Tor Browser Bundle ignores -app argument (GNU/Linux, mine is 64 bit)
Currently command line arguments given to start-tor-browser should be passed to Firefox. However, I ran into problems when trying to use slimerjs (http://slimerjs.org), which can use Firefox to run itself as an "app". Slimerjs is basically a framework for automating Firefox. When I want to use it with Tor, I think it is best to use it with TBB, as TBB has its enhancements needed to good anonymity added to Firefox ESR. Through TBB is a MODIFIED version of Firefox (plus Tor), I feel there must not be any real compatibility issue.
Slimerjs launches itself with this command: "$SLIMERJSLAUNCHER" -app "$SLIMERDIR/application.ini" $PROFILE -no-remote "$@" where "$SLIMERJSLAUNCHER" becomes "start-tor-browser".
In TBB's start-tor-brwser:
./firefox --class "Tor Browser"
-profile TorBrowser/Data/Browser/profile.default "${@}"
Results in:
./firefox --class "Tor Browser"
-profile TorBrowser/Data/Browser/profile.default -app "$SLIMERDIR/application.ini" $PROFILE -no-remote "$@"
And used as: SLIMERJSLAUNCHER=start-tor-browser slimerjs script.js
I suspected duplicated "-profile" might cause problems. But editing around them did not solve any issues.
Slimerjs is a Firefox automation framework, so automating TBB should be straightforward.
Since TBB supports command line arguments, it should be able to be used for running "trusted" XUL applications.
Expected behavior: Runs given javascript with slimerjs, with the same functionality and fingerprints as normal TBB operations.
Actual behavior (TBB 4.0): TBB launches as usual. Nothing related to slimerjs happens.
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