150800 - Enable splash screen on Linux

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(SeaMonkey :: General, enhancement)

Description

[Si Ly]

I think the splash screen should be enabled on Linux.

Comment 1

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

Build ID ?
Do you use a mozilla.org build ?

We have a splash screen on linux (bug 27446)

Comment 2

[Si Ly]

Attachment: Add "-splash" to command line if the option isn't already there

This patch adds "-splash" to the command line if the option isn't already
there. The splash screen appears only when there isn't already a running
instance.

Is a Good Thing to enable the splash screen? Maybe there should be a way to
disable it?

Comment 3

[Si Ly]

Matti, I know about the "-splash" option.  I'm using 1.0.0 on Red Hat 7.2, and
the option isn't enabled by default.  I could type "mozilla -splash" to get the
splash screen, but then it would cause problems if there's already a running
instance. The profile selector would come up. So I can't just make an icon that
invokes "mozilla -splash".

The patch I proposed always tacks on the "-splash" option.  Some people may not
like this.  If that's the case, I can change it so that the default is no
splash. Additionally, it would also strip off the "-splash" option if there's
already a running instance.

Comment 4

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

rpm = blizzard

Comment 5

[Si Ly]

Attachment: Add -splash option only when there are no other arguments

Mozilla ignores other command line arguments when -splash is present. The new
patch adds the -splash option only when there are no other arguments. And only
when there are no running instance. There isn't much to look at. It's just a
one-liner.

Comment 6

[Andy Lyttle]

I agree that the splash screen should be on by default, but I'm not sure this is
the best way to do it.  Looks like a good workaround though.  Is there a
-nosplash option?  See bug 152464.

Comment 7

[Kai Lahmann (is there, where MNG is)]

bah! go away with the splash!

Comment 8

[Si Ly]

I'm not so sure my patch is the best way to do it, but the splash screen serves
a purpose.  It lets you know that a new browser session is starting, and that
the previous session cookies have been invalidated.  That's very useful when you
have many virtual desktops.  You never know when there's a hidden Mozilla window
somewhere. (Obviously, there are other ways around this, e.g. ps(1) or the GNOME
tasklist. I just think a splash screen is the simplest way.)

Another argument is that it's on MS Windows.  Why not Linux?

Comment 9

[Nicolás Lichtmaier]

IMO this should be done in the binary itself. And not only if there's no
options, there are several options that has no conflict at all with the splash
screen.

Comment 10

[Nicolás Lichtmaier]

I guess it's a matter of simply find out which options conflict with the splash
screen and edit here:

http://lxr.mozilla.org/seamonkey/source/xpfe/bootstrap/nsAppRunner.cpp#1732

Comment 11

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

Andrew, wdy think?

Comment 12

[Philip Chee]

WONTFIX as we don't support splash screens on any platform on trunk.