#!/bin/sh
VERSION="1.1"
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# webnewtab - Open the URL given on the command line in a new Firefox tab
#
# Written to be invoked by software that likes to run 'firefox %s'; ie:
#   /usr/local/bin/webnewtab '%s'
# Works across multiple displays (well, :0.0 and :0.1).
#
# Written by Tim Skirvin <tskirvin@ks.uiuc.edu>.  Copyright 2002-2006.
# Licensed under the UIUC/NCSA Open Source License: 
#
#        http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Development/MDTools/scripts/license.html
#
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# DISPLAY=":0.0"
# export DISPLAY

LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:/usr/local/lib/firefox";
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH

CHECK="/usr/local/lib/firefox/mozilla-xremote-client -a firefox"
PHOE="/usr/local/bin/firefox"
URL="$@"
DISP2=`echo $DISPLAY | sed -e 's/\.1/\.0/g'`

# echo "$DISP2 openURL($URL,new-tab)" >> /home/tskirvin/testing

for i in $DISPLAY $DISP2 :0.0 :0.1
do
  DISPLAY=$i
  export DISPLAY
  $CHECK "ping()" 2>/dev/null >/dev/null
  if [ $? = 0 ] ; then
        exec $CHECK "openURL($URL,new-tab)"
  fi
done

$PHOE $URL &

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### Version History ###########################################################
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# 1.1           Thu 09 Feb 10:36:27 CST 2006    tskirvin
### Added version history, and made debugging a bit easier, but no other major
### changes.
# 1.0           Tue 31 Jan 16:47:03 CST 2006    tskirvin
### First version ready for web in in any way.