[MacPorts] #52548: gimp2 now drags in an entire web browser (epiphany)

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#52548: gimp2 now drags in an entire web browser (epiphany)
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  Reporter:  macports@…      |      Owner:  devans@…
      Type:  enhancement     |     Status:  assigned
  Priority:  Normal          |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports           |    Version:
Resolution:                  |   Keywords:
      Port:  gimp2 epiphany  |
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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

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/52548#comment:3>
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