319772 - parameter -splash prevents loading an URL

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 74303

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[De Kus]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; de-AT; rv:1.9a1) Gecko/20051209 SeaMonkey/1.5a
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; de-AT; rv:1.9a1) Gecko/20051209 SeaMonkey/1.5a

I tried to write a script to dymically either load a new seamonkey or open in existing. Since I like that splash screen and its disabled by default (at least in my build) I used this line:
seamonkey.sh -splash "$(echo "$@" | sed s/,[^,]*\$//)";
Splash screen is shown, but no URL was loaded. I tried to start with:
seamonkey -splash http://mozilla.org/
but that just starts with an empty page
seamonkey http://mozilla.org/ -splash
complains the URL should be in proper format including http://
but then I found the solution...
seamonkey -splash ' ' http://mozilla.org/
loads the page and shows splash screen. Assumption: -splash consumes an argument though it doesnt support one (at least it neither accepts a .jpg or .png file as alternative splash screen)

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.seamonkey -splash http://mozilla.org/
1.b quit seamonkey
2.seamonkey http://mozilla.org/ -splash
2.b quit seamonkey
3.seamonkey -splash ' ' http://mozilla.org/

Actual Results:  
Page loaded with 3th step

Expected Results:  
Page should load with either of the 3 variants

OS: Debian 3.1 AMD64 Sarge
Build Target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
Configure arguments:
--enable-crypto --enable-xft --disable-installer --disable-freetype2 --enable-default-toolkit=gtk2 --enable-application=suite --enable-extensions=default,xforms,schema-validation --enable-svg --enable-svg-renderer-cairo --enable-canvas --disable-tests --disable-debug --enable-optimize=-O2 --disable-shared --enable-static

Comment 1

[zug_treno]

Duplicate of/related to bug 168640 -> Core bug 74303?

Comment 2

[Andrew Schultz]

yup.  use "-splash -url URL"

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 74303 ***