Re: urlview - open firefox tab
On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 10:20:22PM -0700, Joseph wrote:
On 02/26/09 22:02, Kyle Wheeler wrote:
firefox -remote openURL('http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/',new-tab)...
sh: -c: line 0: syntax error near unexpected token `('
Well, sure - bare parentheses mean something to your shell. That's why
you have to put the backslashes in front of them. It's got nothing to
do with the single quotes inside. You could do this:
in urlview I have:
OMMAND firefox -remote openURL\(%s,new-tab\)
When I try to open any URL:
Executing: firefox -remote
openURL\('http://domainkeys.sourceforge.net/',new-tab\)...
Error: Failed to send command: 500 command not parseable
i haven't used urlview since i started using xfce4's Terminal, which
recognises urls and makes them clickable, but back when i did, my .urlview
looked like this:
###
# Urlview configuration file.
# man urlview Man page
#
# The defaults are shown here:
#
REGEXP (((https?|ftp|gopher)://|(mailto|file|news):)[^'
\t]+|(www|web|w3)\.[-a-z0-9.]+)[^' \t.,;\):]
COMMAND /home/joost/bin/urlhandler.sh %s
#
###
and the script urlhandler.sh looked like this:
==
#!/bin/bash
export PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:
if [ ! -z $DISPLAY ] ; then
# for some stupid reason, firefox -remote cannot handle the fact that
# there are commas in urls. therefore, we have to parse the url through
# sed and replace commas with their ascii code %2c:
exec firefox -remote openURL($(echo $@|sed 's/,/%2c/g'),new-tab)
else
TERM=linux
exec links $@
fi
==
however, given that firefox doesn't need the -remote option nor the command
openURL anymore, i'd try this in .urlview:
COMMAND firefox %s
my guess is that'll work just fine...
--
Joost Kremers, PhD
University of Frankfurt
Institute for Cognitive Linguistics
Grüneburgplatz 1
60629 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Re: urlview - open firefox tab
On 02/27/09 17:40, Cameron Simpson wrote:
Ok, try this in your .urlview file:
COMMAND exec urlview.out 21; set -x; firefox -remote openURL\(%s,new-tab\)
i.e. insert exec urlview.out 21; set -x; into the front of your
COMMAND string.
Then use urlview from mutt and examine the urlview.out file afterwards.
If we don't learn anything there we can write a small shell script.
I tried as you suggested in urlview:
COMMAND exec urlview.out 21; set -x; firefox -remote openURL\(%s,new-tab\)
response:
Executing: exec urlview.out 21; set -x; firefox -remote
openURL\('http://www.mutt.org/',new-tab\)...
--
#Joseph
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Re: urlview - open firefox tab
On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 12:24:24PM +0100, Joost Kremers wrote:
On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 10:20:22PM -0700, Joseph wrote:
On 02/26/09 22:02, Kyle Wheeler wrote:
firefox -remote openURL('http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/',new-tab)...
sh: -c: line 0: syntax error near unexpected token `('
Well, sure - bare parentheses mean something to your shell. That's why
you have to put the backslashes in front of them. It's got nothing to
do with the single quotes inside. You could do this:
in urlview I have:
OMMAND firefox -remote openURL\(%s,new-tab\)
When I try to open any URL:
Executing: firefox -remote
openURL\('http://domainkeys.sourceforge.net/',new-tab\)...
Error: Failed to send command: 500 command not parseable
i haven't used urlview since i started using xfce4's Terminal, which
recognises urls and makes them clickable, but back when i did, my .urlview
looked like this:
###
# Urlview configuration file.
# man urlview Man page
#
# The defaults are shown here:
#
REGEXP (((https?|ftp|gopher)://|(mailto|file|news):)[^'
\t]+|(www|web|w3)\.[-a-z0-9.]+)[^' \t.,;\):]
COMMAND /home/joost/bin/urlhandler.sh %s
#
###
and the script urlhandler.sh looked like this:
==
#!/bin/bash
export PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:
if [ ! -z $DISPLAY ] ; then
# for some stupid reason, firefox -remote cannot handle the fact that
# there are commas in urls. therefore, we have to parse the url through
# sed and replace commas with their ascii code %2c:
exec firefox -remote openURL($(echo $@|sed 's/,/%2c/g'),new-tab)
else
TERM=linux
exec links $@
fi
==
however, given that firefox doesn't need the -remote option nor the command
openURL anymore, i'd try this in .urlview:
COMMAND firefox %s
my guess is that'll work just fine...
I use Cygwin ion a laptop for mail, with mutt of course, and:-
COMMAND /cygdrive/c/Program Files/Mozilla Firefox/firefox %s
in my .urlview works fine, so you are certainly correct if firefox is on
your path.
Brian.
--
Joost Kremers, PhD
University of Frankfurt
Institute for Cognitive Linguistics
Gr??neburgplatz 1
60629 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
--
Brian Salter-Duke (Brian Duke)
Re: urlview - open firefox tab
On 27Feb2009 09:07, Joseph syscon...@gmail.com wrote:
On 02/27/09 17:40, Cameron Simpson wrote:
Ok, try this in your .urlview file:
COMMAND exec urlview.out 21; set -x; firefox -remote
openURL\(%s,new-tab\)
i.e. insert exec urlview.out 21; set -x; into the front of your
COMMAND string.
Then use urlview from mutt and examine the urlview.out file afterwards.
If we don't learn anything there we can write a small shell script.
I tried as you suggested in urlview:
COMMAND exec urlview.out 21; set -x; firefox -remote openURL\(%s,new-tab\)
response:
Executing: exec urlview.out 21; set -x; firefox -remote
openURL\('http://www.mutt.org/',new-tab\)...
So, there was _nothing_ in the file urlview.out?
That is strange.
BTW, what is your shell? I'd expect urlview to use /bin/sh for its
command but if it uses your login shell and your login shell is unusual
there might be some trouble.
--
Cameron Simpson c...@zip.com.au DoD#743
http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/
You can blip it twice to clear the bore,
But blip it thrice, and you've sinned once more.
- Tom Warner t...@dfind.demon.co.uk
urlview - open firefox tab
I have ./home/me/.urlview REGEXP (((http|https|ftp|gopher)|mailto)[.:][^ \t]*|www\.[-a-z0-9.]+)[^ .,;\t\):] COMMAND firefox -remote openURL\(%s,new-tab\) in mutt macros acro index \cb |urlview\n macro pager \cb |urlview\n CTRL-B shows URL's but nothing no new tab appears in firefox when I hit any url -- #Joseph GPG KeyID: ED0E1FB7
Re: urlview - open firefox tab
On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 02:09:06PM -0700, Joseph wrote: I have ./home/me/.urlview REGEXP (((http|https|ftp|gopher)|mailto)[.:][^ \t]*|www\.[-a-z0-9.]+)[^ .,;\t\):] COMMAND firefox -remote openURL\(%s,new-tab\) in mutt macros acro index \cb |urlview\n macro pager \cb |urlview\n CTRL-B shows URL's but nothing no new tab appears in firefox when I hit any url change the COMMAND to COMMAND echo firefox -remote openURL\(%s,new-tab\) and see what the shell actually receives. btw, recent versions of firefox allow a simple 'firefox url'. if you have configured ff to open a new page in a new tab rather than a new window, that should give what you want. -- Joost Kremers, PhD University of Frankfurt Institute for Cognitive Linguistics Grüneburgplatz 1 60629 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Re: urlview - open firefox tab
On 02/26/09 22:53, Joost Kremers wrote: [snip] change the COMMAND to COMMAND echo firefox -remote openURL\(%s,new-tab\) and see what the shell actually receives. btw, recent versions of firefox allow a simple 'firefox url'. if you have configured ff to open a new page in a new tab rather than a new window, that should give what you want. I tried: added. COMMAND echo... I think I'm getting the correct syntax in shell, eg: URL: www.dentimax.com Firefox 3.0.6 is configured to open new URL in TAB but nothing is happening. -- #Joseph GPG KeyID: ED0E1FB7
Re: urlview - open firefox tab
On 26Feb2009 15:43, Joseph syscon...@gmail.com wrote: On 02/26/09 22:53, Joost Kremers wrote: [snip] change the COMMAND to COMMAND echo firefox -remote openURL\(%s,new-tab\) and see what the shell actually receives. btw, recent versions of firefox allow a simple 'firefox url'. if you have configured ff to open a new page in a new tab rather than a new window, that should give what you want. I tried: added. COMMAND echo... I think I'm getting the correct syntax in shell, eg: URL: www.dentimax.com Firefox 3.0.6 is configured to open new URL in TAB but nothing is happening. It's possible that the brackets are not sufficiently escaped; it depends what is happening to that string on its way to the shell. Has this worked in the past, or is this a new setup? -- Cameron Simpson c...@zip.com.au DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/
Re: urlview - open firefox tab
On 02/27/09 10:43, Cameron Simpson wrote: I tried: added. COMMAND echo... I think I'm getting the correct syntax in shell, eg: URL: www.dentimax.com Firefox 3.0.6 is configured to open new URL in TAB but nothing is happening. It's possible that the brackets are not sufficiently escaped; it depends what is happening to that string on its way to the shell. Has this worked in the past, or is this a new setup? I think it was working OK with Firefox 2.0 -- #Joseph GPG KeyID: ED0E1FB7
Re: urlview - open firefox tab
On 26Feb2009 16:54, Joseph syscon...@gmail.com wrote: On 02/27/09 10:43, Cameron Simpson wrote: I tried: added. COMMAND echo... I think I'm getting the correct syntax in shell, eg: URL: www.dentimax.com Firefox 3.0.6 is configured to open new URL in TAB but nothing is happening. It's possible that the brackets are not sufficiently escaped; it depends what is happening to that string on its way to the shell. Has this worked in the past, or is this a new setup? I think it was working OK with Firefox 2.0 The next step is to do this by hand at a shell prompt. Try typing: firefox -remote openURL\(www.mutt.org,new-tab\) and see if that works. If it doesn't, that has to be fixed before urlview is worth examining. -- Cameron Simpson c...@zip.com.au DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ All information wants to be free. - an old Hacker's adage
Re: urlview - open firefox tab
On 02/27/09 12:29, Cameron Simpson wrote:
It's possible that the brackets are not sufficiently escaped; it depends what
is happening to that string on its way to the shell.
Has this worked in the past, or is this a new setup?
I think it was working OK with Firefox 2.0
The next step is to do this by hand at a shell prompt.
Try typing:
firefox -remote openURL\(www.mutt.org,new-tab\)
and see if that works. If it doesn't, that has to be fixed before
urlview is worth examining.
firefox -remote openURL\(www.mutt.org,new-tab\)
Error: Failed to send command: 500 command not parseable
but:
firefox -remote 'openURL(http://www.mutt.org,new-tab)'
works
firefox -remote openURL('http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/',new-tab)...
sh: -c: line 0: syntax error near unexpected token `('
It seems like it doesn't like the single '' between in URL
--
#Joseph
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Re: urlview - open firefox tab
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On Thursday, February 26 at 07:32 PM, quoth Joseph:
firefox -remote openURL\(www.mutt.org,new-tab\)
Error: Failed to send command: 500 command not parseable
Hmmm, so, perhaps openURL requires the http:// in front?
but:
firefox -remote 'openURL(http://www.mutt.org,new-tab)'
works
That's good!
firefox -remote openURL('http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/',new-tab)...
sh: -c: line 0: syntax error near unexpected token `('
Well, sure - bare parentheses mean something to your shell. That's why
you have to put the backslashes in front of them. It's got nothing to
do with the single quotes inside. You could do this:
firefox -remote
'openURL('http://www.cskk.ezohosting.com/cs/',new-tab)'
and that should work just fine too (though for a slightly different
reason).
~Kyle
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regard those who think alike than those who think differently.
-- Nietzsche
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Re: urlview - open firefox tab
On 26Feb2009 22:02, Kyle Wheeler kyle-m...@memoryhole.net wrote: | On Thursday, February 26 at 07:32 PM, quoth Joseph: | firefox -remote openURL\(www.mutt.org,new-tab\) | Error: Failed to send command: 500 command not parseable | | Hmmm, so, perhaps openURL requires the http:// in front? | | but: | firefox -remote 'openURL(http://www.mutt.org,new-tab)' | works | | That's good! Indeed. The next test step is like this: echo http://www.mutt.org/ | urlview - Does that work? Meanwhile, a look at urlview's manual entry, from man urlview, suggests your .urlview file is just fine (visually). Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson c...@zip.com.au DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/
Re: urlview - open firefox tab
On 02/26/09 22:02, Kyle Wheeler wrote:
firefox -remote openURL('http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/',new-tab)...
sh: -c: line 0: syntax error near unexpected token `('
Well, sure - bare parentheses mean something to your shell. That's why
you have to put the backslashes in front of them. It's got nothing to
do with the single quotes inside. You could do this:
in urlview I have:
OMMAND firefox -remote openURL\(%s,new-tab\)
When I try to open any URL:
Executing: firefox -remote
openURL\('http://domainkeys.sourceforge.net/',new-tab\)...
Error: Failed to send command: 500 command not parseable
--
#Joseph
GPG KeyID: ED0E1FB7
Re: urlview - open firefox tab
On 02/27/09 15:32, Cameron Simpson wrote: | That's good! Indeed. The next test step is like this: echo http://www.mutt.org/ | urlview - Does that work? Yes, this works OK; Firefox opens new URL in a tab. I Googling about this error but can not pin point the reason. -- #Joseph GPG KeyID: ED0E1FB7
Re: urlview - open firefox tab
On 26Feb2009 22:23, Joseph syscon...@gmail.com wrote: On 02/27/09 15:32, Cameron Simpson wrote: | That's good! Indeed. The next test step is like this: echo http://www.mutt.org/ | urlview - Does that work? Yes, this works OK; Firefox opens new URL in a tab. Ok, try this in your .urlview file: COMMAND exec urlview.out 21; set -x; firefox -remote openURL\(%s,new-tab\) i.e. insert exec urlview.out 21; set -x; into the front of your COMMAND string. Then use urlview from mutt and examine the urlview.out file afterwards. If we don't learn anything there we can write a small shell script. Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson c...@zip.com.au DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza. - Dave Barry
Re: urlview - open firefox tab
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On Thursday, February 26 at 10:20 PM, quoth Joseph:
in urlview I have:
OMMAND firefox -remote openURL\(%s,new-tab\)
When I try to open any URL:
Executing: firefox -remote
openURL\('http://domainkeys.sourceforge.net/',new-tab\)...
Error: Failed to send command: 500 command not parseable
I don't use urlview (I use extract_url.pl, which is similar), but it
looks like urlview may be stripping the backslashes. I wonder if you
can fix it like this:
COMMAND firefox -remote 'openURL('%s',new-tab)'
If that doesn't fix it, you could even try something stupid like
creating a shell script (let's say openfirefox.sh) that looks like
this:
#!/bin/sh
firefox -remote 'openURL('$1',new-tab)'
...and then use this in your .urlview file:
COMMAND openfirefox.sh %s
~Kyle
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