[Users] Opening link in Firefox

[John Jason Jordan]

On Wed, 21 Mar 2012 02:49:53 +0100
Michael <codejodler at gmx.ch> dijo:

>Ah, i see.
>
>Try  -new-tab :)

firefox -new-tab %s
firefox --new-tab %s
firefox -new-tab '%s'

Or other combinations with "new-tab" all open the link in a new tab, but
only in the most recently used window, and do not un-minimize the
window so I have to un-minimize all the windows one at a time to find
the one it opened the tab in

firefox -newtab %s
firefox --newtab %s
firefox --newtab '%s'

Or other combination with "newtab" all open a new un-minimized Firefox
window with a new tab, but fail to load the link in the new tab.

I have tried putting single or double quotes around various parts
of the expression, but they are always ignored. Ditto for how many
dashes in front of "new-tab" and "newtab" I use. The only difference I
can make is whether I use "new-tab" or "newtab": The former gives me
the link but does not create a new un-minimized window and tab; and the
latter gives me the new un-minimized window and tab, but does not load
the link.

The Claws Mail documentation is very skimpy on this subject. Yet I have
seen such expressions in many places in Linux. I wonder if there is a
standard Linux syntax for passing arguments to other programs.