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-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/kernel_app.xml15
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/src/erl_signal_handler.erl11
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/src/kernel.erl8
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/src/kernel_config.erl7
4 files changed, 13 insertions, 28 deletions
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/kernel_app.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/kernel_app.xml
index f96d946a5d..7894600c21 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/kernel_app.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/kernel_app.xml
@@ -122,21 +122,6 @@
application. For more information about configuration parameters,
see file <seealso marker="app"><c>app(4)</c></seealso>.</p>
<taglist>
- <tag><c>browser_cmd = string() | {M,F,A}</c></tag>
- <item>
- <p>When pressing the <em>Help</em> button in a tool such as Debugger,
- the help text (an HTML file <c>File</c>) is by default
- displayed in a Netscape browser, which is required to be
- operational. This parameter can be used to change the command for
- how to display the help text if another browser than Netscape
- is preferred, or if another platform than Unix or Windows is
- used.</p>
- <p>If set to a string <c>Command</c>, the command
- <c>"Command File"</c> is evaluated using
- <seealso marker="os#cmd/1"><c>os:cmd/1</c></seealso>.</p>
- <p>If set to a module-function-args tuple, <c>{M,F,A}</c>,
- the call <c>apply(M,F,[File|A])</c> is evaluated.</p>
- </item>
<tag><c>distributed = [Distrib]</c></tag>
<item>
<p>Specifies which applications that are distributed and on which
diff --git a/lib/kernel/src/erl_signal_handler.erl b/lib/kernel/src/erl_signal_handler.erl
index 22f235d4e4..b76c2a217a 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/src/erl_signal_handler.erl
+++ b/lib/kernel/src/erl_signal_handler.erl
@@ -19,12 +19,21 @@
-module(erl_signal_handler).
-behaviour(gen_event).
--export([init/1, format_status/2,
+-export([start/0, init/1, format_status/2,
handle_event/2, handle_call/2, handle_info/2,
terminate/2, code_change/3]).
-record(state,{}).
+start() ->
+ %% add signal handler
+ case whereis(erl_signal_server) of
+ %% in case of minimal mode
+ undefined -> ok;
+ _ ->
+ gen_event:add_handler(erl_signal_server, erl_signal_handler, [])
+ end.
+
init(_Args) ->
{ok, #state{}}.
diff --git a/lib/kernel/src/kernel.erl b/lib/kernel/src/kernel.erl
index 20aa47f602..ae982c1741 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/src/kernel.erl
+++ b/lib/kernel/src/kernel.erl
@@ -32,13 +32,7 @@
start(_, []) ->
case supervisor:start_link({local, kernel_sup}, kernel, []) of
{ok, Pid} ->
- %% add signal handler
- case whereis(erl_signal_server) of
- %% in case of minimal mode
- undefined -> ok;
- _ ->
- ok = gen_event:add_handler(erl_signal_server, erl_signal_handler, [])
- end,
+ ok = erl_signal_handler:start(),
%% add error handler
case logger:setup_standard_handler() of
ok -> {ok, Pid, []};
diff --git a/lib/kernel/src/kernel_config.erl b/lib/kernel/src/kernel_config.erl
index 535083ef27..c5ff1887c2 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/src/kernel_config.erl
+++ b/lib/kernel/src/kernel_config.erl
@@ -30,11 +30,8 @@
%%%-----------------------------------------------------------------
%%% This module implements a process that configures the kernel
%%% application.
-%%% Its purpose is that in the init phase add an error_logger
-%%% and when it dies (when the kernel application dies) deleting the
-%%% previously installed error_logger.
-%%% Also, this process waits for other nodes at startup, if
-%%% specified.
+%%% Its purpose is that in the init phase waits for other nodes at startup,
+%%% if specified.
%%%-----------------------------------------------------------------
start_link() -> gen_server:start_link(kernel_config, [], []).