> From: Igor Pechtchanski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >On Wed, 24 Sep 2003, Billinghurst, David (CALCRTS) wrote: > >> The following changes will enable access to html and pdf help, >> using internet explorer and win32 acrobat reader. >> >> [...] >> There may be a better may, but this works work me.
> Try "cygstart %f" for both HTML and PDF, with no helper scripts. ;-) >This will do the path translation automatically and open the application >associated with each of the extensions in Explorer (just like >double-clicking). > Igor You are right. A very neat solution. --- Fig.orig 2003-09-24 10:44:13.507721200 +1000 +++ Fig 2003-09-25 09:56:12.139120100 +1000 @@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ ! This is for viewing the xfig html reference. ! For netscape, this command will open the help pages in a running netscape, ! or start a new netscape if one isn't already running -Fig.browser: netscape -remote 'openFile(%f)' || netscape %f +Fig.browser: cygstart %f ! pdfviewer - put your favorite pdf viewer here. ! This is for viewing the xfig how-to guide and man pages -Fig.pdfviewer: acroread %f +Fig.pdfviewer: cygstart %f ! Spell check program - put your favorite spelling check program here. ! It must write the misspelled words to standard output.
