#52548: gimp2 now drags in an entire web browser (epiphany) -----------------------------+---------------------- Reporter: macports@… | Owner: devans@… Type: enhancement | Status: assigned Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: Resolution: | Keywords: Port: gimp2 epiphany | -----------------------------+---------------------- Comment (by devans@…): Replying to [comment:2 macports@…]:
Thanks for the prompt reply and detailed explanation.
I'm pleased to hear that you're already planning/working on something along the lines I had in mind -- ie, running the macOS `open` on the text. Based on some quick testing here the "macOS style open" could just be a trivial shell command that runs `open /path/to/file.html`, and the default browser should open (without requiring dependencies). The `.html` extension appears sufficient to trigger that.
And if you're concerned the type might not be auto-detected I think it'd be okay to force Safari to be the default help browser, eg:
{{{ open -a Safari /path/to/help/file }}}
which would ensure that anything that worked in Safari would open in Safari. (I don't see a particular need to reimplement the `open` command when it already exists for this use case -- there's no particular performance issue for instance.)
Agreed, just need to do it programmatically from GIMP's generic web- browser plugin. Actually, the URI passed is of the form http://path/to/help/file or file://path/to/help/file depending on whether your preferences are set to online or local help so file extensions are immaterial. This works correctly with Safari, Chrome and Firefox on my system.
Thanks for the work keeping `gimp` installable in MacPorts.
You're entirely welcome, I'm just glad that some one is paying attention :-) Dave -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/52548#comment:3> MacPorts <https://www.macports.org/> Ports system for the Mac operating system