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Re: urlview - choosing the browser



On Wed, May 17, 2006 at 08:48:31PM EDT, Michael Tatge wrote:
> * On Wed, May 17, 2006 cga2000 (cga2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) muttered:
> > Is there any way I can get urlview to open the target link in an already
> > running instance of the web browser?
> 
> I'd think so, though I'm not sure ATM if you can hand arguments to the
> browser command. Just edit url_handler.sh and try it out.
> Firefox for example will just open a new tab if it's allready running.

On my system it currently launches an instance of Konqueror - takes
about thirty seconds. Mind you this is my fault.. I just haven't had
time to make any changes in this area. 
> 
> > How can I get mutt/urlview to open a text browser in the same xterm mutt
> > is currently running in? So that the text browser would re-use the
> > terminal and terminating the browser would return you to your mutt
> > session. Is this possible?
> 
> If options work you should be able to make it use the same screen
> session you run mutt in. 
> 
> Michael
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