How does CommandBox find my browser to launch on s...
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caldjeff
07/25/2022, 11:33 PMHow does CommandBox find my browser to launch on start? Messing around on a Raspberry Pi and it throwing up an error that it can't find my browser. I'm assuming I can tell it where to look somewhere?
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bdw429s
07/26/2022, 2:26 AM@caldjeff The code for that is here
https://github.com/Ortus-Solutions/runwar/blob/develop/src/main/java/runwar/BrowserOpener.java#L130
bdw429s
07/26/2022, 2:26 AMMore less, a list of possible browsers is looped over and it runs
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which firefox
which chrome
which opera
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07/26/2022, 2:27 AMThen it runs
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chrome <url>bdw429s
07/26/2022, 2:27 AMSo the full list it checks by default is
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String[] browsers = {"firefox", "chrome", "opera", "konqueror", "epiphany"};bdw429s
07/26/2022, 2:28 AMThe primary questions are
ā¢ Does your Raspbian OS support
whichbdw429s
07/26/2022, 2:29 AMThe good news is, you can overrride the default browser with this setting
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config set config set preferredBrowser=binaryNameHerebdw429s
07/26/2022, 2:29 AMThat bypasses the search and just runs
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binaryNameHere <url>binaryNameHerebdw429s
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caldjeff
07/26/2022, 3:41 AMThanks Brad! Super helpful. The browser that was already installed by default is Chromium. Seems like it ought to find it. I'll take a look in the morning. Appreciate the help.
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bdw429s
07/26/2022, 3:49 PM@caldjeff It all boils down to the name of the actual binary for Chromium
bdw429s
07/26/2022, 3:51 PMLooks like it's either
chromium-browserchromiumbdw429s
07/26/2022, 3:52 PMShould just take a couple seconds to pop open a bash shell and test this
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caldjeff
07/26/2022, 3:55 PMBingo! Yep, "chromium-browser". Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. I'll override with your setting above.
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bdw429s
07/26/2022, 3:56 PMCoolio
bdw429s
07/26/2022, 3:56 PMFeel free to add that browser to the array of built-in browsers CommandBox tries to search for.
bdw429s
07/26/2022, 3:57 PMYou can send a pull request to the source file I linked to above
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caldjeff
07/26/2022, 3:57 PMWhen I try to config set it says Command "preferredBrowser=chromium-browser" cannot be resolved. Do I need path?
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bdw429s
07/26/2022, 3:57 PMThat's not the syntax š
bdw429s
07/26/2022, 3:58 PMDid you follow the example in the docs I linked to?
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caldjeff
07/26/2022, 3:58 PMlol...ok...did I mention I'm linux and CB noob?
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bdw429s
07/26/2022, 3:58 PM Copy code
config set preferredBrowser=xxxbdw429s
07/26/2022, 3:58 PMTo set config settings you use the
config setbdw429s
07/26/2022, 3:59 PMOne nice thing about CommandBOx is there is tab completion for EVERYTHING. So at any point while typing the command or the param names, you can hit tab to make sure you're on track
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caldjeff
07/26/2022, 4:01 PMGotcha. Very helpful! I need to dig into docs a bit more and become more familiar with all the config stuff. I've been an Adobe CF guy for a long time and just trying to move myself to Lucee via CB. Always appreciate your patience and help.
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bdw429s
07/26/2022, 4:04 PMNo worries, and glad to help
bdw429s
07/26/2022, 4:04 PMI used to hate command line so I tried to make CommandBox have as few of those pain points as possible! š
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