Re: [Bug: 21.5-b22] Backtrace with function `browse-url'
Stephen J. Turnbull writes:
>>>>> "Franz" == Franz Haeuslschmid
<lukrez(a)gmx.at> writes:
Franz> Evaluating `M-x browse-url RET http://www.xemacs.org RET'
Franz> produces the following backtrace (when
Franz> `stack-trace-on-error' is activated):
Franz> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (process-error "Running
Franz> ShellExecute" "Das System kann die angegebene Datei nicht finden.
Franz> " "open" "http://www.xemacs.org")
Sure looks to me like the "open" program is not on your PATH inside of
XEmacs. What does M-: (executable-find "open") RET tell you? If the
program is found, is it the right one?
Hm. There is no program `open'. I guess, it is supposed to work
as follows on MS Windows: The action `open' is provided by the
shell (Explorer ?). When called, the shell looks in the Windows
registry for the program that can be used to open the specified
resource. Which program is started depends on the file type (or
file extension) of the specified resource and this information is
buried in the registry. Therefore I think that the error
message is misleading.
Regards,
Franz.