158172 - x-remote command line option in non-*nix platforms

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Core Graveyard :: Cmd-line Features, enhancement)

Description

[Davor Cubranic]

It would be great if -remote command options worked under windows as well. The
behind-the-scenes protocol is irrelevant to a user, whether it's X properties or
COM.

Comment 1

[Andrew Schultz]

you can get most of xremote functionality via DDE on windows.  If you want some
of the more advanced features, you'll have to upgrade to Linux!

Comment 2

[Christopher Blizzard (:blizzard)]

X-Remote is only available on X Windows.

Comment 3

[Davor Cubranic]

Reopening this bug - please read my original description more closely: what I'm
asking for is that I can enter the same (although I realize that because of MS
Windows limitations this will be a subset of) "-remote" command line options
(and not to re-implement x-remote protocol for Windows). Comment #2 said this
can be done via DDE. So why not put this capability in Windows mozilla
executable? Surely openUrl function could be done this way.

Perhaps this bug should belong to a different component. Please reassign if
appropriate.

Comment 4

[Andrew Schultz]

==> Cmd-line features  (although I suspect you'll get the same response there)

Comment 5

[Kevin Wade]

Bug 111539 also addresses this.  This would solve a lot of problems.

Comment 6

[Kevin Wade]

Oops.  This was closed by the erroneous closing of bug 111539.