5436 - [BLOCK] command line arg "-url" doesn't work.

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(SeaMonkey :: UI Design, defect, P1)

Description

[phillip]

Overview Description:
        the command line option -url is now ignored when apprunner is
        invoked from command line.

Steps to Reproduce:
	1) in a command shell, type `./apprunner -url http://www.mozilla.org`
	2) note that navigator.xul is used to create the ui.

Actual Results:

	Navigator has an empty url and displays no page, but does use
	Navigator.xul.

Expected Results:

	Navagator should use have loaded mozilla.org's homepage after it loaded
	navigator.xul. (either that, or their should be some way to specify
	which file to use for your UI and which url you'd like as the default
	location.)

Build Date & Platform:
	4/23/99 build on RedHat Linux 5.2
	4/22/99 (17) build on Win NT 4.0 sp4.

Comment 1

[don]

Assigned to radha.

Radha, is this problem also due to Rod's changed?

Comment 2

[don]

Re-assigned to rods.

Rod, you want to mark this one fixed now?

Comment 3

[don]

Re-assigned to radha.

Oops. I re-assigned the wrong one to Rod ...

Comment 4

[Radha on family leave (not reading bugmail)]

I fixed it few minutes ago. This is because of some checkin by Bill that I
mentioned yesterday.

Comment 5

[leger]

Updating QA Contact

Comment 6

[phillip]

ok, now -url works, but it does not serve to also load the navigator.xul file.

we need a way to pass a url to the xul file such that navigator can be launched
with its chrome AND with a default url.

is this hiding in the spec some where?

Comment 7

[Radha on family leave (not reading bugmail)]

I tried this in today's build. With the -url option, I could see apprunner with
the chrome, menus etc...and the url passed as argument to -url option displayed
in the content area.  Now, I don't understand what you mean by "Loading a
default url". Are you talking about a default HOME page?

Comment 8

[phillip]

i don't understand, but all of the sudden, this works. i'm not going to spend
too much more time trying to figure out why it didn't work before. i'll claim
lack of coffee.

the moral of the story is:
     `./apprunner -url http://www.mozilla.org` brings up a browser with chrome
     and the expected content on
     build 1999-04-26-09, RedHat Linux 5.2 i386
     build 1999-04-26-08, WinNT 4.0 sp4, i386

Comment 9

[phillip]

this no longer works on
	RedHat 5.2 build 1999-06-09-08
	WinNT 4.0  build 1999-06-09-08

what happens:

	the qa smoketest page is loaded from mozilla.org.

Expected Results:

	the specified url should be loaded.


this is blocking the automated smoke tests from working.

Comment 10

[phillip]

clearing resolution, changing to blocker, cc'ing leaf and leger...

Comment 11

[Daniel (Leaf) Nunes]

This is definitely not working as of this morning's builds; i didn't realize
this worked before, or the tree would still be closed.

apprunner -url "http://www.yahoo.com"
apprunner -url http://www.yahoo.com
apprunner "http://www.yahoo.com"

all fail for today's windows build. Without this feature, automated smoketests
are impossible. Radha, are you around to try and track this down?

Comment 12

[leger]

Also blocking performance test scripts...arrggghh!  I pinged the pointy
heads...let's try for a fix today please :-)

Comment 13

[Radha on family leave (not reading bugmail)]

Looking in to it.

Comment 14

[Radha on family leave (not reading bugmail)]

Bill Law will checkin a fix in few minutes.

Comment 15

[leger]

AWESOME!!! thanks mucho!

Comment 16

[don]

Bill just checked in the fix.

Comment 17

[phillip]

verified
	RedHat 5.2,  build 1999-06-10-08
	WinNT 4 sp4, build 1999-06-10-09

Comment 18

[phillip]

i hate to do this, but this no longer works as of
	build 1999-07-02-10 on windows NT4 sp 4
	build 1999-07-02-11 on RedHat Linux 5.2

Comment 19

[Radha on family leave (not reading bugmail)]

Works for me in unix & windows in today's build Please verify.

Comment 20

[phillip]

this is fixed

Comment 21

[phillip]

verified on
	RedHat 5.2   build 1999-07-06-16-M8
	WinNT 4.0sp4 build 1999-07-06-08-M8