[GRASS5] Re: launch html browser as a new process & free the command line

Hamish hamish_nospam at yahoo.com
Wed Feb 9 22:21:40 EST 2005


> In my case, it doesn't work because I'm using lynx as a manual
> browser.

.. right. ok then, I guess we need to go back to the way it was.


> IMHO, I think it's better to leave it to users to fork
> his/her browser. For example, the following script will free the
> command line:
> 
> 	my_browser $@ &

should we expect new users to be educated in the ways of unix and
backgrounding jobs?

 
> Actually, firefox returns to the shell after launching.

I'm using dillo for the task, which doesn't.




Hamish




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