254597 - Mention to the -a switch in the 'firefox --help' output.

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 249516

(Firefox Graveyard :: Help Documentation, defect)

Description

[Fergus Incoronato]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux ppc; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040630 Firefox/0.9.1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux ppc; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040630 Firefox/0.9.1

The 'firefox --help' output doesn't include any mention to the -a switch, which
became essential from 0.9.x in order to use the -remote switch..

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. give the 'firefox --help' command.

Actual Results:  
It doesn't show any mention to the -a switch.

Expected Results:  
It should show some mention to the -a switch.

Comment 1

[R.J. Keller]

I'm not sure I understand this report. On this end, "firefox --help" doesn't
work. Can you be more specific in your report?

Comment 2

[Logan Ingalls]

"firefox --help" works here, and I also don't see the -a option.  It should be
there.  Dupe of bug 249516?

Comment 3

[Fergus Incoronato]

(In reply to comment #1)
> I'm not sure I understand this report. On this end, "firefox --help" doesn't
> work. Can you be more specific in your report?

It works but doesn't show any mention to the -a switch, which is required in
order to make "firefox -remote" invocations to work properly, at least on my system.


Best regards.



P. S.

I forgot to specify 0.9.3 as the firefox version. Sorry.

Comment 4

[Fergus Incoronato]

(In reply to comment #2)
> "firefox --help" works here, and I also don't see the -a option.  It should be
> there.  Dupe of bug 249516?

Maybe yes. When I looked for duplicates I only searched "-a" and I got no results.

I'm sorry.

BTW, is this issue related only to firefox or is common to other Mozilla
family's programs?


Best regards.

Comment 5

[R.J. Keller]

(In reply to comment #4)
> (In reply to comment #2)
> > "firefox --help" works here, and I also don't see the -a option.  It should be
> > there.  Dupe of bug 249516?
> 
> Maybe yes. When I looked for duplicates I only searched "-a" and I got no results.
> 
> I'm sorry.
> 

No problem, its all good. We all file duplicates some time :).

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 249516 ***