This gets worse when you consider *any* link in any desktop app.   Not just
help.
Almost all programs at least have an "About This Program"   Which includes a
link to  a website.
I think most of them ask something what the default browser is, but that is
just a guess.


On 9/3/07, Mathias Gug <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> On Sat, Sep 01, 2007 at 03:01:48AM -0000, gQuigs wrote:
> > Perhaps I should be asking for an abstraction that let's you run all web
> > browsers (and similar for email clients, etc).
>
> It depends on how the applications are calling the help function. I don't
> think that every application has a list of hardcoded browsers to launch
> for browsing help.
>
> If the application launches an external program, then only access to the
> external program needs to be added to the profile. And then the list of
> browsers can be added to the profile of the external program.
>
> > I suppose I could also just do /usr/bin x,  but that would defeat the
> > point wouldn't it?
>
> Yes, that's a bit to broad.
>
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