D 2009-04-18T15:34:21
J comment <pre>\r\ndjbclark@tux:~/gnupure$\sfossil\sui\sgnupure.fossil-scm\r\nsh:\sfirefox:\snot\sfound\r\n(hangs)\r\n</pre>\r\n\r\nIt\swould\sbe\sgood\sif\sfossil\shad\sa\sbuilt-in\slist\sof\sweb\sbrowsers\sto\ssearch\sfor\sin\sthe\suser's\s$PATH.\sDebian,\sUbuntu,\sgNewSense,\sand\sprobably\sother\s.deb-based\sGNU/Linux\sdistributions\shave\sthe\sconcept\sof\sthe\salternatives\ssystem\s-\s"x-www-browser"\sexists,\swhich\sthe\suser\scan\sset\sto\sbe\swhatever\sthey\swant,\sbut\susually\shas\sa\ssane\sdefault.\sSo\sIMHO\sa\sgood\sorder\sto\stry\swould\sbe:\r\n\r\n<pre>x-www-browser\sicecat\siceweasel\sfirefox\skonqueror\sdillo\swww-browser\selinks\slinks2\slinks-hacked\slinks\sw3m\slynx</pre>\r\n\r\nReasoning:\sIf\sx-www-browser\sexists,\sit\sshould\sbe\swhat\sthe\suser\swants\sto\suse.\sIf\sicecat\sexists,\sit\sis\smost\slikely\sbecause\sthe\suser\shas\smade\sa\schoice\sto\suse\sit,\sas\sit's\snot\sdefault\sin\sany\sdistros\sI\sknow\sof.\sIf\siceweasel\sexists,\sfirefox\sprobably\sdoesn't,\sas\sit\sis\susually\sjust\sin\sDebian\sinstead\sof\sfirefox.\sNext,\sfirefox,\sthen\sif\sthat\sdoesn't\sexist,\stry\sKDE's\sbrowser,\skonqueror,\sand\sthen\sdillo,\sa\slightweight\sbrowser\swhich\sis\sthe\sonly\soption\son\ssome\sUSB/CD\sbootable\sdistributions.\sIf\snone\sof\sthose\sexist,\sthe\suser\smay\sbe\son\sa\sbox\swithout\sX-Windows;\stry\swww-browser,\swhich\sshould\sbe\swhat\sthe\suser\swants\sto\suse,\sfollowed\sby\sthe\sweb\sbrowsers\sthat\scan\sdo\sfull-screen\sGUI\sto\sframe\sbuffer,\selinks,\slinks2,\slinks-hacked,\sand\slinks,\sfollowed\sby\stext-only\sweb\sbrowsers,\sw3m\sand\slynx.
J foundin 879e8c5f32
J private_contact ace2a438fb254e5d21ba2ed1295b2da8392d271c
J severity Minor
J status Open
J title "fossil\sui"\sexpects\sfirefox\sto\sexist
J type Code_Defect
K 8bc2549cedcd599556bbaf131f03b96588701f20
U anonymous
Z cf530898753acfabfc9f3c1c18abf9c3