From 903953c19ecabe8da2e997708aa08e9a480c9113 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Georg Brandl Date: Sun, 17 May 2009 08:55:00 +0000 Subject: #5935: mention that BROWSER is looked for in PATH. --- Doc/library/webbrowser.rst | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/webbrowser.rst b/Doc/library/webbrowser.rst index af8b637..b50bdbe 100644 --- a/Doc/library/webbrowser.rst +++ b/Doc/library/webbrowser.rst @@ -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. -- cgit v0.12