WebBrowser

NAME

SYNOPSIS

WebBrowser [ options ]

AVAILABILITY

DESCRIPTION

This enables to start a self-defined web browser using your special options thru an icon on the 'Desktop' (as when you invoked run -i WebBrowser).

In addition it is possible to define the bin/WebBrowser.exe program as system wide default to be used when clicking on HTML files, as *.html or *.htm using the Windows™ dialog in 'File Explorer' where default applications can be specified.

To configure the WebBrowser to be started, add an application with the name WebBrowser to the etc/run.cfg file.

Example etc/run.cfg entry:

 :
 WebBrowser;Opera\OperaPortable.exe;--user-data-dir="%INSTALLDRIVE%:\data\Opera\%USERNAME%";;
 :

This definition would start the Opera web browser saving the user profile data to the %INSTALLDRIVE%:\data\Opera\%USERNAME% directory.

Of course the WebBrowser application name can also be added as an alias to an already existing entry in the run.cfg file:

 :
 Opera,WebBrowser;OperaPortable\OperaPortable.exe; ....
 :

The positive "side effect" is, that the web browser (Opera in this example) also can be started using run WebBrowser from the command line, a shortcut or an other program starter, as pstart(1), qsel(1) and hotkeyp(1).

OPTIONS

-h

usage help.

-V

print program version.

-i

install the WebBrowser command as 'Web Browser' to the Windows™ 'Desktop'.

-u

uninstall the 'Web Browser' shortcut from the 'Desktop'.

options

additional options for the started web browser. This will normally be the URL of a web site or a local file.

EXIT STATUS

0

no error.

4

usage printed.

5

version printed.

FILES

etc/run.cfg

configuration file of run(1). See run.cfg(4) for a description of all configuration possibilities.

var/scripts/WebBrowser.PREEXEC.cmd

optional script that is called prior to starting the web browser.

This allows to apply certain adjustments or cleanups ahead of the browser start.

The template lib/WebBrowser.PREEXEC.cmd can be copied to var/scripts/WebBrowser.PREEXEC.cmd and used as a starting point.

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COPYRIGHT

This is free software; see WA2LWinTools/man/COPYING for copying conditions. There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.