Bug 75064 – mozilla-launcher doesn't load absolute file url in a new tab

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Fabio Rossi 2004-12-20 08:21:09 UTC]

I have installed firefox and set the variable MOZILLA_NEWTYPE=tab for mozilla-launcher. If I try to load a HTML file, giving its absolute path on the command line, nothing happens. Setting MOZILLA_NEWTYPE=window instead, the file is correctly loaded.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Set MOZILLA_NEWTYPE=tab
2. Load a file giving its absolute path on the command line
3.

Actual Results:  
Nothing

Expected Results:  
Load the file

[Comment 1 Fabio Rossi 2005-01-08 08:58:03 UTC]

--- /usr/libexec/mozilla-launcher       2005-01-08 17:52:00.000000000 +0100
+++ /usr/libexec/mozilla-launcher.new   2005-01-08 17:53:19.558005008 +0100
I have used this patch and now it works correctly:

@@ -228,6 +228,9 @@
       elif [[ $1 != *://* && $1 != /* && -e $1 ]]; then
         # relative path to a file, transform to absolute path
         urls=("${urls[@]}" "file://$PWD/$1")
+      elif [[ $1 != *://* && $1 == /* && -e $1 ]]; then
+        # absolute path to a file
+        urls=("${urls[@]}" "file://$1")
       elif [[ $1 != *:* && $1 == *@* ]]; then
         # looks like an email address, prefix with mailto: so we can
         # recognize it later.

[Comment 2 Fabio Rossi 2005-01-18 15:05:23 UTC]

Created attachment 48896 [details, diff]
mozilla-launcher.patch

[Comment 3 Aron Griffis (RETIRED) 2005-03-15 06:17:15 UTC]

Thanks!  Committed to cvs, will be available in the next mozilla-launcher release

[Comment 4 Aron Griffis (RETIRED) 2005-03-16 05:35:52 UTC]

Fixed in mozilla-launcher-1.26