On Sat, 2022-03-12 at 12:57 +0000, Pete Biggs wrote: > On Fri, 2022-03-11 at 18:42 -0800, Van Snyder wrote: > > How does Evolution open a URL in a new tab in firefox? > > > > I can't do it from the command line. Online discussion says to use > > the "--new-tab" command-line option, but firefox always puts up a > > window saying it's already running, and inviting me to create a new > > profile. > > > > I have other applications for which Id like to open a new tab (or > > new > > window), not start another instance of firefox, such as kalarm. > > > > Dolphin can do it too. Nautilus can do it. > > > > How does Evolution (or dolphin or nautilus) do it? > > > > Evolution (or the others) don't actually do it themselves. They use > xdg-open which opens whatever in the users preferred application. So > something like > > xdg-open http://www.gnome.org > > will open the wewbsite in your preferred browser using the configured > mechanism (new window, new tab, etc.). This applies to not just URLs - > it works for files - give it a .docx file, it will open LibreOffice, > give it an image, it will open gimp etc. etc.
Thanks for the explanation. That works from my command line, but doesn't work in kalarm. > P. > _______________________________________________ > evolution-list mailing list > evolution-list@gnome.org > To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
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