Passing Parameters from BSD to Linux and Back

2006-07-06 Thread Frank Jahnke
I use a few Linux programs on FreeBSD, and sometimes they invoke other
programs that use command line options. I have never been able to get
this parameter passing to work. 

For example, PDF files read by Acroread can contain links to a web
browser or an email program; these are often invoked as program-name 
%s in the set-up file. VMware does the same with invoking a browser
from defaults set in a config file.

I am able to get the appropriate program to open, but the parameters are
never passed. I have tried many, many schemes to quote or escape the
command and its options, but never have any of these worked.

Any suggestions on how I might do this would be most appreciated!

Frank

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Re: Passing Parameters from BSD to Linux and Back

2006-07-06 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Frank Jahnke [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 I use a few Linux programs on FreeBSD, and sometimes they invoke other
 programs that use command line options. I have never been able to get
 this parameter passing to work. 

 For example, PDF files read by Acroread can contain links to a web
 browser or an email program; these are often invoked as program-name 
 %s in the set-up file. VMware does the same with invoking a browser
 from defaults set in a config file.

 I am able to get the appropriate program to open, but the parameters are
 never passed. I have tried many, many schemes to quote or escape the
 command and its options, but never have any of these worked.

 Any suggestions on how I might do this would be most appreciated!

Hmm.  Works for me.  A web link in a PDF in Acroread (7) brings up the
linked page in my (native) firefox.  I had to configure the executable
name (without path) into the browser link preference in acroread,
and I think the .mailcap entry (text/html; firefox %s) is needed as
well. 
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Re: Passing Parameters from BSD to Linux and Back

2006-07-06 Thread Frank Jahnke
On Thu, 2006-07-06 at 16:43 -0400, Lowell Gilbert wrote:

  I am able to get the appropriate program to open, but the parameters are
  never passed. I have tried many, many schemes to quote or escape the
  command and its options, but never have any of these worked.
 
  Any suggestions on how I might do this would be most appreciated!
 
 Hmm.  Works for me.  A web link in a PDF in Acroread (7) brings up the
 linked page in my (native) firefox.  I had to configure the executable
 name (without path) into the browser link preference in acroread,
 and I think the .mailcap entry (text/html; firefox %s) is needed as
 well. 

Hmmm indeed!

Acroread now works for me as well.  This did not used to be the case; I
updated Acroread about a week ago and had not tried this again.  (What
does .mailcap do?  I surmise from the name that it is like termcap for
mail entries...).  Maybe it is that upgrade?  Or a change in how the
desktop environment interacts with aware programs?

I am still unable to open the help browser from within VMware; the file
config simply reads: webBrowser = linux-opera %s (without the quotes).
linux-opera is found, but the string %s is not passed at all.  Invoking
linux-opera with a command-line flag works as expected.  I think it uses
a Motif set for its interface.

I think I have source for VMware; let me look at the calling sequence.

Frank

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