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Re: IDL help in alternate browser [message #88627 is a reply to message #74007]

Wed, 21 May 2014 00:42

Helder Marchetto
Messages: 520
Registered: November 2011

Senior Member

On Sunday, December 12, 2010 8:37:44 PM UTC+1, Paulo Penteado wrote:
> On Dec 12, 9:10 am, Gordon Farquharson <gordonfarquhar...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>> Go to Preferences->General->Web browser in the Window menu.
>>
>> I tried that, but the help pages still open in Firefox regardless of
>> what options (internal/external) I select.
>
> One option is to set it by an environment variable. For instance, in
> bash syntax:
>
> export IDL_ONLINE_HELP_HTML_BROWSER=opera

Sorry for picking up an old post, but I've tried changing preferred browser in IDL under Window->Preferences->General->Web Browser and setting Chrome (instead of Firefox). I also tried activating Use internal/external web browser with no change in the behaviour.
I also tried using the "windows" option for export and typed in the command line:

set IDL_ONLINE_HELP_HTML_BROWSER=chrome
or
set IDL_ONLINE_HELP_HTML_BROWSER="C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe"

neither worked. Pressing F1 on a command will always result in firefox opening.

Has anybody else tried this?

Thanks,
Helder

PS:
IDL> !version
{
ARCH: "x86_64",
OS: "Win32",
OS_FAMILY: "Windows",
OS_NAME: "Microsoft Windows",
RELEASE: "8.3",
BUILD_DATE: "Nov 15 2013",
MEMORY_BITS: 64,
FILE_OFFSET_BITS: 64
}

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		Re: IDL help in alternate browser By: Gordon Farquharson on Sun, 12 December 2010 03:10
		Re: IDL help in alternate browser By: penteado on Sat, 11 December 2010 09:17
		Re: IDL help in alternate browser By: Gordon Farquharson on Fri, 10 December 2010 22:04
		Re: IDL help in alternate browser By: Heinz Stege on Fri, 10 December 2010 17:55
		Re: IDL help in alternate browser By: penteado on Sun, 12 December 2010 11:37
		Re: IDL help in alternate browser By: Gordon Farquharson on Wed, 15 December 2010 16:18
		Re: IDL help in alternate browser By: Helder Marchetto on Wed, 21 May 2014 00:42
		Re: IDL help in alternate browser By: Very Old IDL User on Wed, 21 May 2014 05:39
		Re: IDL help in alternate browser By: Haje Korth on Wed, 21 May 2014 06:54
		Re: IDL help in alternate browser By: timothyja123 on Thu, 22 May 2014 20:35

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