Re: Open links in existing browser window, not in current workspace

[Chris Green <cl@isbd.net>]

On Mon, Nov 04, 2024 at 10:16:39AM -0500, The Wanderer wrote:
> On 2024-11-04 at 10:03, Chris Green wrote:
> 
> > When I click on a web link in a terminal window I want the link to 
> > open in my existing browser window (which is usually on a different 
> > workspace).
> > 
> > In my new[ish] Debian 12 installation a new browser window pops up
> > in the current workspace which I find very annoying.
> > 
> > It used to work the way I want on my old xubuntu installation so I'm 
> > sure it must be configurable somewhere.
> > 
> > I'm running xfce4 and my default browser is vivaldi.
> > 
> > Can anyone point me at where this might be configured?
> 
> Since "click on a Web link in a terminal window" is a foreign concept to
> me (in the terminal I use, links are plain text like any other text,
> they aren't clickable), I infer that you must be using a different
> terminal emulator, one which provides a different and arguably richer
> feature set.
> 
> If I were in your position, the first two places I'd look would be at
> the default-browser setting (in particular, the exact method and
> arguments with which that browser is launched, since there may be
> command-line arguments which could affect this) and the
> terminal-emulator configuration.
> 
> What terminal emulator are you using?
> 
The default in xfcei, xfce4-terminal.

I think you're right, it's probably the default browser setting in
xfce4 that I need to tamper with to change this.  I don't remember
anything quite like this when I was using xubuntu, though maybe I did
it so long ago that I've forgotten.

I have a complete backup of one of my old xubuntu/xfce4 installations
but it's currently on a disk in the system that won't boot Debian 12.  :-(

-- 
Chris Green