view: Fix --open so it works when using our standalone executable#244
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Long story short, the multiprocess "spawn" start method doesn't (and maybe can't) work for our standalone executable on Unix systems, so we can't use it unconditionally to avoid bugs arising from "fork" vs. "spawn" on different platforms. See the bug this resolves (below) for all the details. Instead, use the default platform-dependent start method and try to catch future bugs with tests that exercise open_browser() under both "fork" and "spawn". Resolves <#242>.
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Long story short, the multiprocess "spawn" start method doesn't (and maybe can't) work for our standalone executable on Unix systems, so we can't use it unconditionally to avoid bugs arising from "fork" vs. "spawn" on different platforms. See the bug this resolves (below) for all the details.
Instead, use the default platform-dependent start method and try to catch future bugs with tests that exercise open_browser() under both "fork" and "spawn".
Resolves #242.
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