Setting Evolution to use already open Mozilla?

jondkent · Apprentice Joined: 26 Jul 2002 Posts: 289 Location: London

This is slightly annoying, but not major problem for me. However, currently when I click on a URL link in a email within Evolution it opens a new Mozilla session instead of using an existing Mozilla window which I would prefer. Is there a way of achieving this as I can't seem to find anything that relates to this.

Thanks

Jon

Smooth · n00b Joined: 28 Jun 2002 Posts: 28

Hey,

I know you can use the command mozilla -remote openURL(urlname) to use the same mozilla process instead of opening up a new window. You can also use mozilla -remote openURL(urlname, new-tab) to open up a new tab in the same window. So, although I haven't tried it, maybe you could change the options within Evolution to use this remote command.

jondkent · Apprentice Joined: 26 Jul 2002 Posts: 289 Location: London

Hi,

Unfortunately that the problem, I can't see where you would change the browser settings within Evolution to do this. I'm assuming that this is configured via the GUI and not from a text file though, maybe I'll see if I can find a text config file somewhere

Cheers

Jon

Smooth · n00b Joined: 28 Jun 2002 Posts: 28

Yeah, I was looking for a way to graphically edit such an option, but no cigar. So I'm gonna start looking through config files to see if I can find something. If I do, I'll let you know (and if you do, then you let me know

sessionID · Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2002 3:41 pm Post subject:

You might want to get the mozilla starter script, MSS: http://kingant.net/?p=mss.

AFAIK with gnomecc, you can set up the preferred browser for Evolution.

sl70 · Guru Joined: 18 Jun 2002 Posts: 453 Location: Saitama, JP

Set the default URL handler in gnomecc. Mine is set to:
galeon --new-tab "%s"

Smooth · n00b Joined: 28 Jun 2002 Posts: 28

Thanks sessionID,

That's a good idea. Since that thing replaces /usr/bin/mozilla, every program requesting to open up mozilla will open up a new tab instead. I don't see why I'd need new windows opening up if we got tabs to work with

Maybe setting mozilla -remote openURL("%s", new-tab) in gnomecc would work?

jondkent · Apprentice Joined: 26 Jul 2002 Posts: 289 Location: London

Yeh that MSS looks to be what I need as I don't use GNOME wm (I'm assuming gnomecc is part of this). I'll give it a whirl.

Cheers

Jon

paul138 · Guru Joined: 09 Aug 2002 Posts: 370 Location: Ottawa, ON

Heres a quick-n-dirty way to get mozilla to launch in a new tab if one is open. Call this whatever you want. I use it with sylpheed like so:

AlterEgo · Veteran Joined: 25 Apr 2002 Posts: 1619

paul138 · Guru Joined: 09 Aug 2002 Posts: 370 Location: Ottawa, ON

It would appear that Phoenix does not yet have that functionality. It -is- still a young program.
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