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| author | Senthil Kumaran <senthil@uthcode.com> | 2014-04-17 03:43:34 (GMT) |
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| committer | Senthil Kumaran <senthil@uthcode.com> | 2014-04-17 03:43:34 (GMT) |
| commit | aad7cc9dba9e2a1ad0b1977da3133a8435b212d9 (patch) | |
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Clarify BROWSER envar behavior in webbrowser.py. Noted by David Turner. Closes #21248
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diff --git a/Doc/library/webbrowser.rst b/Doc/library/webbrowser.rst index 9c2b3ab..ef63769 100644 --- a/Doc/library/webbrowser.rst +++ b/Doc/library/webbrowser.rst @@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ will be used if graphical browsers are not available or an X11 display isn't available. If text-mode browsers are used, the calling process will block until the user exits the browser. -If the environment variable :envvar:`BROWSER` exists, it is interpreted to -override the platform default list of browsers, as a :data:`os.pathsep`-separated -list of browsers to try in order. When the value of a list part contains the -string ``%s``, then it is interpreted as a literal browser command line to be -used with the argument URL substituted for ``%s``; if the part does not contain -``%s``, it is simply interpreted as the name of the browser to launch. [1]_ +If the environment variable :envvar:`BROWSER` exists, it is interpreted as the +:data:`os.pathsep`-separated list of browsers to try ahead of the the platform +defaults. When the value of a list part contains the string ``%s``, then it is +interpreted as a literal browser command line to be used with the argument URL +substituted for ``%s``; if the part does not contain ``%s``, it is simply +interpreted as the name of the browser to launch. [1]_ For non-Unix platforms, or when a remote browser is available on Unix, the controlling process will not wait for the user to finish with the browser, but |