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Author	luks
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Date	2007-03-20.11:09:15
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With Python 2.4 it was common to use BROWSER environment variables like: BROWSER="firefox '%s' &" to launch a browser. The apostrophes around %s are required to escape special characters in the URL (because the command is launched using os.system, which uses a shell), and & at the end is required to not block GUI applications. However, in Python 2.5 it uses the subprocess module, and the example above doesn't work. It tries to open `firefox 'URL' &` literally, which causes Firefox to open URIs like file:///path/to/current/directory/'URL'. Attached a patch that fixes the problem.

With Python 2.4 it was common to use BROWSER environment variables like:

BROWSER="firefox '%s' &"

to launch a browser. The apostrophes around %s are required to escape special characters in the URL (because the command is launched using os.system, which uses a shell), and & at the end is required to not block GUI applications. However, in Python 2.5 it uses the subprocess module, and the example above doesn't work. It tries to open `firefox 'URL' &` literally, which causes Firefox to open URIs like file:///path/to/current/directory/'URL'.

Attached a patch that fixes the problem.

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Date	User	Action	Args
2007-08-23 14:52:38	admin	link	issue1684254 messages
2007-08-23 14:52:38	admin	create