[Orgmode] Re: org-protocol and safari

[Matthew Lundin]

Sebastian Rose <address@hidden> writes:

> Greg Newman <address@hidden> writes:

>> I did try to get it working with Firefox 3.x and it's not working.
>> I followed the worg instructions (
>> http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/org-protocol.php ) for FF and tried the
>> verification links with no luck.
>> Firefox just screams at me "Firefox doesn't know how to open this address,
>> because the protocol (org-protocol) isn't associated with any program."
>> 2.  Any clue why this isn't working?
>
>
> As for FF, the instructions should work. See also:
>
>    http://kb.mozillazine.org/Register_protocol#Linux_and_Mac

These instructions are incorrect. I can confirm that setting a protocol
does not work in Firefox on Mac OS - there is a bug that's been around
for a long time that prevents associating protocols with an application
and/or path. See this mailing list post:

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/12883

And this bug report:

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=471724

My solution for this bug was to install Arch Linux on my Macbook. ;)

- Matt