When I'm running MH-V on localhost's display, I then do 'v' to have
MH-V execute "mhstore" to save the image attachment and do e.g.
"firefox -browser file:///home/rader/.mh_cache/23.2.jpeg &" to bring
it up in my browser.
Is -browser needed?
Donno. I don't use firefox. I use a version of Seamonkey I build from
scratch to get purely native vi-like key bindings and I use...
seamonkey -remote "openURL(%url,new-window)"
...to get a window to popup (instead of a new tab.)
Playing around with my (poor ol?) Firefox 3.6.13 on SL54, it seems that firefox
-browser doesn't work right: it opens the URL in a tab and opens a new window
with the startup home page! So I guess that should change to just "firefox"?
When I'm remote and have fast X11 forwarding, I do 'v', and MH-V sees
I have the SSH_CLIENT env var set, and it thus does "firefox -browser
http://some.domain.name/~rader/mh_cache/23.2.jpeg &" (because file:///
is not local/available.)
What's the difference between fast and slow X11 forwarding?
...like fast ethernet or better vs 8Mbps cable broadband.
Over 8Mbps, doing seamonkey -remote "openURL(%url,new-window)" takes about 8,
9 seconds, which is yet another reason why I ditched EXMH. I can do 's',
'^w' ("web browser") in my ol' vtwm window manager and click on a bookmark
and "23.2.jpeg" in about 2 seconds. (Humm, having typed this, I see where
I could save a click here.)
I'd expect that remote Firefox to see a local Firefox is running (thanks
to X properties on its windows) and have the local one open the URL?
Have you considered having the remote Firefox open a
http://localhost:4242/23/2.jpeg URL which the local one opens on its
behalf, and port 4242 is forwarded securely over SSH, thanks to
~/.ssh/config, from the local machine to mh-v listening on the remote
machine where it responds to the HTTP request? It would avoid needing a
HTTP server on remote that's listening on a public interface.
Nice! I'll certainly vet that--I hadn't consider it because I already had
httpd listening on the remote end.
Thanks for the input.
steve
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