Re: urlview - open firefox tab
On 27Feb2009 09:07, Joseph <syscon780@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 02/27/09 17:40, Cameron Simpson wrote:
>> Ok, try this in your .urlview file:
>> COMMAND exec >>urlview.out 2>&1; set -x; firefox -remote
>> openURL\(%s,new-tab\)
>> i.e. insert "exec >>urlview.out 2>&1; set -x;" into the front of your
>> COMMAND string.
>>
>> Then use urlview from mutt and examine the urlview.out file afterwards.
>>
>> If we don't learn anything there we can write a small shell script.
>
> I tried as you suggested in urlview:
> COMMAND exec >>urlview.out 2>&1; set -x; firefox -remote openURL\(%s,new-tab\)
>
> response:
> Executing: exec >>urlview.out 2>&1; set -x; firefox -remote
> openURL\('http://www.mutt.org/',new-tab\)...
So, there was _nothing_ in the file "urlview.out"?
That is strange.
BTW, what is your shell? I'd expect urlview to use /bin/sh for its
command but if it uses your login shell and your login shell is unusual
there might be some trouble.
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