[news.eclipse.platform.swt] Re: Need browser functionality without using

[Douglas Pollock <douglas.pollock@xxxxxxxx>]

Christian Riedel wrote:
> At first I tried swt.browser.Browser but that didn't work very well.
> Under Linux the system's browser is only envoked properly, if certain
> environment variables are set accordingly (e.g. MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME). Even
> when this env-var is set, I still could imagine situations, where
> embedding the native browser would fail. For example if people only have
> Konqueror or only Opera installed.

If you are willing to include "org.eclipse.ui.workbench" in your product,
then IWorkbench.getBrowserSupport() might be worth trying.  I don't think
it's perfect for your situation, but it might work out.  If it doesn't work
-- but you are willing to use "org.eclipse.ui.workbench" -- then you could
try filing an enhancement request with Platform/UI.



cheers,
d.