XML Parsing Error attempting to configure Folderpane Tools

[Mark Filipak]

TBird 31.4.0 in Linux Mint-Xfce 17.1

I have a really strange problem. I'm a relative Linux newbie, so keep
that in mind.

My TBird has an Extension called "Folderpane Tools 0.6.1". It used to
work before I upgraded. Now when I attempt to open
'Add-ons Manager' > 'Extensions' > 'Folderpane Tools 0.6.1' > [Preferences]
I see this:

> chrome://folderpane/content/folderpanePref.xul
>
> XML Parsing Error: undefined entity Location:
> chrome://folderpane/content/folderpanePref.xul Line Number 263,
> Column 19:
>
> <menuitem label="&filemessageschoosethis.label;"

(Column 19 points to the '<' in "<menuitem", but TBird doesn't honor
plain-text so I can't show it. Actually, I can simulate it as follows:

> . . . . . . . . . <menuitem label="&filemessageschoosethis.label;"
> ------------------^

you know, debugger-style pointer.)

I don't know what to make of
"undefined entity Location".

I don't know what to make of
'chrome://folderpane/content/folderpanePref.xul'.
Well, it's a special protocol statement like 'about:config', but where is
'/folderpane/content/folderpanePref.xul'?
There is no such path & no such file. I would say that 'no such path or
file' is maybe what TBird is complaining about, but then I don't know
what to make of
"Line Number 263, Column 19"
as it's pretty hard to complain about a particular line and offset in a
file that can't be found, eh? Also, it's pretty hard to list the
contents of a particular line in a file that can't be found. So I
searched and...

...it can't be found!!!!

-1- I searched the entire disk for '*.xul'. Here's the result:
/opt/firefox/extensions/{46551EC9-40F0-4e47-8E18-8E5CF550CFB8}/content/domiOverlay.xul
/opt/firefox/extensions/{46551EC9-40F0-4e47-8E18-8E5CF550CFB8}/content/edit.xul
/opt/firefox/extensions/{46551EC9-40F0-4e47-8E18-8E5CF550CFB8}/content/install.xul
/opt/firefox/extensions/{46551EC9-40F0-4e47-8E18-8E5CF550CFB8}/content/manage-addons.xul
/opt/firefox/extensions/{46551EC9-40F0-4e47-8E18-8E5CF550CFB8}/content/manage-standalone.xul
/opt/firefox/extensions/{46551EC9-40F0-4e47-8E18-8E5CF550CFB8}/content/manage.xul
/opt/firefox/extensions/{46551EC9-40F0-4e47-8E18-8E5CF550CFB8}/content/overlay.xul
/opt/firefox/extensions/{46551EC9-40F0-4e47-8E18-8E5CF550CFB8}/content/test.xul
/usr/lib/firefox-addons/extensions/mint-searc...@linuxmint.com/content/script-compiler-overlay.xul
/usr/lib/firefox-addons/extensions/{46551EC9-40F0-4e47-8E18-8E5CF550CFB8}/content/domiOverlay.xul
/usr/lib/firefox-addons/extensions/{46551EC9-40F0-4e47-8E18-8E5CF550CFB8}/content/edit.xul
/usr/lib/firefox-addons/extensions/{46551EC9-40F0-4e47-8E18-8E5CF550CFB8}/content/install.xul
/usr/lib/firefox-addons/extensions/{46551EC9-40F0-4e47-8E18-8E5CF550CFB8}/content/manage-addons.xul
/usr/lib/firefox-addons/extensions/{46551EC9-40F0-4e47-8E18-8E5CF550CFB8}/content/manage-standalone.xul
/usr/lib/firefox-addons/extensions/{46551EC9-40F0-4e47-8E18-8E5CF550CFB8}/content/manage.xul
/usr/lib/firefox-addons/extensions/{46551EC9-40F0-4e47-8E18-8E5CF550CFB8}/content/overlay.xul
/usr/lib/firefox-addons/extensions/{46551EC9-40F0-4e47-8E18-8E5CF550CFB8}/content/test.xul
/usr/share/linuxmint/mint-search-addon/content/script-compiler-overlay.xul
/usr/share/mime/application/vnd.mozilla.xul+xml.xml

(Note that all but two are associated with FFox, and the remaining two
are not associated with TBird.)

-2- Except for '/dev' & '/proc', I searched the entire disk for all files
containing the string "&filemessageschoosethis". The string was not found.

I suspect that this is actually a TBird bug and has nothing to do with
Folderpane Tools.

Not having Folderpane Tools is not a total tragedy, just a minor
irritant. But it would be very nice to get Folderpane Tools back.

Anyone have any ideas?

Thank You.
--
Amazing 12-year old insect: Thunderbird Bug 121947.
Lizard spits out bug, buries it: Firefox Bug 1120734.

[Tanstaafl]

On 2/3/2015 11:49 PM, Mark Filipak <markfilip...@gmail.com> wrote:
> TBird 31.4.0 in Linux Mint-Xfce 17.1
>
> I have a really strange problem. I'm a relative Linux newbie, so keep
> that in mind.
>
> My TBird has an Extension called "Folderpane Tools 0.6.1". It used to
> work before I upgraded.

the extension is no longer maintained, and causes problems in current
versions...

Dump it.

One replacement is: 'Manually Sort Folders'

[Mark Filipak]

On 02/04/2015 07:22 AM, Tanstaafl wrote:
> On 2/3/2015 11:49 PM, Mark Filipak <markfilip...@gmail.com> wrote:

-snip-

>> My TBird has an Extension called "Folderpane Tools 0.6.1". It used to
>> work before I upgraded.
>
> the extension is no longer maintained, and causes problems in current
> versions...
>
> Dump it.
>
> One replacement is: 'Manually Sort Folders'

Thanks so much. I'll give it a try.