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Re: What is the command for Internet Explorer?

• Posted by Alexander Toresson <alexander.toresson at gmail.com> Jul 29, 2005
• 406 views

Matt Lewis wrote:
> 
> Jerry Story wrote:
> > 
> > For Linux I have:
> > 
> > }}}
<eucode>
> > prog =  -- mozilla or nautilus or whatever
> > system(prog & " \"www.google.com/search   -- etc.
> <font color="#330033">> <font color=</font><font
> color="#00A033">"#330033"</font><font color="#330033">></eucode>
{{{
</font></font>
> > 
> > This works for Linux. It searches a string on Google.
> > 
> > The question is:
> > How to do that on Windows?
> > I seem to be unable to find the command for Internet Explorer.
> 
> Even better, actually, you can just do:
> }}}
<eucode>
> system( "start www.google.com/search", -2 )
> <font color="#330033"></eucode>
{{{
</font>
> ...and it will use the user's default browser.
> 
> Matt Lewis
> 

On debian there are two ways of doing approximately the same thing. You can use
one of the two commands sensible-browser and x-www-browser. Though I don't know
how "standard" they are.

Regards, Alexander Toresson