[Qgis-developer] Problems in actions on MacOS

[Ramon Andiñach]

On 01/11/2011, at 19:47 , Paolo Cavallini wrote:

> Hi all.
> The following action on MacOS:
> /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari http://www.google.it/search?q=%PROVINCIA
> 
> is returning in the browser
> 
> file:///Applications/http:/www.google.it/search%3Fq=SI
> 
> instead of the expected
> 
> http:/www.google.it/search?q=SI
> 
> Any explanation?

Reading around, there's conjecture but no real reason why safari behaves like this.

However, if you issue "open http://www.google.it/search?q=%PROVINCIA" you *should* get a webpage in the default browser (usually safari), and open -a safari http:// will should open it in safari.

-ramon.
[1] e.g. here: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1685694?start=0&tstart=0 and http://forum.soft32.com/mac/Starting-Safari-command-line-ftopict20484.html for a more ranging discussion.