Hello! > > Red Hat's htmlview can be a good starting point, but it doesn't check if > > KDE is running and it doesn't convert filenames to the "file:" URLs for > > the browsers that need it. > > Why not simply using the $BROWSER environment variable? > Normally a system correctly configured should use it (as $EDITOR > etc...). > > I realise that it's surely not enough, as it may be undefined, but > it's IMHO a good starting point, a good way to "choose the best > browser".
Yes, it's a good starting point. If $BROWSER is set, it should be assumed to be correct. > Also, I think that determining whether "file:" is needed or not is the > browser job, isn't it? > > Konqueror, mozilla, (surely galeon too), dillo, lynx, links do it > correctly. If the full path is provided. There is no way to request in mc.ext full path to the file and fetching a local copy from VFS in the same time. This problem has been in the TODO list for some time, and really needs to be fixed. I agree, it's better to fix mc than to add the workaround to the browser wrapper. > if [ ! "$BROWSER" ]; then > if [ "`ps ux | grep kdeinit`" ] ; then This condition can be met if any KDE program is running, even under GNOME. We need to search for "kdeinit: kwin" or "kicker" or something like that. > bin_item=`which $item 2>&1` "which" is non-portable, but it's easy to work around. And by the way, $DISPLAY needs to be taken into account. If it's not set, links, lynx and w3m should be considered. > Maybe you can mix htmlview with additional test for KDE. It's easier to have our own htmlview. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin _______________________________________________ Mc mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/mc
