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| author |  http://joeyh.name/ <http://joeyh.name/@web> | 2012-09-17 15:32:07 +0000 |
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| committer |  admin <admin@branchable.com> | 2012-09-17 15:32:07 +0000 |
| commit | 1939093e73b2a00f00d8f3e20ea7e607360ff9e1 (patch) | |
| tree | acfaa171787e9a46b65697d5917a59e802087d7c | |
| parent | 5d4b1bd868092686a89cb683cf765120341c90c8 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/doc/forum/How_does_one_change_git-annex_assistant__39__s_web_browser__63__/comment_1_f4402eabda2327da3a0bbc64ed3baf9a._comment b/doc/forum/How_does_one_change_git-annex_assistant__39__s_web_browser__63__/comment_1_f4402eabda2327da3a0bbc64ed3baf9a._comment new file mode 100644 index 000000000..6369dbd0b --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/How_does_one_change_git-annex_assistant__39__s_web_browser__63__/comment_1_f4402eabda2327da3a0bbc64ed3baf9a._comment @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="http://joeyh.name/" + ip="4.154.0.60" + subject="comment 1" + date="2012-09-17T15:32:07Z" + content=""" +The web browser is started by running the `xdg-open` program (or just `open` on Mac OS X). + +xdg-open, in turn, runs the desktop environment's kde-open, gvfs-open, exo-open. Which browser these run is configured in the desktop environment's settings. Which is my goal for the web app; it should open the same browser that other applications in the desktop use. + +When there's no desktop environment in use, xdg-open falls back to some default browser, or to what's configured by the BROWSER environment variable. +"""]] |