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  2. 1. Is it possible to define pseudo hyperlinks which start a subprocess?
  3. That would be really phantastic because it allows for nice tutorials with
  4. trial buttons. On xcf.berkely.edu I saw:
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  7. About XMap ... 
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  9. <P>
  10. Click here for a demo.
  11. <S>/*script*/
  12.     if (accessible("/usr/users/ftp") != "") {
  13.         print("doing /usr/users/ftp/ftp_public/misc/ht/projects/xmap/ultrix.ws.2.1 /usr/users/ftp/ftp_public/misc/ht/projects/xmap/sf_oak & \n");
  14. /*        system("/usr/users/ftp/ftp_public/misc/ht/projects/xmap/ultrix.ws.2.1 /usr/users/ftp/ftp_public/misc/ht/projects/xmap/sf_oak & ");*/
  15.     } else if (accessible("/map" != "")) {
  16.         /* in case this is running in xcfdemo */
  17.         print("doing /xmap/ultrix.ws.2.1 /xmap/sf_oak & \n");
  18. /*        system("/xmap/ultrix.ws.2.1 /xmap/sf_oak & ");*/
  19.     } else {
  20.         /* can't guess where xmap executables might be */
  21.         bell(); /* later, use dialogbox */
  22.     }
  23. </S>
  24.  
  25. Unfortunately it doesn't work, in Viola no button was shown.
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