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teika
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 Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 1:36 am Post subject: An enhancement of /usr/bin/firefox-bin; no new win etc. |
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The script below is a replacement /usr/bin/firefox-bin, which is included in www-client/firefox-bin.
1. When you do
$ firefox-bin *
it'll ignore *_files directories, which the original firefox-bin picks up.
2. The original firefox-bin has a defect when you open new urls from the command line, if already firefox is running. If you do
$ firefox-bin foo bar baz
then a new window is created, and these urls are shown there, while
$ firefox-bin one-url
results in a new tab. With my script, they are always opened in new tabs.
| Code: | #!/bin/bash
# Based on www-client/firefox-bin-8.0
# Difference from the Gentoo original:
# Suppose firefox is already running. When you do
# $ /usr/bin/firefox foo bar baz
# then a new window is created, and these urls are shown there, while
# $ /usr/bin/firefox one-url
# results in a new tab.
# With this script, they're always opened in new tabs.
unset LD_PRELOAD
LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/opt/firefox/"
GTK_PATH=/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/
# Is already firefox running? Well, simple way doesn't work:
# ( -z $( pgrep -x -u $( whoami ) firefox | grep -v $to_exclude ))
# If this script is run from a symlink "firefox"
# It's probably because $() forks??
for i in $( pgrep -x -u $( whoami ) firefox ) ; do
if [[ `cat /proc/${i}/cmdline` =~ ^/opt/firefox/firefox ]]; then
RUNNING=t
break
fi
done
# filter out *_files
# If you run firefox a*, then you receive a.*_files.
args=()
for i in "$@"; do
if [[ ( -d "$i") && ( "$i" =~ _files$ ) ]]; then
:
else
args=( "${args[@]}" "$i" )
fi
done
if [[ (( -n "$1" ) && ( "$1" =~ ^- )) || -z $RUNNING ]]; then
exec /opt/firefox/firefox "${args[@]}"
else
newArgs=()
for i in "${args[@]}"; do
if [[ ( -e "$i" ) || ( "$i" =~ ^file:// ) || ( "$i" =~ ^http ) ]]; then
newArgs=( "${newArgs[@]}" -new-tab "$i" )
else
newArgs=( "${newArgs[@]}" "$i" )
fi
done
/opt/firefox/firefox "${newArgs[@]}" &
fi
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I think it can be improved; I'm not good at bash.
/usr/bin/firefox-bin is created by the ebuild, not distributed by mozilla.com. If this script is refined enough, then I may send it to Gentoo bugzilla. Enjoy.
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teika
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[Now obsolete]
The above script doesn't work any more. It seems that it can be fixed by prefixing each url with "-new-tab". The code which mostly works is easy to write, but wait a bit for a fairly good one. Or someone can contribute one, I'll be grateful. =) |
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teika
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| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 10:56 pm Post subject: |
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Updated. Now it seems to work again.
Without any comments, it'll never be sent to Gentoo bugzilla. I can't judge the quality of my own code. (If it's to be merged to the official ebuild, this feature should be optional, but it's a minor issue.)
Regards.
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