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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libwebbrowser.tex b/Doc/lib/libwebbrowser.tex index 25765e8..58dd604 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libwebbrowser.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libwebbrowser.tex @@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ The \module{webbrowser} module provides a very high-level interface to allow displaying Web-based documents to users. The controller objects -are easy to use and are platform independent. +are easy to use and are platform-independent. Under most +circumstances, simply calling the \function{open()} function from this +module will do the right thing. Under \UNIX, graphical browsers are preferred under X11, but text-mode browsers will be used if graphical browsers are not available or an X11 @@ -16,11 +18,11 @@ display isn't available. If text-mode browsers are used, the calling process will block until the user exits the browser. Under \UNIX, if the environment variable \envvar{BROWSER} exists, it -is interpreted to override the platform default browser, as a +is interpreted to override the platform default list of browsers, as a colon-separated list of browsers to try in order. When the value of a list part contains the string \code{\%s}, then it is interpreted as a literal browser command line to be used with the argument URL -substituted for the \code{\%s}; if the part does not contain, +substituted for the \code{\%s}; if the part does not contain \code{\%s}, it is simply interpreted as the name of the browser to launch. @@ -37,9 +39,11 @@ The following exception is defined: The following functions are defined: -\begin{funcdesc}{open}{url\optional{, new}} +\begin{funcdesc}{open}{url\optional{, new=0}\optional{, autoraise=1}} Display \var{url} using the default browser. If \var{new} is true, - a new browser window is opened if possible. + a new browser window is opened if possible. If \var{autoraise} is + true, the window is raised if possible (note that under many window + managers this will occur regardless of the setting of this variable). \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{open_new}{url} @@ -67,19 +71,20 @@ The following functions are defined: argument matching the name of a handler you declare. \end{funcdesc} -Several browser types are defined. This table gives the type names -that may be passed to the \function{get()} function and the names of -the implementation classes, all defined in this module. +A number of browser types are predefined. This table gives the type +names that may be passed to the \function{get()} function and the +corresponding instantiations for the controller classes, all defined +in this module. \begin{tableiii}{l|l|c}{code}{Type Name}{Class Name}{Notes} - \lineiii{'mozilla'}{\class{Mozilla}}{} - \lineiii{'netscape'}{\class{Netscape}}{} - \lineiii{'mosaic'}{\class{Mosaic}}{} - \lineiii{'kfm'}{\class{Konquerer}}{(1)} - \lineiii{'grail'}{\class{Grail}}{} - \lineiii{'links'}{\class{links}}{} - \lineiii{'lynx'}{\class{Lynx}}{} - \lineiii{'w3m'}{\class{w3m}}{} + \lineiii{'mozilla'}{\class{Netscape('mozilla')}}{} + \lineiii{'netscape'}{\class{Netscape('netscape')}}{} + \lineiii{'mosaic'}{\class{GenericBrowser('mosaic \%s &')}}{} + \lineiii{'kfm'}{\class{Konqueror()}}{(1)} + \lineiii{'grail'}{\class{Grail()}}{} + \lineiii{'links'}{\class{GenericBrowser('links \%s')}}{} + \lineiii{'lynx'}{\class{GenericBrowser('lynx \%s')}}{} + \lineiii{'w3m'}{\class{GenericBrowser('w3m \%s')}}{} \lineiii{'windows-default'}{\class{WindowsDefault}}{(2)} \lineiii{'internet-config'}{\class{InternetConfig}}{(3)} \end{tableiii} @@ -89,7 +94,7 @@ Notes: \begin{description} \item[(1)] -``Konquerer'' is the file manager for the KDE desktop environment for +``Konqueror'' is the file manager for the KDE desktop environment for UNIX, and only makes sense to use if KDE is running. Some way of reliably detecting KDE would be nice; the \envvar{KDEDIR} variable is not sufficient. |