firefox CLI new window

[Kam Leo]

On 5/12/07, Chris G <cl at isbd.net> wrote:
> On Sat, May 12, 2007 at 01:55:13PM +1000, Tony Crouch wrote:
> > Hi All,
> > I was wondering if anyone knows of a way to open a new firefox window
> > when you already have one instance of the window already open.
> >
> > For example, I may have a firefox window already open in Gnome window 1.
> > I then move to Gnome window 2, open a terminal window and type:
> >
> > firefox `pwd`/fav_html_file.html
> >
> > to open a desired html file.
> >
> > However, firefox does not open a "new" window. It just opens a new "tab"
> > in the original Gnome window 1 instance of firefox.
> >
> > I was wondering if anyone would know how to force firefox to open a new
> > instance of itself (i.e. a new firefox window) in the current Gnome
> > window.
> >
> There's a -noremote option to the firefox command line that should
> start up a new instance rather than using the existing one.
>
> --
> Chris Green

You can actually get Firefox to open a new window from the command
line: http://occy.net/node/165

If you're too lazy to chase the link, try "firefox -new-window
http://gmail.com" or whatever URL you desire to open.