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authorGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2009-05-17 08:55:00 (GMT)
committerGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2009-05-17 08:55:00 (GMT)
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#5935: mention that BROWSER is looked for in PATH.
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ override the platform default list of browsers, as a 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.
+``%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
@@ -201,3 +201,8 @@ module-level convenience functions:
.. versionadded:: 2.5
+
+.. rubric:: Footnotes
+
+.. [1] Executables named here without a full path will be searched in the
+ directories given in the :envvar:`PATH` environment variable.