www_open_url(+Url)Open URL in running version of the users’ browser or start a new
browser. This predicate tries the following steps:
- If a prolog flag (see set_prolog_flag/2)
browser
is set and this is the name of a known executable, use this. The flag
may be set to Command-Mode, where mode is one of fg
or bg, requesting Command to run in foreground or
background mode. Default is bg.
- Hand the URL to the desktop using desktop_open/2
from
library(desktop) if this library is available. On Windows
we use win_shell/2 if
it is not.
- If a environment variable
BROWSER is set and this is
the name of a known executable, use this.
- Try to find a known browser.