[olug] href="telnet://nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn"

[Lane Roberts]

xterm -e "/usr/bin/telnet"
will give you a new window with telnet running, but as far as I know,
telnet *nix doesn't understand protocol strings like telnet://host -
so you will probably have to feed it to a small shell script that will
parse out the host name -- aha, see
http://www.freelists.org/archives/juneau-lug/03-2006/msg00059.html
for ideas

Lane



On 5/2/06, Noel Leistad <noel at metc.net> wrote:
> Looks like that at least calls correct helper app
> Thanks!!
>
> IF you need a new terminal, should I be calling xterm w/ xargs or
> something? This opens either new tab or new browser window, but now
> output. It's getting closer.
>
> Noel
>
>
> Lane Roberts wrote:
>
> >I remember having to do this so eDonkey links would open
> >short instructions:
> >
> >    * Enter about:config in the address bar
> >    * Right click on the list, select New, then Boolean; enter
> >network.protocol-handler.external.ed2k as Preference Name and true as
> >Value
> >    * Now right click, select New and String; enter
> >network.protocol-handler.app.ed2k as Preference Name and /usr/bin/ed2k
> >
> >Of course, you'll have to change 'ed2k' to 'telnet' and use the
> >appropriate path, but I think it should work for telnet.
> >
> >Lane
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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