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+ | ====== Firefox ====== | ||
+ | Firefox is an opensource web browser from Mozilla. | ||
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+ | ====== Installation ====== | ||
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+ | Firefox is distributed with Slackware. | ||
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+ | ====== Tips ====== | ||
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+ | ===== Make firefox understand downloaded files ===== | ||
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+ | It is quite annoying that Mozilla Firefox always forgets what application to use for “opening” a file which you just downloaded. Also, the context menu “Open containing folder” in the Downloads overview does not work. | ||
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+ | Using “xdg-open” you can improve the integration of Firefox into your Desktop Environment a lot: | ||
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+ | - Stop firefox if it is running | ||
+ | - Delete or rename the mimetypes cache (where firefox keeps its file association settings): < | ||
+ | $ rm ~/ | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | - Start firefox again | ||
+ | - Download any file if you had not done this before | ||
+ | - Open that file from the “'' | ||
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+ | After you’ve configured Firefox like that, both the “'' | ||
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+ | <note tip>The same trick works for Mozilla Seamonkey as well.</ | ||
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+ | ===== Enable the builtin PDF viewer in Firefox ===== | ||
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+ | The " | ||
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+ | The PDF viewer is disabled by default, but that is likely going to change in the future, when the functionality has proven itself. In the meantime, you can enable it as follows: | ||
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+ | * In "'' | ||
+ | * Also in "'' | ||
+ | * Finally, in the Firefox " | ||
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+ | That's it! You don't even have to restart Firefox. Try opening a PDF, or even drag a PDF file from a filemanager into the Firefox window. | ||
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+ | ====== Troubleshooting ====== | ||
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+ | ====== “Open folder containing” opens Audacious instead of a file manager ====== | ||
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+ | Known to work with: [Slack 14.1] | ||
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+ | - Edit / | ||
+ | - Find the line containing < | ||
+ | inode/ | ||
+ | - Delete the following string < | ||
+ | audacious.desktop;</ | ||
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+ | This should fix the problem. | ||
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+ | Here's a one-liner to do it: | ||
+ | < | ||
+ | (I made an icon on my desktop with it in the COMMAND line) | ||
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+ | ====== Sources ====== | ||
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+ | * Originally written by [[wiki: | ||
+ | * Originally written by [[wiki: | ||
+ | * Taken from an [[http:// | ||
+ | * Based on a hint in a [[http:// | ||
+ | * Contributions by [[wiki: | ||
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+ | {{tag> |