Re: probs with firefox and gnus

[Robert D. Crawford]

johnsu01 <x@x.x> writes:

> Erwan David <erwan@rail.eu.org> writes:
> 
> > rdc1x@comcast.net (Robert D. Crawford) wrote :
> >
> >> I am new to the world of gnus (about 1.5 weeks) and I am having a bit of
> >> a problem getting gnus and firefox to work well together.  I found code
> >> on the emacs wiki to open an url in a new tab, but it opens in a new
> >> window instead.  Here is the pertinent info:
> >
> > I use gnus and firefox together with the following settings under Xemacs
> > (customize-group browse-url)
> >
> > Browser Function: browse-url-mozilla   (browse-url-browser-function 
> > 'browse-url-mozilla)
> > Mozilla Program: <path-to-firefox>     (browse-url-mozilla-program 
> > "firefox")
> > New Window Flag: on                    (browse-url-new-window-flag t)
> > Mozilla New Window is Tab: on          
> > (browse-url-mozilla-new-window-is-tab t)
> > Mozilla Arguments: -a firefox          (browse-url-mozilla-arguments '("-a" 
> > "firefox"))
> >                   
> Hm, this doesn't work for me. It tries to start a new instance of
> firefox rather than open a tab in an already-running one. Know any way
> around that?

As I said before, I am new, so here are the steps I took:

1. Commented out any references to the above functions already present in
my .emacs and .gnus.el files.
2. Inserted the above lines in my .emacs file as so:

'(browse-url-browser-function 'browse-url-mozilla)
'(browse-url-mozilla-program "firefox")
'(browse-url-new-window-flag t)
'(browse-url-mozilla-new-window-is-tab t)
'(browse-url-mozilla-arguments '("-a" "firefox"))

3. quit gnus and restarted emacs

Now, as with the other code, a new firefox window is not opened, but the
url is opened in the active tab in the already running firefox.

Thanks for all the help, maybe there is something I missed.

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Robert D. Crawford                                      rdc1x@comcast.net

Every why hath a wherefore.
                -- William Shakespeare, "A Comedy of Errors"
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