non-snap version of FF under Ubuntu 22.04?

Thu Apr 27 17:58:54 UTC 2023

At Thu, 27 Apr 2023 19:45:29 +0200 "Ubuntu user technical support,? not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

> 
> hi,
> Am Donnerstag, dem 27.04.2023 um 17:58 +0200 schrieb Volker Wysk:
> > > 
> > > As others have said, I use Firefox snap and I've had no problem
> > > opening
> > > "random local HTML files."Â 
> > 
> > I can't open local HTML files that reside outside of my home
> > directory (and
> > its subdirectories). I can't open, for instance, something in
> > /usr/local/...
> > 
> > Can you open files outside, or are you just referring to files in
> > your home
> > directory?
> > 
> > I'm not an enemy of Snap, but this sucks!
> > 
> > 
> while you will surely not be able to open all html files from random
> places, the typical documentation paths are allowed to firefox ...Â 

What does "typical documentation paths" mean?  I have many file systems on my 
system, almost none are "typical".  I might have need of opening almost any 
sort of file on these file systems, including HTML files with FF.  If the snap 
version of FF is limited to only "typical documentation paths" (whatever that 
means), it is not usable by me (quite aside for its other problems).

> 
> seems to me that /usr/local/doc and man should be definitely in the
> permitted list, would you mind filing a bug about this so someone can
> work on adding it ? 
> 
> ciao
> 	oli
> 

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