From: daniel47@eternal-september.org   
      
   On 16/07/2025 8:34 am, alexyu wrote:   
   > Daniel70 wrote, on 15 j]Jul 2025 09:38:   
   >   
   >  > On 15/07/2025 8:15 pm, Don Vito Martinelli wrote:   
   >  >> Daniel70 wrote:   
   >  >>> I'm betting that if you were to look at the relevant file (with a   
   > Text Editor), you would see that it lists a double setting of File   
   > Locations, one set to display the Windows formatted copies (i.e.   
   > C:\SeaMonkey\Profiles\addressbook) and a similar (but different) set of   
   > Linux formatted copies(i.e. Home/SeaMonkey/Profiles/addressbook).   
   >  >>>   
   >  >>   
   >  >> Unlikely, where would the "foreign OS" values come from?  They   
   > should also be visible in about:config and I've seen no signs of that.   
   >  >   
   >  > When you set up your Windows SeaMonkey profile, the Windows-styled   
   > addresses of associated files would be placed in the Config file (or   
   > whatever).   
   >  >   
   >  > Then, when you set up your Linux SeaMonkey profile (with it pointing   
   > towards the Windows Profile), the Linux styled addresses of associated   
   > LINUX files would also be placed in the SAME Config file.   
   >  >   
   >  > At least this WAS the case for my Laptop where I had set up the Linux   
   > SeaMonkey pointing to the Windows Profile. My thoughts might change when   
   > I set up Linux and Linux SeaMonkey on this Desktop.   
   >   
   > This very probably is at least part of the 'SM programming mechanisms'   
   > which allow the behavior I described:  Yes, the profile-definition files   
   > do have in them addresses for all of the Windows versions I use   
   > (XP,7-32,7-64--no Linux), and hopefully these are added whenever   
   > relevant (depending on the Win version being used), and the programs   
   > 'know/discover' which version is most apt for each session.   
   >   
   > Very possibly, that flexibility does not extend to Linux-Windows combos,   
   > so that might be why they are much more dangerous...   
   >   
   As I recall they would be on seperate lines, one under the other, so if   
   it works (safely) one way, it should work (safely) the other way.   
      
   IMHO, for what it's worth. ;-P   
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