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

[Huidae Cho]

On Thu, Feb 10, 2005 at 04:21:40PM +1300, Hamish wrote:
> > In my case, it doesn't work because I'm using lynx as a manual
> > browser.
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> .. right. ok then, I guess we need to go back to the way it was.
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> > 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:
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> > 	my_browser $@ &
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> should we expect new users to be educated in the ways of unix and
> backgrounding jobs?

No, we shouldn't. But we cannot expect users to use only graphical browsers.

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> > Actually, firefox returns to the shell after launching.
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> I'm using dillo for the task, which doesn't.

Right, that depends on a browser. What about having an option or env.
var? It's not easy though. :-)

Huidae Cho
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