On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 07:38:22PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > This proposal grows out of dissatisfaction with the hard-coded browser > lists provided by various programs like xchat and urlview to run a > browser displaying an url. Also a desire to do right the BROWSER > environment variable ESR proposed at > http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/BROWSER/. Mostly because I never want to > configure again in a program what web browser to use.
Seconded, with one proviso: can we standardize on the Compatible Secure BROWSER Definition from http://www.dwheeler.com/browse/secure_browser.html instead? This is what man-db implements for the 'man -H' switch; ESR-style BROWSER variables will still work as intended, but %c is added in order to permit a colon in commands and it specifies what shell escaping is to be performed on URLs to get rid of the hideous security flaws. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
