Please see this sof question I created: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11725306/bash-script-that-can-seamlessly- call-a-windows-exe-without-having-to-call-cygpat/11725617#11725617
By creating a link to the EXE you can often get what you want automatically. -Nicholas -----Original Message----- From: Yaakov (Cygwin/X) [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2012 10:41 PM To: cygwin-ports-general Subject: Re: [Cygwin-ports-general] help with Surfraw configuration On Wed, 2012-08-08 at 09:47 +0100, Padraic wrote: > I have installed surfraw from the ports and would like some help > setting > (windows) firefox as the graphical browser. > > I have set an alias and script in my .bashrc so that 'firefox' opens > the browser in a new tab. Putting 'firefox' into the surfraw.conf in > /etc doesn't work however. > > Would anyone be able to help? Try using 'cygstart' instead; that will use your default Windows browser. Yaakov ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Cygwin-ports-general mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/cygwin-ports-general ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Cygwin-ports-general mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/cygwin-ports-general
