[Geany-devel] SF.net SVN: geany:[5909] trunk/src/utils.c

Frank Lanitz frank at xxxxx
Mon Sep 12 13:33:24 UTC 2011


Am 12.09.2011 15:28, schrieb Colomban Wendling:
> Le 12/09/2011 11:16, Lex Trotman a écrit :
>>> Otherwise the whole fallback should be removed since it is confusing
>>> and may not run the browser the user expected (depending on the order
>>> in the list).  At least when there is only the tools pref you know
>>> when its wrong, the browser won't go, with the fallback something
>>> unexpected may happen.
>>>
>>
>> In fact thinking about it some more Geany should tell the user that
>> browser command "xxx" did not work (xxx=tools pref command) and ask do
>> you want to try the following in order and print the list.  We should
>> not fail to inform the user that the command did not work.
> 
> Right.  Now you say this, I think the better may perhaps to tell the
> user the browser failed to spawn, and ask her to provide the command to
> run in place (maybe with a few suggestions), and fill the pref with that
> new value (if working).  What do you think?

I like that approach.

Cheers,
Frank




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