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>> Does anyone know of a fix/workaround for the netscape --remove (openURL)
>> problem in KDE 2.1.1 ?  Will this be fixed in 2.1.2?

> Here's my workaround - It involves a tweak to the perl script
> netscape-remote, and a new script, get-ns-id:

> netscape-remote:

> #!/usr/bin/perl

> ######################################################################
> # The purpose of this script is to handle URL requests for Netscape. #
> # If Netscape is already running, it will issue a netscape -remote   #
> # command to launch the URL in the already opened browser.           #
> # If Netscape is not already running it starts it with the specified #
> # URL.                                                               #
> #                                                                    #
> # Unfortunately this script fails if Netscape dies and leaves behind #
> # a stale lockfile. You'll have to start Netscape manually the next  #
> # time if that happens.                                              #
> ######################################################################

> my $url;

> if ($ARGV[0] =~ /http/) { $url = $ARGV[0] }
> elsif ($ARGV[1] =~ /http/) { $url = $ARGV[1] }

> if (-l "$ENV{'HOME'}/.netscape/lock") {
>   $NS_ID = `/usr/local/bin/get-ns-id`;
>   exec ("/usr/local/netscape/netscape -id $NS_ID -remote
>   'openURL($url)'");
> }
> else {
>         exec ("/usr/local/netscape/netscape $url");
> }

> -------------------------cut here-------------------

> get-ns-id:

> #!/bin/tcsh
> setenv WINID_LIST `xwininfo -root -all | grep Navigator | awk '{print
> $1}'` setenv NS_WIN_ID `echo $WINID_LIST | awk '{print $1}'`
> echo -n $NS_WIN_ID

> --------------------------cut here--------------------

> This workaround works for me in both Redhat Linux 7.1 and Solaris 8.
> You may need to tweak the paths a bit in your system to get it to work.

>>> Does anyone know of a fix/workaround for the netscape --remove (openURL)
>>> problem in KDE 2.1.1 ?  Will this be fixed in 2.1.2?

>> Here's my workaround - It involves a tweak to the perl script
>> netscape-remote, and a new script, get-ns-id:

>> netscape-remote:

>> #!/usr/bin/perl

>> ######################################################################
>> # The purpose of this script is to handle URL requests for Netscape. #
>> # If Netscape is already running, it will issue a netscape -remote   #
>> # command to launch the URL in the already opened browser.           #
>> # If Netscape is not already running it starts it with the specified #
>> # URL.                                                               #
>> #                                                                    #
>> # Unfortunately this script fails if Netscape dies and leaves behind #
>> # a stale lockfile. You'll have to start Netscape manually the next  #
>> # time if that happens.                                              #
>> ######################################################################

>> my $url;

>> if ($ARGV[0] =~ /http/) { $url = $ARGV[0] }
>> elsif ($ARGV[1] =~ /http/) { $url = $ARGV[1] }

>> if (-l "$ENV{'HOME'}/.netscape/lock") {
>>   $NS_ID = `/usr/local/bin/get-ns-id`;
>>   exec ("/usr/local/netscape/netscape -id $NS_ID -remote
>>   'openURL($url)'");
>> }
>> else {
>>         exec ("/usr/local/netscape/netscape $url");
>> }

>> -------------------------cut here-------------------

>> get-ns-id:

>> #!/bin/tcsh
>> setenv WINID_LIST `xwininfo -root -all | grep Navigator | awk '{print
>> $1}'` setenv NS_WIN_ID `echo $WINID_LIST | awk '{print $1}'`
>> echo -n $NS_WIN_ID

>> --------------------------cut here--------------------

>> This workaround works for me in both Redhat Linux 7.1 and Solaris 8.
>> You may need to tweak the paths a bit in your system to get it to work.

> You can put the netscape-remote script anywhere on your system you want.
> Mine is in /usr/local/bin.  This script is not a part of KDE or netscape.
> You can simply cut and paste it from my original followup to this thread.

> > Does anyone know of a fix/workaround for the netscape --remove (openURL)
> > problem in KDE 2.1.1 ?  Will this be fixed in 2.1.2?

> Here's my workaround - It involves a tweak to the perl script
> netscape-remote, and a new script, get-ns-id:

> netscape-remote:

> #!/usr/bin/perl

> ######################################################################
> # The purpose of this script is to handle URL requests for Netscape. #
> # If Netscape is already running, it will issue a netscape -remote   #
> # command to launch the URL in the already opened browser.           #
> # If Netscape is not already running it starts it with the specified #
> # URL.                                                               #
> #                                                                    #
> # Unfortunately this script fails if Netscape dies and leaves behind #
> # a stale lockfile. You'll have to start Netscape manually the next  #
> # time if that happens.                                              #
> ######################################################################

> my $url;

> if ($ARGV[0] =~ /http/) { $url = $ARGV[0] }
> elsif ($ARGV[1] =~ /http/) { $url = $ARGV[1] }

> if (-l "$ENV{'HOME'}/.netscape/lock") {
>   $NS_ID = `/usr/local/bin/get-ns-id`;
>   exec ("/usr/local/netscape/netscape -id $NS_ID -remote 'openURL($url)'");
> }
> else {
>         exec ("/usr/local/netscape/netscape $url");
> }

> -------------------------cut here-------------------

> get-ns-id:

> #!/bin/tcsh
> setenv WINID_LIST `xwininfo -root -all | grep Navigator | awk '{print $1}'`
> setenv NS_WIN_ID `echo $WINID_LIST | awk '{print $1}'`
> echo -n $NS_WIN_ID

> --------------------------cut here--------------------

> This workaround works for me in both Redhat Linux 7.1 and Solaris 8.
> You may need to tweak the paths a bit in your system to get it to work.

> PID 27349 doesn't exist on my PC. What's the problem?

> --
> Claus Tondering