Hi Frank, Try: set GRASS_HTML_BROWSER=C:/Progra~1/Intern~1/iexplore You can also cast opening the following file on your browser: file:///C:/OSGeo4W/apps/grass/grass-6.4.0svn/docs/html/full_index.html (change the version directory)
bests milton 2009/7/26 Frank Bilki <fbi...@gmail.com> > Hi Markus, > > Thanks for the suggestion and the link to the changeset. It turns out I had > already made that change, having also discovered grass64.bat after editing > grass.bat. > > That particular command was commented out in my version; I tried > un-commenting it but I still got the same error. > > The relevant contents of my two batch files are: > > C:\OSGeo4W\bin\grass64.bat > -------------------------- > ... > rem Path to your web browser > rem set GRASS_HTML_BROWSER=%SYSTEMDRIVE%\PROGRA~1\INTERN~1\IEXPLORE.EXE > ... > > I also tried changing the above statement to: > set GRASS_HTML_BROWSER=%PROGRAMFILES%\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe > > but I still got the same error. > > C:\OSGeo4W\etc\ini\grass.bat > ---------------------------- > ... > set GRASS_HTML_BROWSER=%PROGRAMFILES%\Internet Explorer\iexplore > ... > > I can confirm that grass.bat is executed, but it also appears to be > overridden by grass64.bat (I can tell because the g.manual error contains > "iexplorer.exe" rather than just "iexplore"). > > After some investigation I also found another copy of grass64.bat at > C:\OSGeo4W\apps\grass\bin, however the second copy does not appear to be > executed and is missing several statements. > > The operation and purpose of all the batch files isn't clear to me at the > moment but I will help where I can to diagnose the problem. > > Cheers, > > Frank > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 18:48:52 +0200 > From: Markus Neteler <nete...@osgeo.org> > Subject: Re: [GRASS-user] g.manual tries to run C:\Program Files\Internet > Exporer\iexplore (the 'L' is missing from 'Explorer') > To: Frank Bilki <fbi...@gmail.com> > Cc: GRASS user list <grass-user@lists.osgeo.org> > Message-ID: > <86782b610907250948m49ba0b0ey92eec0a1394e...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 4:58 PM, Frank Bilki<fbi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > Being very, very new to GRASS (6.4.0svn, installed via OSGeo4W) I am > reading > > as much documentation as I can lay my hands on, but I keep hitting a > > recurring problem: > > > > Every time I run g.manual I get an error saying it cannot find > 'C:\Program > > Files\Internet Exporer\iexplore'. After reading the message very > carefully > I > > realised it is because the 'L' is missing from 'Explorer'. > > This has been reported in > http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/ticket/86 > and AFAIK been fixed. Unfortunately the OSGeo4W-GRASS is > old(er) and does not seem to incorporate this fix. We made > several other fixes, too, which are missing. > > Action item: We need a volunteer to take over compilation of the > OSGeo4W-GRASS package. PLEASE SOMEONE :) > > > According to the manual page on GRASS Variables and Environment > Variables, > > GRASS_HTML_VIEWER is a 'shell environment' variable (this name makes no > > sense to me running under Windows Vista) and I should be able to set it > to > > the full path of my current HTML browser. I tried creating a new System > > Variable from My Computer called GRASS_HTML_VIEWER containing the > > appropriate path. It didn't work; GRASS still looked for Internet > 'Exporer'. > > > > After a great deal of searching my computer I discovered that the > offending > > path is stored within the 'C:\OSGeo4W\etc\ini\grass.bat' file. However, I > > can't find any references in the documentation that could lead me there > in > a > > more controlled way. > > > But, even after I added the 'L' to the path I still get the same error: > > > > C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore: command not found > > I have seen this: > http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/changeset/37214 > > but I wonder if OSGeo4W has a different grass.bat file? > > > What is wrong with this command? Is it because there are spaces in the > > folder names? I've tried putting it in quotes, changing %PROGRAMFILES% to > > C:\Program Files, and putting the .exe after iexplore, but nothing seems > to > > work. > > Please check with above changeset, maybe it gives an idea. > > > I know there are alternative ways to get to the documentation (which are > > what I'm using now), but I am using this as a learning exercise and I > want > > to understand exactly what's happening here. I also wanted to share this > > with others who might be having the same problem with this particular > > version. > > Thanks for trying, we really appreciate feedback (and need more power > users for OSGeo4W). > > Markus > > > > _______________________________________________ > grass-user mailing list > grass-user@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user >
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