r4979 - in trunk/BOOK: . introduction/welcome xsoft/graphweb

[randy]

Author: randy
Date: 2005-08-24 20:16:32 -0600 (Wed, 24 Aug 2005)
New Revision: 4979

Modified:
   trunk/BOOK/general.ent
   trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
   trunk/BOOK/xsoft/graphweb/firefox.xml
Log:
Fixed the profile locking issue and added an optional command to the Firefox 
instructions to open a new tab in an existing browser window, both suggestions 
provided by Kevin Somervill

Modified: trunk/BOOK/general.ent
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/general.ent      2005-08-24 14:56:18 UTC (rev 4978)
+++ trunk/BOOK/general.ent      2005-08-25 02:16:32 UTC (rev 4979)
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!ENTITY day          "24">
+<!ENTITY day          "25">
 <!ENTITY month        "08">
 <!ENTITY year         "2005">
 <!ENTITY version      "svn-&year;&month;&day;">

Modified: trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml       2005-08-24 14:56:18 UTC 
(rev 4978)
+++ trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml       2005-08-25 02:16:32 UTC 
(rev 4979)
@@ -42,6 +42,19 @@
 -->
 
     <listitem>
+      <para>August 25th, 2005</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[randy] - Added a command to the Firefox instructions to fix
+          the  profile locking problem and an optional command to open a new
+          tab in an existing browser window, both suggested by Kevin
+          Somervill. Thanks to Dan Nicholson for the reminder about Kevin's
+          suggestions.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
+    <listitem>
       <para>August 24th, 2005</para>
       <itemizedlist>
         <listitem>

Modified: trunk/BOOK/xsoft/graphweb/firefox.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/xsoft/graphweb/firefox.xml       2005-08-24 14:56:18 UTC (rev 
4978)
+++ trunk/BOOK/xsoft/graphweb/firefox.xml       2005-08-25 02:16:32 UTC (rev 
4979)
@@ -12,6 +12,17 @@
   <!ENTITY firefox-time          "10.3 SBU">
 ]>
 
+<!--
+
+Devs:
+
+Always check the browser/config/mozconfig file in the source tree for
+any changes to the options passed to configure. This file shows the
+default build used by Mozilla. BLFS adds to this, but the values here
+should be in our setup.
+
+-->
+
 <sect1 id="firefox" xreflabel="Firefox-&firefox-version;">
   <?dbhtml filename="firefox.html" ?>
 
@@ -83,14 +94,23 @@
     discussed. Refer to the <xref linkend="mozilla"/> instructions for
     explanations and additional configuration information.</para>
 
+    <para><application>Firefox</application> default behavior when invoked
+    with a URL parameter is to open a new browser window. If you would rather
+    <application>Firefox</application> open a new tab in an existing browser
+    window, issue the following command:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>sed -i 's|openURL(\${_optLast}|&amp;, new-tab|' 
browser/app/mozilla.in</userinput></screen>
+
     <para>Compile and install <application>Firefox</application> by
     running the following commands:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>export MOZILLA_OFFICIAL="1" &amp;&amp;
 export BUILD_OFFICIAL="1" &amp;&amp;
 export MOZ_PHOENIX="1" &amp;&amp;
+sed -i 's|    dist_bin="\$moz_libdir"|\
+&amp;\n    run_moz="\$dist_bin/run-mozilla.sh"|' browser/app/mozilla.in 
&amp;&amp;
 ./configure --prefix=/usr \
-            --with-default-mozilla-five-home=/usr/lib/firefox-1.0 \
+            
--with-default-mozilla-five-home=/usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version; \
             --with-user-appdir=.firefox \
             --with-system-zlib \
             --with-system-png \
@@ -129,8 +149,8 @@
     <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> 
user:</para>
 
 <screen role="root"><userinput>make install &amp;&amp;
-install -d /usr/include/firefox-&firefox-version;/nss &amp;&amp;
-cp -Lf dist/private/nss/*.h dist/public/nss/*.h \
+install -v -m755 -d /usr/include/firefox-&firefox-version;/nss &amp;&amp;
+cp -v -Lf dist/private/nss/*.h dist/public/nss/*.h \
     /usr/include/firefox-&firefox-version;/nss</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>To enable multi-user operation, execute the following as the
@@ -159,6 +179,15 @@
 
   </sect2>
 
+  <sect2 role="commands">
+    <title>Command Explanations</title>
+
+    <para><command>sed -i '...' browser/app/mozilla.in</command>: This command
+    fixes an issue where <application>Firefox</application> wants to call the
+    profile manager instead of just invoking another copy of itself.</para>
+
+  </sect2>
+
   <sect2 role="configuration">
     <title>Configuring Firefox</title>
 

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