On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 12:29:48PM -0500, Carlo Segre wrote: > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > Owner: Carlo Segre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > * Package name : libwwwbrowser-perl > Version : 2.23 > Upstream Author : Slaven Rezic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * URL : http://user.cs.tu-berlin.de/~eserte/src/perl/WWWBrowser/ > * License : GPL or Artistic > Programming Lang: Perl > Description : Platform independent means to start a WWW browser > > Perl module which starts a web browser, in the background for X11, with a > specified URL. Options exist to use a user-specified browser, including > text browsers, which are started in a terminal window.
Is this better than fork & exec("sensible-browser <url>")? Does it refer to existing methods used to select a browser on Debian eg MIME, the GNOME preferences etc? thanks, Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]