Re: Opening a URL with NetSurf from another application

[Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com>]

On 05/11/2024 23:26, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> Max Nikulin [2024-11-05 23:04:16] wrote:
> > On 05/11/2024 11:08, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > > default browser: how would you get it to open a new tab in an existing
> > > window when, e.g. `xdg-open` needs it?
> >
> > <https://wiki.debian.org/DefaultWebBrowser#GUI_Applications>
>
> That's the part with which I'm familiar.  My question is about NetSurf.
>
> > and proper CLI options
>
> That's my question.

<https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/amd64/netsurf-gtk/filelist>
> /usr/share/applications/netsurf-gtk.desktop
Is your problem that new window is opened instead of new tab in response 
to "xdg-open https://debian.org";? Looking into the man page, I am in 
doubts if the command may communicate with an earlier launched instance.