1 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .TH WEB 1
 2 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .SH NAME
 3 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull web, wmail \- handle web page, mail message for plumber
 4 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .SH SYNOPSIS
 5 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .B web
 6 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .I url
 7 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull \&...
 8 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .br
 9 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .B wmail
10 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .I address
11 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .SH DESCRIPTION
12 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .I Web
13 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull opens each of the named
14 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .I urls
15 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull in a new web browser window.
16 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull Any of the
17 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .I urls
18 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull may be relative paths to files in the file system;
19 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull they will be translated into
20 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .B file://
21 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull URLs before being passed to the web browser.
22 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .PP
23 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .I Web
24 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull uses the
25 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull web browser's
26 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .B -remote
27 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull option command-line option,
28 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull which requires an instance of the web browser
29 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull to be already running.
30 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull The choice of browser is determined by the
31 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .B $BROWSER
32 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull environment variable, which should be the name of
33 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull the executable for your choice of web browser.
34 c8b6342d 2005-01-13 devnull The default is
35 c8b6342d 2005-01-13 devnull .BR firefox .
36 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull Since the various browsers all use different syntaxes
37 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull in their
38 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .B -remote
39 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull options, the executable name is inspected to determine
40 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull the type of browser.
41 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull The supported browsers are Opera, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Firebird, and Mozilla.
42 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull When possible,
43 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .I web
44 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull opens each URL in a new tab rather than a new window.
45 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .PP
46 c8b6342d 2005-01-13 devnull When run under Mac OS X,
47 c8b6342d 2005-01-13 devnull .B $BROWSER
48 6c998707 2008-10-08 rsc should be set to
49 6c998707 2008-10-08 rsc .B camino ,
50 6c998707 2008-10-08 rsc .B firefox ,
51 c8b6342d 2005-01-13 devnull or
52 6c998707 2008-10-08 rsc .BR safari .
53 c8b6342d 2005-01-13 devnull .I Web
54 c8b6342d 2005-01-13 devnull uses AppleScript to talk to the browser.
55 c8b6342d 2005-01-13 devnull If 
56 c8b6342d 2005-01-13 devnull .B $BROWSER
57 c8b6342d 2005-01-13 devnull is not set,
58 c8b6342d 2005-01-13 devnull .I web
59 c8b6342d 2005-01-13 devnull looks for Firefox in
60 c8b6342d 2005-01-13 devnull .BR /Applications/Firefox.app
61 c8b6342d 2005-01-13 devnull and uses it if found;
62 c8b6342d 2005-01-13 devnull otherwise it uses Safari.
63 c8b6342d 2005-01-13 devnull .PP
64 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .I Wmail
65 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull starts the composition of a new mail message to
66 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .IR address .
67 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .PP
68 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull The choice of mailer is determined by the 
69 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .B $MAILER
70 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull environment variable.
71 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull The supported mailers are:
72 c8b6342d 2005-01-13 devnull .TP
73 c8b6342d 2005-01-13 devnull .B browser
74 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull invoke the mailer via a
75 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .B mailto://
76 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull URL passed to
77 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .I web
78 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .PD
79 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .PP
80 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .I Web
81 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull and
82 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .I wmail
83 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull are invoked as start commands in the
84 d32deab1 2020-08-16 rsc .MR plumber (4) 's
85 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull rules for opening web pages and writing mail messages.
86 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .SH FILES
87 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .TP
88 c3674de4 2005-01-11 devnull .B \*9/plumb/basic
89 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull plumbing rules using
90 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .I web
91 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull and
92 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .I wmail
93 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .SH SOURCE
94 c3674de4 2005-01-11 devnull .B \*9/bin
95 058b0118 2005-01-03 devnull .SH SEE ALSO
96 d32deab1 2020-08-16 rsc .MR plumber (4)