nsISupports
Last changed in Gecko 1.8 (Firefox 1.5 / Thunderbird 1.5 / SeaMonkey 1.0)Each command line handler is registered in the category "command-line-handler". The entries in this category are read in alphabetical order, and each category value is treated as a service contract ID implementing this interface.
By convention, handlers with ordinary priority should begin with "m".
Example:
| Category | Entry | Value |
command-line-handler |
b-jsdebug |
@mozilla.org/venkman/clh;1 |
command-line-handler |
c-extensions |
@mozilla.org/extension-manager/clh;1 |
command-line-handler |
m-edit |
@mozilla.org/composer/clh;1 |
command-line-handler |
m-irc |
@mozilla.org/chatzilla/clh;1 |
command-line-handler |
y-final |
@mozilla.org/browser/clh-final;1 |
void handle(in nsICommandLine aCommandLine); |
| Attribute | Type | Description |
helpInfo |
AUTF8String |
When the application is launched with the -help argument, this attribute is retrieved and displayed to the user (on stdout). The text should have embedded newlines which wrap at 76 columns, and should include a newline at the end. By convention, the right column which contains flag descriptions begins at the 24th character. Read only. |
Processes a command line. If this handler finds arguments that it understands, it should perform the appropriate actions (such as opening a window), and remove the arguments from the command-line array.
void handle( in nsICommandLine aCommandLine );
aCommandLine