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    • José Luis Montero CastellanosJ
      José Luis Montero Castellanos @PeterJones
      last edited by José Luis Montero Castellanos

      @PeterJones
      You are right you cannot create a command for each document, I just put it as an example, which I adjusted by referring to the variable $(CURRENT_FILE). And I’m glad to get the clarification regarding the use of “$(FULL_CURRENT_PATH)”. I thought to edit it so as not to confuse, or leave it as it is with the inaccuracy, so that your comment and mine make sense and be honest.

      We always learn something. :)

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      • PeterJonesP
        PeterJones @José Luis Montero Castellanos
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        @José-Luis-Montero-Castellanos said in View...How do I add browsers, so that I may run a program from different browsers.:

        I thought to edit it so as not to confuse, or leave it as it is with the inaccuracy,

        It is generally considered rude to change the meaning of a post after people have replied to that post. Please do not change that previous post at this point.

        so that your comment and mine make sense

        This is one of the reasons that it’s considered rude to change a post that has replies: changing the meaning of a conversation is a bad idea, because it will confuse all future readers (including you, when you come back days or weeks or months later and wonder why someone replied the way they did when you’ve forgotten that you edited it)

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        • José Luis Montero CastellanosJ
          José Luis Montero Castellanos @PeterJones
          last edited by

          @PeterJones
          Understood… :¬)

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          • JHV JHVJ
            JHV JHV @PeterJones
            last edited by

            @PeterJones …I understand the difference between the two : C:\directory\browser.exe C:\directory\document.htm -and- c:\path to\browser\browser.exe" "$(FULL_CURRENT_PATH)

            “?” meaning -> the “best practice” is to let users choose their default browser (under “View Current File In”) and not to micromanage browser choice which seems to be the main argument for the “Run”-thing. It’s the “logic” which eludes me! Why would a thing e.g. like “Use Default Browser” have to be emulated by the “Run” command…?
            Now, I didn’t read any of all this EU-FOSSA crap… but you don’t honestly believe that the EU actually advocates for using IE in the year 2022… do you :-?

            Correct me if I’m wrong here, but IE was completely removed in Windows 11…? You already got MS-Edge to somewhat emulate the behavior of IE, if needed…?
            IE ought to be replaced by “Use Default Browser” - and you would pretty much cover most browser cases, used today, and in the easiest manner there is!
            There are probably other people struggling with this too…

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            • Alan KilbornA
              Alan Kilborn
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              Reference:

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              It certainly seems reasonable that a “Default Application” choice could be added above Firefox, perhaps with a menu separator between the two.

              One of Notepad++'s strengths is that it will run on older systems, and perhaps a lot of these older systems have IE or even Firefox on them. So it does no harm to keep these menu entries.

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              • PeterJonesP
                PeterJones @JHV JHV
                last edited by PeterJones

                @JHV-JHV said in View...How do I add browsers, so that I may run a program from different browsers.:

                but you don’t honestly believe that the EU actually advocates for using IE in the year 2022… do you :-?

                You don’t honestly believe I said that, do you?

                You are fighting at strawmen, and not listening to my replies. After this post, I am done with this discussion.

                IE ought to be replaced by “Use Default Browser”

                Like Alan, I think “Use Default Browser” should be added to the list. But for that to happen, someone would have to make a polite feature request in the right location.

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                • José Luis Montero CastellanosJ
                  José Luis Montero Castellanos @JHV JHV
                  last edited by José Luis Montero Castellanos

                  @JHV-JHV
                  Greetings from Colombia:

                  IE ought to be replaced by “Use Default Browser” -

                  Totally agree, if my preferred browser “then the default” is called let’s say “Anonymous” and other users’ “defaults” have 15 different names , an option like this would cover them all!, including IE for older systems.

                  Now if I need a range of browsers to see IF my page is displayed in each of them, (matter that seemed to me the essence of this request for help!) then the use of RUN command is a good option, but I think it is less extensive. Since the leftover and contiguous keyboard shortcuts are reduced, not listed and memorizing them is not simple.

                  Another option would be that the list in View > view current file in… be more extensive or editable (expandable), but including Default Browser… (NOTE: it is not a request!!!).

                  Personal opinion: That is why traditional browsers that claim to respect our privacy, are the first to violate it, updating when they feel like it, for example.

                  Have a nice day and success…

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                  • Alan KilbornA
                    Alan Kilborn @PeterJones
                    last edited by

                    @PeterJones said in View...How do I add browsers, so that I may run a program from different browsers.:

                    Like Alan, I think “Use Default Browser” should be added to the list

                    Note that Alan didn’t say Default Browser, Alan said Default Application.

                    While apparently this View Current File in top-level menu has been used for browsers in the past, not everyone edits html or other web content.

                    Default Application would be the equivalent of what happens when one invokes the Run dialog like this:

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                    • Alan KilbornA
                      Alan Kilborn
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                      I think “Use Default Browser” should be added to the list

                      Default Application would be the equivalent of what happens when one invokes the Run dialog like this…

                      There’s also:

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                      which, for a .html or other “web file” associated with a browser, would effectively be “Open in Default Browser”.

                      So, developers would probably push back (as redundant) on adding “Use Default Browser” to the View Current File in menu.

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                      • Patrick 909P
                        Patrick 909 @PeterJones
                        last edited by

                        @PeterJones

                        perfect!

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