From: Avdi Grimm Date: 2008-12-12T05:47:06+09:00 Subject: Re: How to open url in firefox On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 3:41 PM, Raju Alluri wrote: > Thanks for your response. > What do you mean by it doesnt ? It is actually opening a browser in the > background. I know this as i was monitoring logs when i open particular > links. OpenURI opens network connections inside Ruby, it doesn't interact with your desktop at all. See the documentation: http://ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/open-uri/rdoc/classes/OpenURI.html Anything opening in Internet Explorer at the same time is a coincidence. > > The other point on Launchy. can you please eloborate, I dont see any > library file Launcy in lib folder. It's a Ruby gem that you must install with the command: gem install launchy -- Avdi Home: http://avdi.org Developer Blog: http://avdi.org/devblog/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/avdi Journal: http://avdi.livejournal.com