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Fix 'browser' help viewer for Windows #5515

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38 changes: 18 additions & 20 deletions lib/helpview.gi
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Expand Up @@ -65,28 +65,26 @@ show := PagerAsHelpViewer,
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if ARCH_IS_WINDOWS() then
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Instead of unconditionally defining the code below, could we perhaps have a ARCH_IS_CYGWIN or so which does return true here?

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Ah, forgot that such check exists. Makes perfect sense!

# html version on Windows
HELP_VIEWER_INFO.browser := rec(
type := "url",
show := function( filename )
local pos, winfilename;
if not StartsWith(filename, "/cygdrive") and
not StartsWith(filename, "/proc/cygdrive") then
Error( "the name of the help file ", filename , " must start with /cygdrive or /proc/cygdrive" );
else
# Ignoring part of the URL after '#' since we are unable
# to navigate to the precise location on Windows
winfilename:=MakeExternalFilename( SplitString( filename, "#" )[1] );
fi;
Print( "Opening help page ", winfilename, " in default windows browser ... \c" );
Exec( Concatenation("start ", winfilename ) );
Print( "done! \n" );
end
);
# html version on Windows
HELP_VIEWER_INFO.browser := rec(
type := "url",
show := function( filename )
local pos, winfilename;
# Ignoring part of the URL after '#' since we are unable
# to navigate to the precise location on Windows
winfilename:=MakeExternalFilename( SplitString( filename, "#" )[1] );
Print( "Opening help page ", winfilename, " in default windows browser ... \c" );
Process( DirectoryCurrent(),
Filename( DirectoriesSystemPrograms(), "cygstart.exe" ),
InputTextNone(),
OutputTextNone(),
[ winfilename ] );
Print( "done! \n" );
end
);


elif ARCH_IS_MAC_OS_X() then
if ARCH_IS_MAC_OS_X() then
# html version using macOS default browser
HELP_VIEWER_INFO.("mac default browser") := rec (
type := "url",
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