> On Tue, Feb 07, 2006 at 05:36:29AM +0100, Michael Kerrisk wrote: > > > > > apt-listchanges(1), bts(1), dhelp(1), dwww(1), fontforge(1), > > > > > man(1), > > > > > mensis(1), querybts(1), sensible-browser(1), urlview(1), ... > > > > Debian is of course free to patch their own version of the pages. > > But before doing so, it may be worthwhile to check out how > > many applications actually use BROWSER and whether they actually > > observe the % conventions. If I see some convincing information, > > I would consider patching upstream. > > Since out of 10 programs on my system that respect BROWSER, six are > Debian utilities, perhaps it is best left to the Debian maintainer to > decide whether to document the extended version. Out of the non-Debian > utilities, only man and urlview claim to support the extended version. > > Still, with respect to the basic version, can you provide some > counterexample of a program that launches an external browser that does > _not_ respect a user's BROWSER variable?
Offhand, I cannot. But my original point was: is BROWSER common? it is not. (And is it consistent? it is not.) That was why I removed it from the page. > If counterexamples are hard to > come by, perhaps it is worth documenting at least the basic version. Yes, at this time each app that uses should note it (just as does *any* application that relies on environment variables), and those few that observe the % conventions should note that. Cheers, Michael -- Michael Kerrisk maintainer of Linux man pages Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7 Want to help with man page maintenance? Grab the latest tarball at ftp://ftp.win.tue.nl/pub/linux-local/manpages/, read the HOWTOHELP file and grep the source files for 'FIXME'. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
