On 26Feb2009 15:43, Joseph <syscon...@gmail.com> 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? -- Cameron Simpson <c...@zip.com.au> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/
