New submission from Edmund Eyles <ho...@heddonsgate.co.uk>: The documentation for the webbrowser module at http://www.python.org/doc/2.5/lib/module-webbrowser.html refers to the use of the BROWSER environment variable as a means to control which browser is run. However, it makes no mention of how the browser name(s) in this environment variable get translated into executables, particularly the process by which the only directories to be searched are those in the PATH environment variable.
For instance, on my Windows PC where the default browser is IE, simply setting BROWSER to 'firefox' has no effect. I also need to add 'C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox' to PATH, after which Firefox actually gets run. ---------- assignee: georg.brandl components: Documentation messages: 87200 nosy: Eddie E, georg.brandl severity: normal status: open title: Better documentation of use of BROWSER environment variable type: feature request versions: Python 2.5 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue5935> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
