B.2.2 Browsers

Displays URLs in web browsers.

basicBrowser( url )

Displays a URL in a basic HTML viewer. This is only likely to work for HTML, text or RTF data. The browser can follow hyperlinks and has simple forward/back buttons, but lacks the sophistication of a proper WWW browser application.

• Parameters:
  • url (String): location of the document to display
• Return value
  • (String): short log message

systemBrowser( url )

Attempts to display a URL in the system's default web browser. Exactly what couts as the default web browser is system dependent, as is whether this function will work properly.

• Parameters:
  • url (String): location of the document to display
• Return value
  • (String): short log message

mozilla( url )

Displays a URL in a Mozilla web browser. Probably only works on Unix-like operating systems, and only if Mozilla is already running.

• Parameters:
  • url (String): location of the document to display
• Return value
  • (String): short log message

firefox( url )

Displays a URL in a Firefox web browser. Probably only works on Unix-like operating systems, and only if Firefox is already running.

• Parameters:
  • url (String): location of the document to display
• Return value
  • (String): short log message

netscape( url )

Displays a URL in a Netscape web browser. Probably only works on Unix-like operating systems, and only if Netscape is already running.

• Parameters:
  • url (String): location of the document to display
• Return value
  • (String): short log message

mozalike( cmd, url )

Displays a URL in a web browser from the Mozilla family; it must support flags of the type "-remote openURL(url)". Probably only works on Unix-like operating systems, and only if the browser is already running.

• Parameters:
  • cmd (String): name or path of the browser command
  • url (String): location of the document to display
• Return value
  • (String): short log message