<p>If <code>gtk_show_uri()</code> doesn't work, this should do fine to open the default browser:</p>
<div class="highlight highlight-source-c"><pre><span class="pl-en">system</span>(<span class="pl-s"><span class="pl-pds">"</span>start <span class="pl-cce">\"\"</span> <span class="pl-cce">\"</span>file:///C:/where/ever/foo.html#blah<span class="pl-cce">\"</span><span class="pl-pds">"</span></span>);</pre></div>
<p>At least it works fine from the command line.</p>

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