Hello Jonothan,
once again, please please do *not* top positing!
It's hard to read and find out in wich context you have problems or you
rely on..
Please answer in context to a previous specific part of the mail. This
helps massive to see there or that you answering. Delete all old parts
that are uninterested.
On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 06:59:05AM +0000, J Chetwynd wrote:
> $ /usr/lib/icedove/run-mozilla.sh -g [-safe-mode]
> /usr/lib/icedove/icedove-bin 2>&1 | tee /tmp/icedove-gdb-$(apt-cache show
> icedove | grep Version | awk '{ print $2 }')_$(date +%F_%T).log
>
> run-mozilla.sh: Cannot execute [-safe-mode].
If you look into man pages you will offen find such things that are
written inside the square brackets []. Thees are *additional* statements
or options.
So you can *add* to the command line above this additional option
'-safe-mode' to start Icedove in safe mode. If you want do so then you
have to exclude the square brackets. It then looks like:
> $ /usr/lib/icedove/run-mozilla.sh -g -safe-mode /usr/lib/....
If you want start with the extensions enabled then remove the whole option
'-safe-mode' like this:
> $ /usr/lib/icedove/run-mozilla.sh -g /usr/lib/....
> could not find obvious answer on search, sudo?
Icedove always runs in user context (otherwise it would not make any
sence). So there is never a needing for running with sudo rights.
> is it subject that creates top posting?
Yes. :)
Top-Posting is one of the horrible things that come with the "practical"
HTML Webmailers or by people that only knowing MS Outlook. But
top-posting makes it hard to find the relevant info in the right context
from reporters like you. ;) Imagin there longer mails out there like
your previous.
Here a short copy about top-posting and why don't to use it.
> A3: Please.
> Q3: Should I avoid top posting on mailing lists etc.?
>
> A2: Because, by reversing the order of a conversation, it leaves the
> reader without much context, and makes them read a message in an
> unnatural order.
> Q2: Why is top posting irritating?
>
> A1: It is the practice of putting your reply to a message before the
> quoted message, instead of after the (trimmed) message.
> Q1: What is top posting?
see also [1-3]
After reading this you will hopefully understand why we really dont like
top posting. If you read further on technical mailing lists you will
also see why we pratice the in context based answer.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Top-posting
[2]
http://illuminated.co.uk/blog/2003/12/top-posting-vs-bottom-posting---or---microsoft-outlook-vs-the-right-thingtm.html
[3] http://mailformat.dan.info/quoting/top-posting.html
Regards
Carsten
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