Pass command line arguments to Firefox
start-tor-browser script reads:
XXX Someday we should pass whatever command-line arguments we got
(probably filenames or URLs) to Firefox.
Now that Vidalia is removed from the bundle, passing command line parameters from start-tor-browser to Firefox seems straightforward.
This could be very convenient for launching TBB with a specific URL to run tests or experiments. See also comment by Roger: http://tor.stackexchange.com/questions/84/how-do-i-create-a-launcher-script-that-opens-an-url-in-torbrowser-from-the-bu#comment98_92
Applying the attached minimal patch, all command line arguments (except TBB's own --debug) were successfully passed to Firefox binary.
Some commands that worked for me were as follows (Ubuntu 12.04 & TBB v3.5):
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./start-tor-browser torproject.org open torproject.org
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./start-tor-browser !about:tor torproject.org open !about:tor and torproject.org (will open 2 tabs)
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./start-tor-browser -search Tor search for the word "Tor" using TBB's default search engine (startpage)
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./start-tor-browser --debug torproject.org run TBB in debug mode and open torproject.org
Still, no serious thoughts were given about the issues this may bring.