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SeaMonkey Composer via right-click menu

December 14, 2025 — BarryK

When you click the right-button of the mouse on a .html file, appropriate apps appear to view it. In my case, clicked on /usr/share/doc/cups_shell.htm:

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...I've got some extra apps installed; Bluefish and Chrome. But for now, just thinking about Composer; this is a HTML editor, so likely that you would want to edit the file.

Which is a problem, as Composer, being a component of the SeaMonkey suite, will run as user "seamonkey". That means, won't be able to save changes to the file at /usr/share/doc.

I have modified /usr/local/bin/mozedit to run Composer as root user. That is what will now happen when launched by the right-click menu. Note though, that if launch Composer from within SeaMonkey, it will run as "seamonkey".

This change is not yet implemented, as SeaMonkey is compiled in woofQ2 and a PET package created. The fix will take place next time I compile SM and create a new PET.   

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