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-rw-r--r--lib/observer/doc/src/crashdump_ug.xml4
-rw-r--r--lib/observer/src/crashdump_viewer.erl5
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/observer/doc/src/crashdump_ug.xml b/lib/observer/doc/src/crashdump_ug.xml
index dc65fe5b39..8b60f6ee98 100644
--- a/lib/observer/doc/src/crashdump_ug.xml
+++ b/lib/observer/doc/src/crashdump_ug.xml
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@
Information which shows a short summary of the information in
the crashdump.</p>
- <p>The default browser is Internet Explorer on Windows or else
- Firefox. To use another browser, give the browser's start command
+ <p>The default browser is Internet Explorer on Windows, open on Mac OS X,
+ or else Firefox. To use another browser, give the browser's start command
as the second argument to <c>cdv</c>. If the given browser name is
not known to Crashdump Viewer, the browser argument is executed as
a command with the start URL as the only argument.</p>
diff --git a/lib/observer/src/crashdump_viewer.erl b/lib/observer/src/crashdump_viewer.erl
index 3b8d17c7d9..64a8457d16 100644
--- a/lib/observer/src/crashdump_viewer.erl
+++ b/lib/observer/src/crashdump_viewer.erl
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ script_start([File]) ->
DefaultBrowser =
case os:type() of
{win32,_} -> iexplore;
+ {unix,darwin} -> open;
_ -> firefox
end,
script_start([File,DefaultBrowser]);
@@ -277,8 +278,8 @@ usage() ->
io:format(
"\nusage: cdv file [ browser ]\n"
"\tThe \'file\' must be an existing erlang crash dump.\n"
- "\tDefault browser is \'iexplore\' (Internet Explorer) on Windows\n"
- "\tor else \'firefox\'.\n",
+ "\tDefault browser is \'iexplore\' (Internet Explorer) on Windows,\n"
+ "\t\'open\' on Mac OS X, or else \'firefox\'.\n",
[]).