialog, but if the
> filetype is needed,

most true.

those are 2 commands that i have seldom used and are not active in memory.
my memory, that is. :)

thanks for reminder.

[kes]

On 16/06/2013 00:12, g wrote:
> hello dingo and j.p.,
>
> On 06/15/2013 01:10 AM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
>> In message <xeSdnXCdKL6OhiTM...@mozilla.org>,
>> flatula...@deadspam.com writes:
>>> On Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:01:46 +1000 flatula...@deadspam.com said:-
>>>
>>>> Lubuntu Linux 13.04, Thunderbird 17.0.6
>>>>
>>>> Normally clicking on a link in an email opens my selected browser
>>>> (Firefox); however now I am asked to choose an application.
>>>>
>>>> What directory would I find the application? Had a good look around
>>>> but this seems to have stumped me!
>>>>
>>>> As usual, thanks in advance!
>>>
>>> /n
>>>
>>>
>>> Apologies, wrong ng!
>>
>> (Not sure why - seemed a valid question to me!)
>>
>> Perhaps it's a link, not just to another web page, but to an actual file
>> of some sort, for which your Firefox doesn't have an application set up
>> (in Windows XP Firefox, Tools | Options | Applications will show the
>> list of what's set up).
>>
>> Is it happening with _all_ links, though?
>
>
> with linux, it is easy to find an executable file and it's type;
>

..and then they wonder why linux has so little uptake

ntdnh