From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 6 22:49:28 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABF5E16A4DF for ; Thu, 6 Jul 2006 22:49:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jahnke@sonatabio.com) Received: from smtp.wizwire.com (smtp.wizwire.com [209.218.100.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 583DD43D6D for ; Thu, 6 Jul 2006 22:49:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jahnke@sonatabio.com) Received: from pinot.fmjassoc.com (209.218.101.53.bvi2.wizwire.com [209.218.101.53]) by smtp.wizwire.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k66LnBQb017606; Thu, 6 Jul 2006 14:49:11 -0700 From: Frank Jahnke To: Lowell Gilbert In-Reply-To: <44ejwy5usi.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <1152196718.880.44.camel@localhost> <44ejwy5usi.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2006 15:48:17 -0700 Message-Id: <1152226097.880.101.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.2 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-WizWire-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-WizWire-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-From: jahnke@sonatabio.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Passing Parameters from BSD to Linux and Back X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2006 22:49:28 -0000 On Thu, 2006-07-06 at 16:43 -0400, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > > I am able to get the appropriate program to open, but the parameters are > > never passed. I have tried many, many schemes to quote or escape the > > command and its options, but never have any of these worked. > > > > Any suggestions on how I might do this would be most appreciated! > > Hmm. Works for me. A web link in a PDF in Acroread (7) brings up the > linked page in my (native) firefox. I had to configure the executable > name (without path) into the "browser link" preference in acroread, > and I think the .mailcap entry ("text/html; firefox %s") is needed as > well. Hmmm indeed! Acroread now works for me as well. This did not used to be the case; I updated Acroread about a week ago and had not tried this again. (What does .mailcap do? I surmise from the name that it is like termcap for mail entries...). Maybe it is that upgrade? Or a change in how the desktop environment interacts with "aware" programs? I am still unable to open the help browser from within VMware; the file config simply reads: "webBrowser = linux-opera %s" (without the quotes). linux-opera is found, but the string %s is not passed at all. Invoking linux-opera with a command-line flag works as expected. I think it uses a Motif set for its interface. I think I have source for VMware; let me look at the calling sequence. Frank