[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS GIS] #980: WinGRASS shouldn't use Internet Explorer as a default browser

[GRASS GIS]

#980: WinGRASS shouldn't use Internet Explorer as a default browser
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  Reporter:  marisn           |       Owner:  grass-dev at lists.osgeo.org
      Type:  defect           |      Status:  new                      
  Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  6.4.0                    
 Component:  Packaging        |     Version:  svn-releasebranch64      
Resolution:                   |    Keywords:  wingrass                 
  Platform:  MSWindows Vista  |         Cpu:  x86-32                   
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Comment (by marisn):

 Replying to [comment:2 hellik]:
 > ReadRegStr $R0 HKCR "http\shell\open\command" (in the NSIS-script)
 should give the path to default browser (ie, firefox, opera or whatever).
 >
 > Helmut
 Your' doing it wrong. GRASS should not hardcode or try to guess current
 default browser. Let Windows handle it. If user changes default Windows
 browser, GRASS will use new one instead of old one.

 There's an issue with current approach - when user opens GRASS help in
 current WinGRASS within Internet Explorer, it's blocking wxgui command
 output till IE window gets closed. If GRASS_HTML_BROWSER is set to
 "explorer", then command output is not blocked.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/980#comment:3>
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