Is there a way to open a browser window from ruby, that works on
windows, linux and macos?
thx ck
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Check out launchy. Its good for opening native applications.
http://rubyforge.org/projects/copiousfreetime/
launchy is there (used by heel).
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On Dec 6, 2007, at 6:52 AM, Christian Kerth wrote:
Is there a way to open a browser window from ruby, that works on
windows, linux and macos?thx ck
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Not really easily.
You could possibly write code for each OS and many different possible browsers, then wrap all of it with a detect system function that which system to run code for, then check for browsers you can open...
However, if you're considering using a web-based user-interface for cross-platform, that's not a bad idea.
Thus the easiest way to open a browser window on 3 platforms is to get users to click on a link or bookmark!
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On Dec 6, 2007, at 5:52 AM, Christian Kerth wrote:
Is there a way to open a browser window from ruby, that works on
windows, linux and macos?
Christian Kerth wrote:
Is there a way to open a browser window from ruby, that works on
windows, linux and macos?thx ck
I'm not 100% sure, but I think you can just launch a URL in Windows and
it will open your default web browser at that page.
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thefed wrote:
Check out launchy. Its good for opening native applications.
http://rubyforge.org/projects/copiousfreetime/
launchy is there (used by heel).
I installed this launchy gem and it works in general, but obviously not
in my context. I have a small wxruby app with just a task bar tray menu.
When i click on this tray icon i want the appolication to open the
browser and point to a certain address. The launchy call is processed
when i kill the application, not at clicking time.
any ideas? thx ck
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The basic idea in pseudocode would be:
command = windows ? 'start /B' : macosx ? 'open' : '???'
system(%Q[#{command} "#{url}"])
The /B flag prevents start from creating a Window on Windows.
Problem is I don't think there's a cross-desktop/window manager launcher for Linux. You could look for "/usr/bin/firefox" or whatever but what if it is there but user's default browser is Konqueror?
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On Dec 6, 2007, at 1:47 PM, Christian Kerth wrote:
thefed wrote:
Check out launchy. Its good for opening native applications.
http://rubyforge.org/projects/copiousfreetime/
launchy is there (used by heel).
I installed this launchy gem and it works in general, but obviously not
in my context. I have a small wxruby app with just a task bar tray menu.
When i click on this tray icon i want the appolication to open the
browser and point to a certain address. The launchy call is processed
when i kill the application, not at clicking time.
thefed wrote:
> Check out launchy. Its good for opening native applications.
>
> http://rubyforge.org/projects/copiousfreetime/
>
> launchy is there (used by heel).I installed this launchy gem and it works in general, but obviously not
in my context. I have a small wxruby app with just a task bar tray menu.
When i click on this tray icon i want the appolication to open the
browser and point to a certain address. The launchy call is processed
when i kill the application, not at clicking time.
Have you tried forking, or launching a new ruby process to execute the
launchy call?
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On Dec 6, 2007 6:47 AM, Christian Kerth <christian.kerth@dynamicmedia.at> wrote:
any ideas? thx ck
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it's called 'htmlview'
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On Dec 6, 2007, at 8:45 AM, Xavier Noria wrote:
Problem is I don't think there's a cross-desktop/window manager launcher for Linux. You could look for "/usr/bin/firefox" or whatever but what if it is there but user's default browser is Konqueror?
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Xavier Noria wrote:
Problem is I don't think there's a cross-desktop/window manager launcher for Linux. You could look for "/usr/bin/firefox" or whatever but what if it is there but user's default browser is Konqueror?
The general opener in KDE is:
kfmclient exec <url-or-file>
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launchy does the forking internally for those OS's that support it.
enjoy,
-jeremy
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On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 06:19:32AM +0900, Tanner Burson wrote:
On Dec 6, 2007 6:47 AM, Christian Kerth <christian.kerth@dynamicmedia.at> > wrote:
> thefed wrote:
> > Check out launchy. Its good for opening native applications.
> >
> > http://rubyforge.org/projects/copiousfreetime/
> >
> > launchy is there (used by heel).
>
> I installed this launchy gem and it works in general, but obviously not
> in my context. I have a small wxruby app with just a task bar tray menu.
> When i click on this tray icon i want the appolication to open the
> browser and point to a certain address. The launchy call is processed
> when i kill the application, not at clicking time.
>Have you tried forking, or launching a new ruby process to execute the
launchy call?
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Is it normally installed?
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On Dec 6, 2007, at 10:31 PM, ara.t.howard wrote:
Problem is I don't think there's a cross-desktop/window manager launcher for Linux. You could look for "/usr/bin/firefox" or whatever but what if it is there but user's default browser is Konqueror?
it's called 'htmlview'
it's pretty common - but not universal. i would think something like
system "htmlview #{ uri } || firefox #{ uri } || mozilla #{ uri }"
etc would work. see what launchy does.
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On Dec 6, 2007, at 3:00 PM, Xavier Noria wrote:
Is it normally installed?
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Yup, this is sort of what launchy does on linux. Its a bit more
complicated, but something like this is the fall back.
enjoy,
-jeremy
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On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 07:46:17AM +0900, ara.t.howard wrote:
On Dec 6, 2007, at 3:00 PM, Xavier Noria wrote:
Is it normally installed?
it's pretty common - but not universal. i would think something like
system "htmlview #{ uri } || firefox #{ uri } || mozilla #{ uri }"
etc would work. see what launchy does.
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