This library deals with the very system dependent task of opening a
web-browser. See also library(url).
- www_open_url(+URL)
-
Open URL in an external web-browser. The reason to place this
in the library is to centralise the maintenance on this highly platform
and browser specific task. It distinguishes between the following cases:
- MS-Windows
If it detects MS-Windows it uses win_shell/2
to open the URL. The behaviour and browser started depends on
the Window and Windows-shell configuration, but in general it should be
the behaviour expected by the user.
- Other platforms
On other platforms it assumes the browser is netscape. It first
tries to tell a running netscape to open the page and only after this
fails it starts a new browser.