On Tue, 2003-02-04 at 18:59, guenther wrote:
> cheers();
> 
> > I have set up Mozilla as my default browser in the Gnome Control Center.
> > If I click on a URL in a mail message when Mozilla is already launched,
> > instead of showing the URL in the existing Mozilla window, Evolution
> > tries to re-launch Mozilla, which fails because it is already launched.
> > Is there a way to get around this?
> 
> What version of Gnome?

I'm not sure how to tell. The Gnome Panel is version 1.2.4. I'm running RH 7.1.

> 
> Check your ~/.gnome/Gnome file. You need gnome-moz-remote instead of
> mozilla. It should look like that:
> 
> [URL Handlers]
> default-show=gnome-moz-remote --newwin "%s"
> 

I checked, and I have this set-up, but I was running Evolution under the
KDE desktop. I switched to Gnome, and everything is working.

> 
> gnome-moz-remote %s
>  will only open a new mozilla, when none running
>  displays the URL in the current mozilla (old content overwritten)
> 
> gnome-moz-remote --newwin %s
>  will only open a new mozilla, when none running
>  displays the URL in a new mozilla window
> 
> 
> I use the following default-show entry:
> 
> default-show=/home/guenther/bin/mozilla-remote "%s"
> 
> With the attached mozilla-remote script (must be executable) it acts
> like the --newwin option, but displays the new URL in a new *tab* if
> there is already a mozilla running.
> 
> I don't loose the displayed URL and can even click multiple URLs and see
> them all in the same mozilla.

Very cool!

> 
> Hope that answers all your questions...
> 
> ...guenther
> 

Thank you very much for your help,
Mike


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