On Fri, 2022-03-11 at 18:42 -0800, Van Snyder wrote: > How does Evolution open a URL in a new tab in firefox? > > I can't do it from the command line. Online discussion says to use > the "--new-tab" command-line option, but firefox always puts up a > window saying it's already running, and inviting me to create a new > profile. > > I have other applications for which Id like to open a new tab (or new > window), not start another instance of firefox, such as kalarm. > > Dolphin can do it too. Nautilus can do it. > > How does Evolution (or dolphin or nautilus) do it? >
Evolution (or the others) don't actually do it themselves. They use xdg-open which opens whatever in the users preferred application. So something like xdg-open http://www.gnome.org will open the wewbsite in your preferred browser using the configured mechanism (new window, new tab, etc.). This applies to not just URLs - it works for files - give it a .docx file, it will open LibreOffice, give it an image, it will open gimp etc. etc. P. _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
