Starting Composer by itself

[eldiener]

Is it possible to just start the SeaMonkey Composer without starting SeaMonkey itself ?

[DanRaisch]

See this Help article -- http://seamonkey.ilias.ca/generalfaq/commandlines

[Peter Creasey]

I don't see the answer there...or maybe I don't understand the "instructions".

Is there an easy, short answer?

[DanRaisch]

Change the properties of the shortcut you use to launch Thunderbird (or create a duplicate shortcut) with the following:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Thunderbird\thunderbird.exe" -edit

That was listed in the link above as "-edit <url> Start with editor"

[TPR75]

Change the properties of the shortcut you use to launch Thunderbird (or create a duplicate shortcut) with the following:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Thunderbird\thunderbird.exe" -edit

That was listed in the link above as "-edit <url> Start with editor"

In this case it will be:

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"C:\Program Files\SeaMonkey\seamonkey.exe" -edit

...or:

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"C:\Program Files (x86)\SeaMonkey\seamonkey.exe" -edit

[DanRaisch]

Acch. Thanks TPR75. You’re absolutely right.

[WaltS48]

I don't see the answer there...or maybe I don't understand the "instructions".

Is there an easy, short answer?

Use Edit > Preferences > Appearance, remove the check mark for "Browser" and select "Composer".

[DanRaisch]

Use Edit > Preferences > Appearance, remove the check mark for "Browser" and select "Composer".

That works if you ALWAYS want to start SeaMonkey with the Editor. If it is an occasional need, having a separate shortcut with the -edit switch would be more practical.

[Peter Creasey]

Walt, thanks, that is very worthwhile info.

[WaltS48]

Use Edit > Preferences > Appearance, remove the check mark for "Browser" and select "Composer".

That works if you ALWAYS want to start SeaMonkey with the Editor. If it is an occasional need, having a separate shortcut with the -edit switch would be more practical.

Sorry, I misinterpreted the topic to be asking how to do that.

I'd use Geany.