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  FF157/linux profile selection The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-10-01 11:55 -0700
    Re: FF157/linux profile selection R Daneel Olivaw <Danni@hyperspace.vogon.gov.invalid> - 2026-10-03 09:10 +0200
      Re: FF157/linux profile selection The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-10-03 07:39 -0700
        Re: FF157/linux profile selection Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> - 2026-10-03 23:22 +0000
          Re: FF157/linux profile selection The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-10-04 16:07 -0700
        Re: FF157/linux profile selection Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-10-04 23:42 +0000
          Re: FF157/linux profile selection The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-10-04 18:44 -0700
            Re: FF157/linux profile selection Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-10-05 02:17 +0000
              Re: FF157/linux profile selection The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-10-04 21:53 -0700

#18277 — FF157/linux profile selection

150 defaulted to the last profile you used, but since I start it with -P 
I have to actually select it.  Perfect for FF150.  I let 157 make a new 
profile, but 157 defaults to the 150 profile and I have to move to the 
157 profile (I have maybe 10 to choose from) before clicking.  There 
seems to be no way to change this by either the settings or 
about:config. I am a clumsy and forgetful person and do not want to 
screw up my profiles.   What am I missing?


-- 
Cheers, Bev
   "On the other hand, I live in California so I'd be willing to
    squeeze schoolchildren to death if I thought some oil would
    come out."                                    -- Scott Adams

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#18286

The Real Bev wrote:
> 150 defaulted to the last profile you used, but since I start it with -P 
> I have to actually select it.  Perfect for FF150.  I let 157 make a new 
> profile, but 157 defaults to the 150 profile and I have to move to the 
> 157 profile (I have maybe 10 to choose from) before clicking.  There 
> seems to be no way to change this by either the settings or 
> about:config. I am a clumsy and forgetful person and do not want to 
> screw up my profiles.   What am I missing?
> 
> 

There are four lines with the details for the various profiles - in 
about:profiles - and you want the last of those four, with the buttons:
Rename   Remove   *Set as default profile*   Launch profile in new browser
(your current default profile will only have the Rename button)
I'll let you work out which of those you want.

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#18288

On 10/3/26 00:10, R Daneel Olivaw wrote:
> The Real Bev wrote:
>> 150 defaulted to the last profile you used, but since I start it with -P 
>> I have to actually select it.  Perfect for FF150.  I let 157 make a new 
>> profile, but 157 defaults to the 150 profile and I have to move to the 
>> 157 profile (I have maybe 10 to choose from) before clicking.  There 
>> seems to be no way to change this by either the settings or 
>> about:config. I am a clumsy and forgetful person and do not want to 
>> screw up my profiles.   What am I missing?
>> 
>> 
> 
> There are four lines with the details for the various profiles - in
> about:profiles - and you want the last of those four, with the buttons:
> Rename   Remove   *Set as default profile*   Launch profile in new browser
> (your current default profile will only have the Rename button)
> I'll let you work out which of those you want.

It showed FF150 as being located in the FF157 subdirectory.  I set the 
FF157 profile as default and launched it in a new browser -- which 
showed ONLY my bookmarks tab, not the other 30 that I use regularly.  I 
backed out.  It refused to allow FF157 to be the default. I am unwilling 
to rename FF150 for fear that SOMETHING I value will be destroyed -- 
which has happened enough times that I now use my unweildy procedure 
rather than just doing an update.

No, I don't trust programmers to do the right thing.  Turning backspaces 
in Thunderbird composition into CRLFs has GOT to be a super-stupid 
error, but there it is.

-- 
Cheers, Bev
=========================================
"Welcome to Hell, here's your accordion."

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#18290

On 2026-10-03, The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/3/26 00:10, R Daneel Olivaw wrote:
>> The Real Bev wrote:
>>> 150 defaulted to the last profile you used, but since I start it with -P 
>>> I have to actually select it.  Perfect for FF150.  I let 157 make a new 
>>> profile, but 157 defaults to the 150 profile and I have to move to the 
>>> 157 profile (I have maybe 10 to choose from) before clicking.  There 
>>> seems to be no way to change this by either the settings or 
>>> about:config. I am a clumsy and forgetful person and do not want to 
>>> screw up my profiles.   What am I missing?
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> There are four lines with the details for the various profiles - in
>> about:profiles - and you want the last of those four, with the buttons:
>> Rename   Remove   *Set as default profile*   Launch profile in new browser
>> (your current default profile will only have the Rename button)
>> I'll let you work out which of those you want.
>
> It showed FF150 as being located in the FF157 subdirectory.  I set the 
> FF157 profile as default and launched it in a new browser -- which 
> showed ONLY my bookmarks tab, not the other 30 that I use regularly.  I 
> backed out.  It refused to allow FF157 to be the default. I am unwilling 
> to rename FF150 for fear that SOMETHING I value will be destroyed -- 
> which has happened enough times that I now use my unweildy procedure 
> rather than just doing an update.

May I suggest that you do a back up, or that you have a backup. 

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/back-and-restore-information-firefox-profiles#w_when-should-i-use-manual-backup

Why/how are you getting a beta version if you really do not want it. 


>
> No, I don't trust programmers to do the right thing.  Turning backspaces 
> in Thunderbird composition into CRLFs has GOT to be a super-stupid 
> error, but there it is.
>

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#18301

On 10/3/26 16:22, Gordon wrote:
> On 2026-10-03, The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 10/3/26 00:10, R Daneel Olivaw wrote:
>>> The Real Bev wrote:
>>>> 150 defaulted to the last profile you used, but since I start it with -P 
>>>> I have to actually select it.  Perfect for FF150.  I let 157 make a new 
>>>> profile, but 157 defaults to the 150 profile and I have to move to the 
>>>> 157 profile (I have maybe 10 to choose from) before clicking.  There 
>>>> seems to be no way to change this by either the settings or 
>>>> about:config. I am a clumsy and forgetful person and do not want to 
>>>> screw up my profiles.   What am I missing?
>>> 
>>> There are four lines with the details for the various profiles - in
>>> about:profiles - and you want the last of those four, with the buttons:
>>> Rename   Remove   *Set as default profile*   Launch profile in new browser
>>> (your current default profile will only have the Rename button)
>>> I'll let you work out which of those you want.
>>
>> It showed FF150 as being located in the FF157 subdirectory.  I set the 
>> FF157 profile as default and launched it in a new browser -- which 
>> showed ONLY my bookmarks tab, not the other 30 that I use regularly.  I 
>> backed out.  It refused to allow FF157 to be the default. I am unwilling 
>> to rename FF150 for fear that SOMETHING I value will be destroyed -- 
>> which has happened enough times that I now use my unweildy procedure 
>> rather than just doing an update.
> 
> May I suggest that you do a back up, or that you have a backup.
> 
> https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/back-and-restore-information-firefox-profiles#w_when-should-i-use-manual-backup
> 
> Why/how are you getting a beta version if you really do not want it.

Huh?  157 is the release version.  I decided I should update to the 
latest just in case there are any security updates that I need.  What 
gave you the idea that 157 is a beta?
>> No, I don't trust programmers to do the right thing.  Turning backspaces 
>> in Thunderbird composition into CRLFs has GOT to be a super-stupid 
>> error, but there it is.
-- 
Cheers, Bev
    "A complete lack of evidence is the surest sign
     that the conspiracy is working."   -- Tanuki

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#18302

On Sat, 3 Oct 2026 07:39:13 -0700, The Real Bev wrote:

> No, I don't trust programmers to do the right thing. Turning
> backspaces in Thunderbird composition into CRLFs has GOT to be a
> super-stupid error, but there it is.

If you don’t trust programmers, maybe you are the type who would
prefer a more hackerly tool than Thunderbird.

I use Claws Mail for my MUA, but I do a lot of email composition in
Emacs. Sometimes I want to preserve long lines (e.g. logfile entries,
program source). I found that, when I paste into Claws, it wraps the
lines; but then I hit CTRL/Z, and what it undoes is not the paste, but
the wrap.

In Pan I just turn off line-wrapping altogether. So it keeps the exact
line breaks I created in Emacs.

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#18303

On 10/4/26 16:42, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
> On Sat, 3 Oct 2026 07:39:13 -0700, The Real Bev wrote:
> 
>> No, I don't trust programmers to do the right thing. Turning
>> backspaces in Thunderbird composition into CRLFs has GOT to be a
>> super-stupid error, but there it is.
> 
> If you don’t trust programmers, maybe you are the type who would
> prefer a more hackerly tool than Thunderbird.

What did I say that implied that I could do better?  I tried 
programming.  I hated it.  I simpley can't think in the detail required 
of even a high-level language like FORTRAN or BASIC.  I did some shit 
with dBaseII, but it was pretty crude and it hurt. Hubby and son are 
world-class assembly-language (and more modern) system programmers, and 
even they make mistakes.

I don't like being helpless, at the mercy of total strangers, but that's 
the way it is.  I've got all my mail in Thunderbird (and before that 
Netscape) and that's a good reason to stick with it.  Gmail is just 
temporary.

> I use Claws Mail for my MUA, but I do a lot of email composition in
> Emacs. Sometimes I want to preserve long lines (e.g. logfile entries,
> program source). I found that, when I paste into Claws, it wraps the
> lines; but then I hit CTRL/Z, and what it undoes is not the paste, but
> the wrap.
> 
> In Pan I just turn off line-wrapping altogether. So it keeps the exact
> line breaks I created in Emacs.
-- 
Cheers, Bev
    "It doesn't get any easier - you just go faster."
			 	   -- Greg Lemond

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#18304

On Sun, 4 Oct 2026 18:44:49 -0700, The Real Bev wrote:

> On 10/4/26 16:42, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>.
>> If you don’t trust programmers, maybe you are the type who would
>> prefer a more hackerly tool than Thunderbird.
>
> What did I say that implied that I could do better?

I didn’t say you had to write the code; I just offered alternatives
already written by others.

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#18305

On 10/4/26 19:17, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
> On Sun, 4 Oct 2026 18:44:49 -0700, The Real Bev wrote:
> 
>> On 10/4/26 16:42, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>>.
>>> If you don’t trust programmers, maybe you are the type who would
>>> prefer a more hackerly tool than Thunderbird.
>>
>> What did I say that implied that I could do better?
> 
> I didn’t say you had to write the code; I just offered alternatives
> already written by others.

Sorry!  "Hack" means being a lot more programmerly than I can be!

-- 
Cheers, Bev
   "Advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket."
                                              -- George Orwell

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