[Bug: 21.5-b22] Backtrace with function `browse-url'

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

>>>>> "Franz" == Franz Haeuslschmid <lukrez at gmx.at> writes:

    Franz> Hm.  There is no program `open'.  I guess, it is supposed to work
    Franz> as follows on MS Windows: The action `open' is provided by the
    Franz> shell (Explorer ?).

Then you'll have to change either the specification in browse-url or
change your shell to one that provides "open".

Alternatively, it's probably trivial to implement "open" as a program
(I know that Mac OS X does, simply by passing the command-line
argument to the Finder).  If someone does, and it's not already part
of some well-known suite, I would certainly support adding it to
XEmacs's suite of external utilities.

    Franz> When called, the shell looks in the Windows
    Franz> registry for the program that can be used to open the specified
    Franz> resource.  Which program is started depends on the file type (or
    Franz> file extension) of the specified resource and this information is
    Franz> buried in the registry.  Therefore I think that the error
    Franz> message is misleading.

Sure, but it's not XEmacs's problem.  XEmacs currently doesn't do
message translation, so that message must have come from the shell.

Ie, XEmacs called a shell, and told it to execute the command "open".
The shell told it that no such program exists.  How is XEmacs supposed
to know that "open" is actually a builtin that only exists in certain shells?

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