Re: [clisp-list] Can't find netscape

[Sam S. <sd...@gn...>]

sorry that I was not clear.

> * In message <20010419175619.A5017@localhost.localdomain>
> * On the subject of "Re: [clisp-list] Can't find netscape"
> * Sent on Thu, 19 Apr 2001 17:56:19 +0200
> * Honorable Peter Wood <pet...@wo...> writes:
>
> On Thu, Apr 19, 2001 at 10:25:12AM -0400, Sam Steingold wrote:
> 
> > > * Honorable Debian User Bruce <bru...@16...> writes:
> > >
> > > I'm using clisp on debian GUN/Linux 2.2r2 and mozilla M18.  When I
> > > want to view the HyperSpec in Emacs via C-c H, ilisp complained that
> > > there is no program named `netscape'.  Then I made a symbolic link to
> > > mozilla, and that lauched the program, but left the address blank and
> > > did not go to the relevant page.
> > 
> > this is a problem with Emacs/Ilisp, not with CLISP.
> 
> How can it be a problem with Emacs/Ilisp if putting in a symlink from
> netscape to mozilla resulted in the program launching.

Emacs/Ilisp was calling "netscape" which was not installed on his
machine.  the right solution is not to make a symlink, but to tell
Emacs/Ilisp to use mozilla.

CLISP has nothing to do with the problem - that was the gist of my
note. 

> > > I checked `clhs.lisp' and found that the problem seems to be caused by
> > > hardcoding `:netscape' as the default `*browser*' in function
> > > definition of `clhs'.  Even though I tried to set *browser* to another
> > > value, it did not help.
> > 
> > Fixed, thanks for the bug report.
> 
> Why is it a bug?  

the bug is that the default browser for CLHS was :NETSCAPE and not
*BROWSER*. 

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