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Package: debianutils
Version: 2.10.3
Severity: normal
sensible-browser should pass options like --new-tab etc to the browser.
Otherwise it beats the purpose sometimes of tabbed browsing. One wouldnt
want a new window open each time one clicks on a link in xpdf or some
other app.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.7hibernate
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Versions of packages debianutils depends on:
ii coreutils 5.2.1-2 The GNU core utilities
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-18 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
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On Thu, Nov 04, 2004 at 10:47:14PM -0500, Sudarshana Koushik wrote:
> sensible-browser should pass options like --new-tab etc to the browser.
> Otherwise it beats the purpose sometimes of tabbed browsing. One wouldnt
> want a new window open each time one clicks on a link in xpdf or some
> other app.
You can achieve this by setting the BROWSER environment variable.
Reopen the bug if you have a better way this can be done generically.
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