Tim Golden <m...@timgolden.me.uk> added the comment: Edmund Eyles wrote: > 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.
Arguably, that is (implictly) standard behaviour on Windows: if you invoke a program with its name alone, it generally has to be on the PATH. However... Firefox (and IE) use the AppPaths registry entries to ensure that someone using *shell* functionality such as Start > Run or ShellExecute need only enter "firefox". The webbrowser module doesn't perform this particular indirection, hence the OP's confusion. ---------- nosy: +tim.golden _______________________________________ 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
