#!/bin/sh

# version 0.1
# author: Marcel Meckel, http://www.adminblogger.de/
#
# Script tries to open URLs in an already running
# Firefox window. If no running window is found
# a new Firefox process is being started.
#
# I wrote this script because on OpenSUSE 10.3
# firefox -remote 'openURL(http://foo.bar,new-tab)'
# doesn't work:
#
# Error: Failed to send command: 500 command not parseable
#

MY_BINARY=/usr/lib/firefox/firefox.sh
MY_XREMOTE=/usr/lib/firefox/mozilla-xremote-client
MY_XREMOTE_CALL='openURL(__URL__,new-tab)'

if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then

	# no parameters - normal startup
	$MY_BINARY

else

	# assume 1st parameter is an URL
	MY_URL="$1"
	MY_CALL="${MY_XREMOTE_CALL/__URL__/${MY_URL}}"

	# if remote call does not work
	# start normal firefox
	if ! $MY_XREMOTE "$MY_CALL" ; then

		$MY_BINARY "$MY_URL"

	fi

fi