Re: urlview - open firefox tab
On 26Feb2009 15:43, Joseph <syscon780@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 02/26/09 22:53, Joost Kremers wrote:
> [snip]
>> change the COMMAND to
>>
>> COMMAND echo firefox -remote openURL\(%s,new-tab\)
>>
>> and see what the shell actually receives.
>>
>> btw, recent versions of firefox allow a simple 'firefox <url>'. if you have
>> configured ff to open a new page in a new tab rather than a new window,
>> that should give what you want.
>
> I tried: added. "COMMAND echo..." I think I'm getting the correct syntax in
> shell, eg:
> URL: www.dentimax.com
>
> Firefox 3.0.6 is configured to open new URL in TAB but nothing is
> happening.
It's possible that the brackets are not sufficiently escaped; it depends what
is happening to that string on its way to the shell.
Has this worked in the past, or is this a new setup?
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