Re: how to run a second copy of firefox in a separate address space with no connection to the first?

2017-08-01 Thread der.hans
Am 30. Jul, 2017 schwätzte rpr // so: On 30 July 2017 at 22:05, Curt wrote: I'm not quite following here. -no-remote allows you to run multiple Firefox instances simultaneously (profile1 and profile2 at the same time, let's say). However you cannot open external links in the

Re: how to run a second copy of firefox in a separate address space with no connection to the first?

2017-08-01 Thread Fungi4All
> From: dan.h...@gmail.com > To: Sven Hartge > debian-user@lists.debian.org > Thanks Sven, and also Erwan, Curt, rpr, and Felix, > On Sun, Jul 30, 2017 at 11:54 AM, Sven Hartge wrote: >> Dan Hitt wrote:

Re: how to run a second copy of firefox in a separate address space with no connection to the first?

2017-07-31 Thread Dan Hitt
Thanks Sven, and also Erwan, Curt, rpr, and Felix, On Sun, Jul 30, 2017 at 11:54 AM, Sven Hartge wrote: > Dan Hitt wrote: > >> I would like to run a second copy of firefox in debian, that is >> completely unconnected to the first. > >> That is, the

Re: how to run a second copy of firefox in a separate address space with no connection to the first?

2017-07-31 Thread Curt
On 2017-07-30, rpr // wrote: > On 30 July 2017 at 22:05, Curt wrote: >> >> I'm not quite following here. -no-remote allows you to run multiple >> Firefox instances simultaneously (profile1 and profile2 at the same >> time, let's say). However you cannot open

Re: how to run a second copy of firefox in a separate address space with no connection to the first?

2017-07-30 Thread Felix Miata
Sven Hartge composed on 2017-07-30 23:29 (UTC+0200): > Curt wrote: >> I could imagine this restriction being prohibitive in some cases, and >> Sven's suggestion, which at first reading I thought unnecessarily >> complicated, might then be taken into account. > To be fair: I hadn't even thought

Re: how to run a second copy of firefox in a separate address space with no connection to the first?

2017-07-30 Thread Sven Hartge
Curt wrote: > I could imagine this restriction being prohibitive in some cases, and > Sven's suggestion, which at first reading I thought unnecessarily > complicated, might then be taken into account. To be fair: I hadn't even thought about multiple profiles. I've been using

Re: how to run a second copy of firefox in a separate address space with no connection to the first?

2017-07-30 Thread rpr //
On 30 July 2017 at 22:05, Curt wrote: > > I'm not quite following here. -no-remote allows you to run multiple > Firefox instances simultaneously (profile1 and profile2 at the same > time, let's say). However you cannot open external links in the > -no-remote instance (link in an

Re: how to run a second copy of firefox in a separate address space with no connection to the first?

2017-07-30 Thread Curt
On 2017-07-30, Erwan David wrote: > Le 07/30/17 à 20:47, Dan Hitt a écrit : >> I would like to run a second copy of firefox in debian, that is >> completely unconnected to the first. >> >> That is, the second copy should not share history, cookies, any kind >> of storage,

Re: how to run a second copy of firefox in a separate address space with no connection to the first?

2017-07-30 Thread Erwan David
Le 07/30/17 à 20:47, Dan Hitt a écrit : > I would like to run a second copy of firefox in debian, that is > completely unconnected to the first. > > That is, the second copy should not share history, cookies, any kind > of storage, passwords, configuration, or anything else with the first. > It

Re: how to run a second copy of firefox in a separate address space with no connection to the first?

2017-07-30 Thread Sven Hartge
Dan Hitt wrote: > I would like to run a second copy of firefox in debian, that is > completely unconnected to the first. > That is, the second copy should not share history, cookies, any kind > of storage, passwords, configuration, or anything else with the first. > It

how to run a second copy of firefox in a separate address space with no connection to the first?

2017-07-30 Thread Dan Hitt
I would like to run a second copy of firefox in debian, that is completely unconnected to the first. That is, the second copy should not share history, cookies, any kind of storage, passwords, configuration, or anything else with the first. It should be possible to send a signal to one (such as