[plt-dev] searching for bitmap% via f1 on mac os x

From: Matthew Flatt (mflatt at cs.utah.edu)
Date: Sat Feb 28 08:04:32 EST 2009

At Sat, 28 Feb 2009 07:01:23 -0600, Robby Findler wrote:
> When I use 'open' I get this:
> 
> The file 
> /Users/robby/svn/plt/collects/net/'file:/Users/robby/Library/PLT%20Scheme/4.1.4
> .3/doc/search/index.html?q=help'
> does not exist.
> browser-run: process execute failed: (#<path:/usr/bin/open>
> "'file:///Users/robby/Library/PLT%20Scheme/4.1.4.3/doc/search/index.html?q=help
> '")

I think you'd want just the file path for `open', without the "file://"
prefix. But, if I remember correctly, the reason we don't use `open' is
that it does not accommodate an HTML anchor within the page (i.e., a
"#..." suffix after the file path).



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