On dim., 2009-11-15 at 18:39 -0600, Carlo Segre wrote: > Package: exo-utils > Version: 0.3.105-3 > Severity: normal > > > I have noticed inconsistent behavior of exo-open with the newest > version of > iceweasel (3.5.5-1). In the past the default setting in the > "Preferred > Applications" settings manager dialog, "Debian Sensible Browser" would > open > iceweasel (if it were the default alternative) with the correct > starting > page (URL or local page) and it would open a second window when > clicked > again. > > With the newest installation of iceweasel, both these behaviors have > changed. Now the opening page is just the index of the user's home > directory and a second invocation will open a second tab, not another > window. > > This issue can be fixed somewhat by setting the preferred application > to > iceweasel. This will correctly open the first instance with the > desired > start page but the second invocation, while opening a second window, > will > display the default page for opening a new tab instead of a new window > (in > my case, a blank page). > > I have briefly tried setting epiphany as my alternative for > x-www-browser > and this has the expected behavior, every invocation opens a new > window with > the desired start page. Therefore, this is an interaction with the > newest > version of iceweasel. I have filed this bug here because when I run > iceweasel directly (from the panel button or form the command line) it > has > the correct behavior, it is only the exo-open command which gives this > inconsistent behavior.
Is that sure? Can you trace it? Run: exo-open --launch WebBrowser sensible-browser Maybe using set -x to see the various calls. Do you have a BROWSER variable defined? The fact that *only* iceweasel has the problem really looks like a problem in iceweasel. Cheers, -- Yves-Alexis
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