On Thu, Apr 06, 2006 at 12:43:12PM +0100, Sam Morris wrote: > Alexander Sack - Debian Bugmail wrote: > >>When Thunderbird is invoked by another process trying to send an email > >>(for example, when the user clicks a mailto: link in their web browser), > >>Thunderbird correctly opens the composer, but an additional main window > >>is also opened. The command line being used is: > >> > >> thunderbird -mail mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >Please try without -mail option. > > Ah, "thunderbird mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]" works as expected, as does > changing "-mail" to "-compose". I just realised that we've been through > this before, with #330168. :)
ah ... really :) > > Last time the solution was to patch the script to recognise -mail as a > synonym for -compose. I think this time it would be better to fix > gnome-control-center to invoke Thunderbird correctly. If you want to > patch the thunderbird script to recognise "-mail" then may I suggest > that the script warn that -mail is a Debian-specific option? I prefer to refrain from patching thunderbird startscript - again - and rather to stick to upstream behaviour - as long as bearable - instead. Nor will there be a consens on whether the mail main-window should pop up too if you click on a mailto: link or not, IMO. IIRC, there have been people complaining about a missing -mail switch in gnome-control-center. If you want to change it you can always manually change the compose command in gnome-control-center just to use thunderbird %s. > > The correct way to invoke Thunderbird should also be documented in the > man page. Would you like me to prepare a patch? > Yes ... patches for manpage are more than welcome. the thunderbird manpage indeed needs a polish. Lets consider this bug to be a manpage bug .... maybe consider to post a wishlist bug against gnome-control-center to see if they want to drop the default -mail switch from the thunderbird command. - Alexander -- GPG messages preferred. | .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** Alexander Sack | : :' : The universal [EMAIL PROTECTED] | `. `' Operating System http://www.asoftsite.org | `- http://www.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
