[Python-checkins] r72712 - python/trunk/Doc/library/webbrowser.rst

georg.brandl python-checkins at python.org
Sun May 17 10:55:00 CEST 2009


Author: georg.brandl
Date: Sun May 17 10:55:00 2009
New Revision: 72712

Log:
#5935: mention that BROWSER is looked for in PATH.

Modified:
   python/trunk/Doc/library/webbrowser.rst

Modified: python/trunk/Doc/library/webbrowser.rst
==============================================================================
--- python/trunk/Doc/library/webbrowser.rst	(original)
+++ python/trunk/Doc/library/webbrowser.rst	Sun May 17 10:55:00 2009
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 of browsers to try in order.  When the value of a list part contains the string
 ``%s``, then it is  interpreted as a literal browser command line to be used
 with the argument URL substituted for ``%s``; if the part does not contain
-``%s``, it is simply interpreted as the name of the browser to launch.
+``%s``, it is simply interpreted as the name of the browser to launch. [1]_
 
 For non-Unix platforms, or when a remote browser is available on Unix, the
 controlling process will not wait for the user to finish with the browser, but
@@ -201,3 +201,8 @@
 
    .. versionadded:: 2.5
 
+
+.. rubric:: Footnotes
+
+.. [1] Executables named here without a full path will be searched in the
+       directories given in the :envvar:`PATH` environment variable.


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