firefox CLI new window

[Kam Leo]

On 5/12/07, Anne Wilson <cannewilson at googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Saturday 12 May 2007, Kam Leo wrote:
> > On 5/11/07, Tony Crouch <acrouch2 at une.edu.au> wrote:
> > > Hi All,
> > > I was wondering if anyone knows of a way to open a new firefox window
> > > when you already have one instance of the window already open.
> > >
> > > For example, I may have a firefox window already open in Gnome window 1.
> > > I then move to Gnome window 2, open a terminal window and type:
> > >
> > > firefox `pwd`/fav_html_file.html
> > >
> > > to open a desired html file.
> > >
> > > However, firefox does not open a "new" window. It just opens a new "tab"
> > > in the original Gnome window 1 instance of firefox.
> > >
> > > I was wondering if anyone would know how to force firefox to open a new
> > > instance of itself (i.e. a new firefox window) in the current Gnome
> > > window.
> > >
> > > Thanks for your help.
> > >
> > > All the best.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Tony Crouch
> >
> > OK, obligatory question: Did you try File->New Window ?
>
> Firefox in FC6 is buggy - and no, I haven't reported it, or even checked
> whether it has been reported.  If you ask for a link to be opened in a new
> window it automatically opens it in a new tab.  You then have to use 'Detach
> Tab'.
>
> Anne

It works. You have to use the "-new-window" parameter.