/* $Id: www_browser.pl,v 1.5 2006/08/30 09:41:40 jan Exp $ Part of SWI-Prolog Author: Jan Wielemaker E-mail: jan@swi.psy.uva.nl WWW: http://www.swi-prolog.org Copyright (C): 1985-2002, University of Amsterdam This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA As a special exception, if you link this library with other files, compiled with a Free Software compiler, to produce an executable, this library does not by itself cause the resulting executable to be covered by the GNU General Public License. This exception does not however invalidate any other reasons why the executable file might be covered by the GNU General Public License. */ :- module(www_browser, [ www_open_url/1, % +UrlOrSpec expand_url_path/2 % +Spec, -URL ]). :- use_module(library(lists)). :- use_module(library(readutil)). %% www_open_url(+Url) % % Open URL in running version of netscape or start a new netscape. % Based on a windows-only version by Bob Wielinga. % % On Unix life is a bit harder as there is no established standard % to figure out which browser to open. We try: % % * The start-program `open' (Mac and some Unix systems). % * Prolog flag `browser' % * Variable BROWSER % * All known browsers www_open_url(Spec) :- % user configured ( current_prolog_flag(browser, Browser) ; getenv('BROWSER', Browser) ), has_command(Browser), !, expand_url_path(Spec, URL), www_open_url(Browser, URL). www_open_url(Spec) :- % Windows shell current_prolog_flag(windows, true), !, expand_url_path(Spec, URL), call(win_shell(open, URL)). % fool xref www_open_url(Spec) :- % Unix `open document' has_command(open), !, expand_url_path(Spec, URL), sformat(Cmd, 'open "~w"', [URL]), shell(Cmd). www_open_url(Spec) :- % something we know known_browser(Browser, _), has_command(Browser), !, expand_url_path(Spec, URL), www_open_url(Browser, URL). %% www_open_url(+Browser, +URL) is det. % % Open a page using a browser. Preferably we use an existing % browser to to the job. Currently only supports browsers with a % netscape compatible remote interface. % % @see http://www.mozilla.org/unix/remote.html www_open_url(Browser, URL) :- compatible(Browser, netscape), netscape_remote(Browser, 'ping()', []), !, netscape_remote(Browser, 'openURL(~w,new-window)', [URL]). www_open_url(Browser, URL) :- format(string(Cmd), '"~w" "~w" &', [Browser, URL]), shell(Cmd). %% netscape_remote(+Browser, +Format, +Args) is semidet. % % Execute netscape remote command using =|-remote|=. Create the % remote command using format/3 from Format and Args. % % @bug At least firefox gives always 0 exit code on -remote, % so we must check the error message. Grrrr. netscape_remote(Browser, Fmt, Args) :- format(string(RCmd), Fmt, Args), format(string(Cmd), '"~w" -remote "~w" 2>&1', [Browser, RCmd]), open(pipe(Cmd), read, In), call_cleanup(read_stream_to_codes(In, Codes), close(In)), ( append("Error:", _, Codes) -> !, fail ; true ). compatible(Browser, With) :- file_base_name(Browser, Base), known_browser(Base, With). :- multifile known_browser/2. %% known_browser(+FileBaseName, -Compatible) % % True if browser FileBaseName has a remote protocol compatible to % Compatible. known_browser(firefox, netscape). known_browser(mozilla, netscape). known_browser(netscape, netscape). known_browser(konquerer, -). known_browser(opera, -). %% has_command(+Command) % % Succeeds if Command is in $PATH. Works for Unix systems. For % Windows we have to test for executable extensions. :- dynamic command_cache/2. :- volatile command_cache/2. has_command(Command) :- command_cache(Command, Path), !, Path \== (-). has_command(Command) :- ( getenv('PATH', Path), ( current_prolog_flag(windows, true) -> Sep = (;) ; Sep = (:) ), concat_atom(Parts, Sep, Path), member(Part, Parts), prolog_to_os_filename(PlPart, Part), concat_atom([PlPart, Command], /, Exe), access_file(Exe, execute) -> assert(command_cache(Command, Exe)) ; assert(command_cache(Command, -)), fail ). /******************************* * NET PATHS * *******************************/ :- multifile user:url_path/2. user:url_path(swi, 'http://hcs.science.uva.nl'). user:url_path(pl, 'http://www.swi-prolog.org'). user:url_path(pl_twiki, 'http://gollem.science.uva.nl/twiki/pl/bin/view'). user:url_path(pl_at_swi, swi('projects/SWI-Prolog')). user:url_path(pl_faq, pl_twiki('FAQ/WebHome')). user:url_path(pl_man, pl_at_swi('Manual')). user:url_path(pl_mail, pl('mailinglist.html')). user:url_path(pl_download, pl('download.html')). user:url_path(pl_bugs, pl('bugreport.html')). user:url_path(pl_quick, pl_man('quickstart.html')). user:url_path(pl_donate, pl('donate.html')). user:url_path(xpce, pl('packages/xpce')). user:url_path(xpce_man, swi('projects/xpce/UserGuide')). %% expand_url_path(+Spec, -URL) % % Expand URL specifications similar to absolute_file_name/3. The % predicate url_path/2 plays the role of file_name_expansion/2. expand_url_path(URL, URL) :- atomic(URL), !. % Allow atom and string expand_url_path(Spec, URL) :- Spec =.. [Path, Local], ( user:url_path(Path, Spec2) -> expand_url_path(Spec2, URL0), ( Local == '.' -> URL = URL0 ; sub_atom(Local, 0, _, _, #) -> atom_concat(URL0, Local, URL) ; concat_atom([URL0, Local], /, URL) ) ; throw(error(existence_error(url_path, Path), expand_url_path/2)) ).