KMail&MozillaFirebird

[Chris Colohan]

James Richard Tyrer writes:
 > Chris Colohan wrote:
 > > David Corbin writes:
 > >  > On Monday 10 November 2003 04:49, Kevin Krammer wrote:
 > >  > > On Sunday 09 November 2003 04:17, sol&diederic wrote:
 > >  > > > Hi list members,
 > >  > > > I'm using: ML-9.1, KDE3.1.3;
 > >  > > > I changed from Konqueror to MozillaFirebird as browser. That's fine,
 > >  > > > not problems.   However, if I click on a url in an email than Konquorer
 > >  > > > is used and not MozillaFirebird.
 > >  > > >
 > >  > > > Is there any way to change this behaviour?
 > >  > >
 > >  > > Control Center->KDE Components-> File Associations
 > >  > > Change the program that for text/html
 > >  > > Check you have %u in the parameter list of the program command, otherwise
 > >  > > the URL will be downloaded to a local file first and then given to the
 > >  > > application.
 > >  > 
 > >  > I have %u in mine, but Konquer still tries to download it first.
 > > 
 > > Me too.  In particular, when I click on a URL in kzephyr (a chat
 > > client I wrote, which uses the same call as KMail for opening URLs)
 > > then KDE opens a konqueror window, which remains empty and just sits
 > > there, since konqueror calls mozilla to render the HTML.
 > > 
 > > Is there a way of avoiding having this empty window pop up on my
 > > screen?  I don't care if konqueror is invoked, but does it have to
 > > open an empty window on my screen before it calls mozilla?  Or is
 > > there a way of avoiding this?
 > 
 > Exactly how do you have KDE configured for the MIME type "text/html"?

The first application listed is "mozilla".  This application is set up
to execute the command "/usr/local/bin/mozilla -remote
openURL(%u,new-tab)".  The "Embedding" setting is set to "Show file in
separate viewer".

 > I don't see any reason that it should do this unless it is the way Kmail is 
 > configured.
 > 
 > What happens if you click on an HTML file on your desktop?

If I open an HTML file in konqueror then it launches mozilla and
displays it.  If I copy the same file onto my desktop then the same
thing hapens (no konqueror window is opened).  If I click on a link in
kzephyr (which calls kapp->invokeBrowser(link), exactly as kmail does)
then a konqeror window opens, which remains empty as it immediately
calls mozilla.

Hmmm.  [Munging through header files.]  In the kapplication.h header
file the comments indicate that the invokeBrowser() interface is
obsolete, and KRun() should be used instead.  Does anyone have a newer
version of the kmail source and can see if this has been fixed?  (I am
using and looking at 3.1.1.)

If I change kzephyr to use KRun() instead it works just fine.
Excellent!  :-)

Chris
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