---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Rene Veerman <rene7705@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 1:58 PM Subject: Re: trying to launch kate from the browser.... To: ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Yep, i also just thought of using ssh/ftp to remotely edit files. I can probably configure any web-browser to open certain links with any local program. But for now, i'd just like to consider the case where the browser is on the same machine as the webserver. In that case, you should (imo) be able to use exec() called with ajax from the browser to startup apps on that machine. On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 1:49 PM, Ashley Sheridan <ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > > No, the server is very different from the client, even if they are on the > same machine. I know of no way you can have an HTML link open up software on > your machine. If it were possible, that would open up a whole world of > security issues. > > What about making the link something like ftp://localhost/somefile and > have an FTP server set up on the same machine. You could set up your local > machine to respond as you wish to the ftp:// link (might be easier to > configure in Konqueror) > > > Thanks, > Ash > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > >
