firefox CLI new window

[Anne Wilson]

On Saturday 12 May 2007, Kam Leo wrote:
> On 5/11/07, Tony Crouch <acrouch2 at une.edu.au> 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.
> >
> > Thanks for your help.
> >
> > All the best.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Tony Crouch
>
> OK, obligatory question: Did you try File->New Window ?

Firefox in FC6 is buggy - and no, I haven't reported it, or even checked 
whether it has been reported.  If you ask for a link to be opened in a new 
window it automatically opens it in a new tab.  You then have to use 'Detach 
Tab'.

Anne
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