Talk:FAQ

Why doesn't the New Userscript command open anything? (Firefox 3 compatibility)

I'm using Greasemonkey 0.7.20080121.0 on Firefox 2.0.0.14 and 3.0b5. Running an external editor works with Firefox 2, but not with 3b4 or 3b5.

Application: Firefox 3.0b5 (2008040514)
Operating System: Linux (x86-gcc3)

• Extension List Dumper 1.13.1
• Greasemonkey 0.7.20080121.0
• Ubuntu Firefox Modifications 0.5~beta2.1

So I'm seeing the edit button and new user script problem, specifically with beta versions of Firefox 3. Greasemonkey lets me choose gedit, giving

 greasemonkey.editor;/usr/bin/gedit

but then does nothing.

If I install Greasemonkey with apt on Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron, I get version 0.8.20080119.0-0ubuntu1, an old version of Greasemonkey from hardy/universe, and it gives this error report:

Could not launch editor.
[Exception... "Could not convert JavaScript argument arg 0 [nsIMIMEInfo.preferredApplicationHandler]" nsresult: "0x80570009 (NS_ERROR_XPC_BAD_CONVERT_JS)" location: "JS frame :: chrome://greasemonkey/content/utils.js :: launchApplicationWithDoc :: line 189" data: no]

summary · I understand how to set greasemonkey.editor, and it's working for me, but not with Firefox 3 beta. It looks like Greasemonkey is incompatible with Firefox 3. Is anyone else seeing this problem on other platforms?

--merriam 10:56, 26 April 2008 (EDT)