added jalview.browser property so a linux user can choose which browser they want...

[jalview.git] / src / jalview / gui / IdPanel.java

diff --git a/src/jalview/gui/IdPanel.java b/src/jalview/gui/IdPanel.java
index 0b5d956..5db5e2e 100755 (executable)
--- a/src/jalview/gui/IdPanel.java
+++ b/src/jalview/gui/IdPanel.java
@@ -68,7 +68,9 @@ public class IdPanel extends JPanel implements MouseListener, MouseMotionListene
          jalview.util.BrowserLauncher.openURL(\r
              "http://srs.ebi.ac.uk/srs7bin/cgi-bin/wgetz?-e+[swall-id:" + id +\r
              "]+-vn+2");\r
-       }catch(Exception ex){ex.printStackTrace();}\r
+       }catch(Exception ex){System.err.println(\r
+           "Try adding the jalview.browser property to your jalview.properties file:\n"\r
+                            +"jalview.browser=firefox"); ex.printStackTrace();}\r
     }\r
 \r
   }\r