start of fix for bug #44847. -remote support for unix.

widget/public/Makefile.in

@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ XPIDLSRCS	= \
 		nsIRollupListener.idl \
 		nsIMenuRollup.idl \
 		nsIBaseWindow.idl \
+		nsIXRemoteClient.idl \
 		$(NULL)
 
 EXPORTS		:= $(addprefix $(srcdir)/, $(EXPORTS))

widget/public/nsIXRemoteClient.idl

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public
+ * License Version 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ * except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ * the License at http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/
+ * 
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS
+ * IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or
+ * implied. See the License for the specific language governing
+ * rights and limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * The Original Code is mozilla.org code.
+ * 
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Christopher Blizzard.
+ * Portions created Christopher Blizzard are Copyright (C) Christopher
+ * Blizzard.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * 
+ * Contributor(s):
+ */
+
+#include "nsISupports.idl"
+
+[scriptable, uuid(0bafc924-1dd2-11b2-8345-b59762ae0df7)]
+interface nsIXRemoteClient : nsISupports
+{
+  /**
+   * Initializes the client
+   */
+   void init();
+
+  /**
+   * Sends a command to a running instance.  If it returns false then
+   * there is no running instance.
+  */
+  boolean sendCommand(in string aCommand);
+
+  /**
+   * Shuts down the client
+   */
+  void shutdown();
+   
+};