Re: [Nmh-workers] mh-v

[Ralph Corderoy]

Hi steve,

> Playing around with my (poor ol?) Firefox 3.6.13 on SL54, it seems
> that firefox -browser doesn't work right: it opens the URL in a tab
> and opens a new window with the startup home page!  So I guess that
> should change to just "firefox"?

Yep.  Or xdg-open(1).

>  > What's the difference between fast and slow X11 forwarding?
> 
> ...like fast ethernet or better vs 8Mbps cable broadband.  

Ah, I thought it was a software matter.  :-)  That's one advantage of
the remote firefox spotting the local firefox already running on the X
server;  just a little X protocol over the slow encrypted link is needed
for the URL to be transferred to the local firefox and the remote one
quits.

A colour ASCII-art approximation that fills the screen may be another
option as often images aren't important and are just company logos in
signatures, etc.  A rough rendering may be sufficient to tell this.

Cheers, Ralph.