Fix Get-Help -Online

While Windows will automatically open a URL used as a process by
launching a browser, OS X needs to use `open <URL>`, and Linux needs to
use `xdg-open <URL>` (the most distribution-independent way).

Resolves #802.
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Andrew Schwartzmeyer 2016-04-09 18:05:49 -07:00
parent 76ad94d8a7
commit 70c23dacd7

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@ -688,7 +688,16 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands
this.WriteVerbose(string.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, HelpDisplayStrings.OnlineHelpUri, uriToLaunch.OriginalString));
System.Diagnostics.Process browserProcess = new System.Diagnostics.Process();
browserProcess.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = true;
browserProcess.StartInfo.FileName = uriToLaunch.OriginalString;
if (Platform.IsWindows)
{
browserProcess.StartInfo.FileName = uriToLaunch.OriginalString;
} else if (Platform.IsOSX) {
browserProcess.StartInfo.FileName = "open";
browserProcess.StartInfo.Arguments = uriToLaunch.OriginalString;
} else if (Platform.IsLinux) {
browserProcess.StartInfo.FileName = "xdg-open";
browserProcess.StartInfo.Arguments = uriToLaunch.OriginalString;
}
browserProcess.Start();
}
catch (InvalidOperationException ioe)