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Re: [PATCH] git-web--browse: improve browser support under OS X

From
Jay Soffian <jaysoffian@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 14, 2008, 00:13 UTC
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On Feb 13, 2008 5:46 PM, Pieter de Bie <pdebie@ai.rug.nl> wrote:
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> When I SSH to my mac, the SECURITYSESSIONID variable isn't set, but
> open will succeed in displaying the page.
>
> Not sure if that is a valid concern though; how often would you do a
> remote login to your mac to display a webpage?

That is quite odd, but I've confirmed it under 10.5.2. In 10.5 I can ssh to another Mac and /usr/bin/open a document. If I have a GUI login already established on that Mac, I can see (via screen sharing) the application is launched and the document handled. But here's the odd part -- if I *don't* have a GUI login on that Mac, the application for the document is *still* launched, but I guess it's running in some sort of headless mode. I don't recall 10.4 operating this way.

But this is neither here nor there. AFAIK, SECURITYSESSIONID is unique to OS X and it reliably indicates that the user is sitting in front of the OS X GUI.

j.
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  1. Improve git-help--browse browser support under OS Xjaysoffian+git@gmail.com, Feb 8, 2008
  2. Dmitry PotapovFeb 9, 2008
  3. Jay SoffianFeb 10, 2008
  4. Dmitry PotapovFeb 10, 2008
  5. Christian CouderFeb 10, 2008
  6. Jay SoffianFeb 11, 2008
  7. Christian CouderFeb 11, 2008
  8. Jay SoffianFeb 11, 2008
  9. git-web--browse: improve browser support under OS Xjaysoffian+git@gmail.com, Feb 11, 2008
  10. Junio C HamanoFeb 11, 2008
  11. Jay SoffianFeb 11, 2008
  12. Jay SoffianFeb 12, 2008
  13. Christian CouderFeb 13, 2008
  14. Junio C HamanoFeb 13, 2008
  15. Pieter de BieFeb 13, 2008
  16. Jay SoffianFeb 14, 2008
  17. Christian CouderFeb 14, 2008

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