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Why not have a special REGISTRY token you can place in the BROWSER path to tell it when to consult the registry? On non-Windows platforms it can simply be ignored:
BROWSER=netscape:REGISTRY:explorer
Because non-Windows platforms shouldn't be bothered with Windows silliness any more than Windows users should be bothered with Unix silliness. BROWSER isn't of any use on Windows, and REGISTRY isn't of any use on Unix. Eric may still *think* BROWSER is of use on Windows, but if so that's not really a technical problem <wink>.
Tim Peters <tim.one@home.com>:
Because non-Windows platforms shouldn't be bothered with Windows silliness any more than Windows users should be bothered with Unix silliness. BROWSER isn't of any use on Windows, and REGISTRY isn't of any use on Unix. Eric may still *think* BROWSER is of use on Windows, but if so that's not really a technical problem <wink>.
Actually that's not something I have an opinion on. I addressed the original question because I know it would be technically possible to set a BROWSER variable under Windows. Yes, an unlikely move, but possible. -- <a href="http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a> A man who has nothing which he is willing to fight for, nothing which he cares about more than he does about his personal safety, is a miserable creature who has no chance of being free, unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. -- John Stuart Mill, writing on the U.S. Civil War in 1862
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