Re: gnome-moz-remote misses open Mozilla window

On Tue, 2004-02-17 at 00:53, David Vergin wrote:
> I finally got around to applying guenther's oft-repeated solution to
> make clicking on a url in Evolution open a new tab in an existing
> Mozilla window -- but no joy. I have Evolution 1.2.2 under KDE3.1/RH9.0.
> 
> I have traced the problem back and can illustrate it with the following
> transcript (executed in an xterm under KDE3.1 with Mozilla 1.2.1
> running):
> 
> <transcript>
> $ gnome-moz-remote --remote='openURL('http://google.com', new-tab)'
> 
> Gnome-CRITICAL **: file gnome-moz-remote.c: line 645
> (mozilla_remote_commands): assertion `window != 0' failed.
> </transcript>
> 
> I understand the guenther's discussion at
> http://lists.ximian.com/archives/public/evolution/2003-August/032118.html
> which explains that this error is normal (and harmless) if Mozilla is
> not running. 
> 
> But In my case, Mozilla 1.2.1 *is* running.
> 
> Not surprisingly, after emitting the above complaint, guenther's
> mozilla-remote.sh always brings up a new Mozilla window. It never opens
> a new tab in the existing Mozilla window.

Well, which version of my script are you using? Latest version is
attached.

For debugging, start running the line calling mozilla in a terminal and
do not use the script.


> Why is gnome-moz-remote not recognizing the open instance of Mozilla and
> what can I do to remedy this? 

You don't need gnome-moz-remote, as you can call mozilla directly.

HTH. Let us know about your progress...

...guenther


-- 
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#!/bin/sh

mozilla -remote 'openURL('$1', new-tab)' || mozilla $1 &