> > When I'm running MH-V on localhost's display, I then do 'v' to have > > MH-V execute "mhstore" to save the image attachment and do e.g. > > "firefox -browser file:///home/rader/.mh_cache/23.2.jpeg &" to bring > > it up in my browser. > > Is -browser needed?
Donno. I don't use firefox. I use a version of Seamonkey I build from scratch to get purely native vi-like key bindings and I use... seamonkey -remote "openURL(%url,new-window)" ...to get a window to popup (instead of a new tab.) Playing around with my (poor ol?) Firefox 3.6.13 on SL54, it seems that firefox -browser doesn't work right: it opens the URL in a tab and opens a new window with the startup home page! So I guess that should change to just "firefox"? > > When I'm remote and have fast X11 forwarding, I do 'v', and MH-V sees > > I have the SSH_CLIENT env var set, and it thus does "firefox -browser > > http://some.domain.name/~rader/mh_cache/23.2.jpeg &" (because file:/// > > is not local/available.) > > What's the difference between fast and slow X11 forwarding? ...like fast ethernet or better vs 8Mbps cable broadband. Over 8Mbps, doing seamonkey -remote "openURL(%url,new-window)" takes about 8, 9 seconds, which is yet another reason why I ditched EXMH. I can do 's', '^w' ("web browser") in my ol' vtwm window manager and click on a bookmark and "23.2.jpeg" in about 2 seconds. (Humm, having typed this, I see where I could save a click here.) > I'd expect that remote Firefox to see a local Firefox is running (thanks > to X properties on its windows) and have the local one open the URL? > > Have you considered having the remote Firefox open a > http://localhost:4242/23/2.jpeg URL which the local one opens on its > behalf, and port 4242 is forwarded securely over SSH, thanks to > ~/.ssh/config, from the local machine to mh-v listening on the remote > machine where it responds to the HTTP request? It would avoid needing a > HTTP server on remote that's listening on a public interface. Nice! I'll certainly vet that--I hadn't consider it because I already had httpd listening on the remote end. Thanks for the input. steve -- _______________________________________________ Nmh-workers mailing list Nmh-workers@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/nmh-workers