Re: browse-url & firefox = window overpopulation

[David Hansen <david.hansen@gmx.net>]

On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 11:21:11 +0800 Dan Jacobson wrote:

> Gentlemen, these didn't open a new window
>  (setq browse-url-generic-program "mozilla")
>  (setq browse-url-netscape-program "mozilla")
> but they do with firefox.  Tips?

May need some tuning but should be a good starting point:

(defun firefox-browse-url (url &optional ignored)
  "Browse URL using a new tab in firefox."
  (interactive "sURL: ")
  (let ((process-environment (cons "DISPLAY=:0.0" process-environment)))
    (call-process "/home/dhansen/bin/firefox/firefox" nil 0 nil
                  "-remote"
                  (format "openURL(%s, new-tab)" url))))

-- David