--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# See the LICENSE file for copyright and license details.
+#
+
+xidfile="$HOME/tmp/tabbed-surf.xid"
+uri=""
+
+if [ "$#" -gt 0 ];
+then
+ uri="$1"
+fi
+
+runtabbed() {
+ tabbed -dn tabbed-surf -r 2 surf -e '' "$uri" >"$xidfile" \
+ 2>/dev/null &
+}
+
+if [ ! -r "$xidfile" ];
+then
+ runtabbed
+else
+ xid=$(cat "$xidfile")
+ xprop -id "$xid" 2>&1 >/dev/null
+ if [ $? -gt 0 ];
+ then
+ runtabbed
+ else
+ surf -e "$xid" "$uri" 2>&1 >/dev/null &
+ fi
+fi
+