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For some reason it does not bounce.

From: Zach Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Dave Murray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mutt/Netscape eludes me
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 14:01:54 -0800

Here's what I do with netscape in linux:

Launch netscape with this shell script:

---BEGIN netscape.sh---
#!/bin/sh
/usr/local/netscape/netscape &
echo "" > ~/.mutt/netwin
while [ "`cat ~/.mutt/netwin`X" = "X" ]; do
    xwininfo -root -tree | \
    grep "Netscape:" | \
    sed -e "s/ *\([0-9a-z]*\) .*/\1/" > ~/.mutt/netwin
done;
---END---

It's a cheesy way to find out the X windows id of the netscape window and load
it into a file.  I use ~/.mutt/netwin to store the id.  Here's part of my
mailcap file:

---BEGIN .mailcap---
text/html; /usr/local/netscape/netscape \
           -id `cat ~/.mutt/netwin` -remote 'openURL(%s)'
---END---

It tells netsacpe to launch the url in a pre-existing window - the id that we
just found in netscape.sh.

Here's my .urlview file:

---BEGIN .urlview---
EXPERT
COMMAND netscape -remote 'openURL(%s)'
---END---

Obviously, your mileage may vary, and I'm not responsible for any cpu fires.
Works for me, though...

Zach

Dave Murray wrote:
> Arrggg!
> 
> I can't get mutt to use netscape from URLView.
> 
> I put:
> text/html; /opt/netscape/netscape -remote 'openURL(%s)' ; test=RunningX
> or
> text/html; /opt/netscape/netscape -remote 'openURL(%s)'
> into my .mailcap to no avail, it spawns linx.
> 
> From mutt I can:
> |/opt/netscape/netscape -remote 'openURL(www.mutt.org);
> and if will work if netscape is running.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
> Dave

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