#] #] ********************* #] "$d_SysMaint"'FireFox/0_FireFox notes, troubles etc.txt' www.BillHowell.ca 11Aug2017 To view this file - use a text editor (not word processor) constant width font (eg courrier 10), tab - 3 spaces ******* Enable copy-paste : Go to about:config Search for dom.event.clipboardevents.enabled Double-click it to change the value to "true" to be able to copy-paste!! Just select, right-click, & copy 48************************************************48 24************************24 # Table of Contents : # $ grep "^#]" "$d_SysMaint"'FireFox/0_FireFox notes, troubles etc.txt' | sed 's/^#\]/ /' ********************* "$d_SysMaint"'FireFox/FireFox notes, troubles etc.txt' 04Apr2022 set FireFox default text editor = /usr/bin/geany 20Sep2019 lost my old bookmarks 14Aug2019 search "FireFox and copy-paste doesn't work in browser" 17Jun2019 search "FireFox and why can't I paste a search phrase?" 26Aug2019 Howell : set to "true" to be able to copy-paste!! 08Jan2018 How to redirect profile (bookmarks etc) to HOWELL_BASE and back to /home/bill 06Jan2018 search "LibreOffice Calc and how do I turn off autocompletion?" 28Oct2017 Set-up FireFox after I deleted /home/bill !! 19Sep2017 Recover old Toshiba bookmarks from backup 11Aug2017 11:20 How to Make Firefox Faster on Linux Mint 05Sep2014 FireFox Clear all History 24************************24 08********08 #] ??Apr2022 08********08 #] ??Apr2022 08********08 #] ??Apr2022 08********08 #] ??Apr2022 08********08 #] 17Sep2022 can't play modern videos (h264?) I added https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/your-codecs/ Your Codecs. by undecV ExperimentalExperimental This add-on is not actively monitored for security by Mozilla. Make sure you trust it before installing.Learn more A Firefox extension can select to force the YouTube stream videos with H.264 (AVC), VP9, AV1 codecs. >> didn't work, I immediately removed it FireFox Menu -> Add-ons and themes -> plugins -> OpenH264 by Cisco systems is auto-installed Widevine content decryption module provided by Google . -> recommendations +-----+ https://www.fonedog.com/tricks/firefox-not-playing-videos.html >> helpful, led to flash plugins 08********08 #] 04Apr2022 set FireFox default text editor = /usr/bin/geany *************** #] 20Sep2019 lost my old bookmarks FireFox started a totally new user : /home/bill/.mozilla/izgy9n6t.bill/ Can't access mwad0hks.default bookmarks via : View all bookmarks -> Library -> Menu -> Import & Backup -> Import Bookmarks from HTML I can't read these bookmark files in kwrite (compressed, not HTML) search "FireFox bookmarks and how do I read .jsonlz4 files?" https://fileinfo.com/extension/jsonlz4 ... just use FireFox to load file! /home/bill/.mozilla/firefox/mwad0hks.default/bookmarkbackups/bookmarks-2019-09-14_635_qBCVbI3I2MImZze69AOaWg==.jsonlz4 >> Didn't work - just wanted to save! Copy : /home/bill/.mozilla/firefox/mwad0hks.default/bookmarkbackups/bookmarks-2019-09-14_635_qBCVbI3I2MImZze69AOaWg==.jsonlz4 To : /media/bill/SWAPPER/System_maintenance/FireFox/ Try : View all bookmarks -> Library -> Menu -> Import & Backup -> Restore -> Choose file >> OK, that worked *************** #] 14Aug2019 search "FireFox and copy-paste doesn't work in browser" https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1095675 no good ... Just use mouse right-click!!! **************** #] 17Jun2019 search "FireFox and why can't I paste a search phrase?" https://lifehacker.com/enable-copy-paste-in-web-pages-that-disallow-it-with-a-1601848114 Enable Copy-Paste in Web Pages That Disallow It with a Firefox Tweak Firefox: Some web sites don't let users copy text or paste their own, like PayPal which won't let you paste a password. This Firefox settings tweak gives you copy-paste functionality when sites try to take it away. In PayPal's case, they block pasting passwords as a security measure. But if you want to bypass that or simply copy-paste text from any site which doesn't allow it, WonderHowTo tells us how: Go to about:config Search for dom.event.clipboardevents.enabled Double-click it to change the value to "false" #] 26Aug2019 Howell : set to "true" to be able to copy-paste!! Restart your browser and you're done! Of course, when it comes to passwords, you are better off using a password generator and manager like Lastpass. But this is still a neat trick for many web sites which don't allow you to copy their text. >> didn't solve problem! +-----+ https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1164581 Chosen Solution Try to uninstall (trash) and reinstall Firefox. Download the full version and trash the currently installed Firefox application to do a clean reinstall. Download a new copy of the Firefox application and save the Disk Image file to the desktop Firefox 54.0: *https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/ trash the currently installed Firefox application (open the Applications folder in the Finder and drag the Firefox application to the Trash) to do a clean reinstall install the new version that you have downloaded https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Installing+Firefox+on+Mac Your personal data like bookmarks is stored in the Firefox profile folder, so you won't lose personal data when you uninstall and reinstall or update Firefox, but make sure NOT to remove personal data when you uninstall Firefox as that will remove all Firefox profile folders and you lose your personal data. If you keep having problems then create a new profile to test if your current profile is causing the problem. See "Creating a profile": https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-and-remove-firefox-profiles http://kb.mozillazine.org/Standard_diagnostic_-_Firefox#Profile_issues If the new profile works then you can transfer files from a previously used profile to the new profile, but be cautious not to copy corrupted files to avoid carrying over problems. http://kb.mozillazine.org/Transferring_data_to_a_new_profile_-_Firefox >> wait to do this some other day! +-----+ https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1034396 Cannot copy/paste links into Facebook comments cjpalermo21 Posted 12/4/14, 1:15 PM >> try copy/paste to text file, then to search Christos Panayiotou and University of Cyprus Linux Mint and FireFox paste doesn't work **************** #] 08Jan2018 How to redirect profile (bookmarks etc) to HOWELL_BASE and back to /home/bill /home/bill/.mozilla/firefox/profiles.ini >> changed from : +-----+ [General] StartWithLastProfile=1 [Profile0] Name=default IsRelative=1 Path=9ovt0sgz.default (... ths was for Lenovo...) Default=1 >> to : +-----+ [General] StartWithLastProfile=0 [Profile0] Name=default IsRelative=0 Path=/media/bill/HOWELL_BASE/.mozilla/firefox/mwad0hks.default #Path=9ovt0sgz.default +-----+ >> Just : 1. close all FireFox being used in all workspaces 2. comment out one or the other paths **************** #] 06Jan2018 search "LibreOffice Calc and how do I turn off autocompletion?" http://blog.louic.nl/?p=445 Turn off auto complete in libreoffice or openoffice calc and writer Posted on February 18, 2010 by louic Assuming you already found the Tools -> Autocorrect options (which is exactly where you'd expect it to be), that still leaves the (very annoying) autocomplete function enabled. To turn it off in calc, you need to disable: Tools -> Cell Contents -> AutoInput This will turn it off until you turn it back on. I found it thanks to this weblog (update: link is dead). >> I actually posted a reply and forgot about it!! Bill Howell says: March 15, 2014 at 12:00 am Unfortunately, this disease of the programmers is still alive and well, even after disabling "AutoInput", as noted above. Trying to correct text in cells is a nightmare of wasting time on work-arounds. I entirely agree with louic's comments about features that cause FAR, FAR more damage than good. Sometimes, like in my present case, it's simpler to write and debug a script to do the job, rather than use a spreadsheet. ...Sad **************** #] 28Oct2017 Set-up FireFox after I deleted /home/bill !! Currently won't load, biving the error message : "Your Firefox profile cannot be loaded. It may be missing or inaccessible." I found the FireFox page describing recovery - basically : 1. rename profile.ini and restart 2. add-ons -> FireFTP (get set-up from /media/bill/HOWELL_BASE/System_maintenance/FireFox/FireFTP) 3. fetch latest bookmarks from (example) /media/bill/HOWELL_BASE/System_maintenance/FireFox/bookmarks Lenovo 170201.html **************** #] 19Sep2017 Recover old Toshiba bookmarks from backup /media/bill/ADATA CH11/weekly_Toshiba/.mozilla/firefox/mwad0hks.default/bookmarkbackups has regular backups, like : bookmarks-2017-09-08_397_bJcxEwqyIctMPtB+xqDdrw==.jsonlz4 But I can only import HTML backups!?? FireFox Menu -> Bookmarks -> Show all bookmarks -> Restore -> Choose a file -> select file described above >> Oops! : This will replace all of your current bookmarks with the backup. Are you sure? First export current bookmarks to HTML! : /media/bill/HOWELL_BASE/System_maintenance/FireFox/bookmarks Dell64 170919.html Then - restore file above Then add HTML backup ************** #] 11Aug2017 11:20 How to Make Firefox Faster on Linux Mint https://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/338 Written by: efthialex Score: 88 votes: 99 Format: Article How to Make Firefox Faster on Linux Mint Note Before making any changes, please make a backup of .mozilla/firefox/--------.default/prefs.js for your own safety. prefs.js is a file that stores all of your history and bookmarks from Firefox. First open Firefox. Type "about:config" (without quotes) in the Firefox address bar and then click "Enter". This command opens a configuration page that allows the user to change advanced system settings in Firefox. Speed up page loading/rendering time in Firefox. Right-click anywhere in the "about:config" window, click on "New" and then select "String". Name the string "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" (without quotes). Enter a value of "0" and then click "OK". This tweak decreases the amount of time Firefox waits to render a page from 250 milliseconds to zero. Make the same process and name the string "content.notify.interval" and enter a value of "0". Force Firefox to release reserved system RAM when the browser is minimized. Right-click anywhere in the "about:config" window, click on "New" and then select "Boolean". Name the entry "config.trim_on_minimize" (without quotes). Change the value to "True" and then click "OK". This setting forces Firefox to only reserve about 10 MB of system memory while minimized. Normally Firefox only sends one or two tunnels to the website. However, the more tunnels you use the faster you go. To change this, type in filter bar "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" and change the value to "150". Attention: The more tunnels you use, the more bandwidth you use, meaning you could use as tunnels as you want but that would probably kill the sites bandwidth if everyone did that. 150 is a very good value. Type "network.http.pipelining" in filter bar, and set it to "True" by double clicking it. Type "network.http.proxy.pipelining" in filter bar, and set it to "True" by double clicking it. ***** #] 05Sep2014 FireFox Clear all History https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/clear-recent-searches-search-bar Menu -> History -> Clear recent history -> Time range to clear -> Everything -> Clear now enddoc