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authorrsc <devnull@localhost>2005-01-13 04:49:19 +0000
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@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ The choice of browser is determined by the
.B $BROWSER
environment variable, which should be the name of
the executable for your choice of web browser.
+The default is
+.BR firefox .
Since the various browsers all use different syntaxes
in their
.B -remote
@@ -41,6 +43,23 @@ When possible,
.I web
opens each URL in a new tab rather than a new window.
.PP
+When run under Mac OS X,
+.B $BROWSER
+should be set to the string
+.B safari
+or
+.BR firefox .
+.I Web
+uses AppleScript to talk to the browser.
+If
+.B $BROWSER
+is not set,
+.I web
+looks for Firefox in
+.BR /Applications/Firefox.app
+and uses it if found;
+otherwise it uses Safari.
+.PP
.I Wmail
starts the composition of a new mail message to
.IR address .
@@ -49,7 +68,8 @@ The choice of mailer is determined by the
.B $MAILER
environment variable.
The supported mailers are:
-.TP browser
+.TP
+.B browser
invoke the mailer via a
.B mailto://
URL passed to