firefox share profile in freebsd and windows!

[Ean Kingston]

> Ean Kingston said the following on 03/15/05 11:01:
>> On March 14, 2005 08:55 pm, heccj wrote:
>>
>>>Ean Kingston said the following on 03/15/05 02:43:
>>>
>>>>>Perhaps this is not proper site to place this question,but i just meet
>>>>>this problem!
>>>>>
>>>>>I want to share my firefox 1.0.1 profile in windows xp and freebsd
>>>>> 5.3,i
>>>>>can run with:firefox -safe-mode,it will freeze when i
>>>>>use:firefox,obviousely,it's because of the extensions.When you setup
>>>>>extensions in windows xp,firefox can't start in freebsd,when you setup
>>>>>extensions in freebsd,firefox can't start in windows!Why?
>>>>
>>>>Why? Because Windows XP and FreeBSD are completely different operating
>>>>systems. Their binaries are not compatible.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>How to resovle
>>>>>it?
>>>>
>>>>If you can figure out how to keep the extensions directories separate
>>>>while keeping the rest of the preferences the same it should work.
>>>>
>>>>At the worst, you could export your bookmarks from one and import them
>>>>into the other. Then you would just have to go through the preferences
>>>>and make sure the settings are the same otherwise.
>>>
>>>The bookmarks and history or other data can share correctly,
>>
>> Good.
>>
>>>just
>>>extesions!Some extensions can setup into the firefox program dir in
>>>windows(can in freebsd?),
>>
>>
>> I'm not sure what you are trying to say.
> just extensions can't work correctly.If all the extension can setup at
> firefox main  direcotory,this is not a problem,i can setup in windows
> and freebsd individually.Unfortunetly,only seral extension can setup
> like that!

You might have to start messing around in the firefox
configuration/property files to get that to work. Unfortunately, that is
beyond my capabilities. I think they are all text files so you should be
able to edit them with vi.

>>
>>
>>>but most just setup into the profile extesions
>>>dir.
>>
>>
>> I believe you can simply move the extension to the global extensions
>> directory
>> and restart Firefox.
> I have tried,if the extesions at profile directory are moved into
> firefox's main directory,firefox can not find this extensions at all.
>>
>> If you try it, make a note of which extensions you moved because you
>> might
>> have to move them back.
>>
>>
>>>If all the extension can select setup dir at setup time,perhaps this
>>>problem can be resolved.
>>
>>
>
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