From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Pierre Neidhardt Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#18986: #18986 Design bug in browse-url.el: browse-url-can-use-xdg-open's logic uses overly strict assumption Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2018 17:23:26 +0100 Message-ID: <87a7wep475.fsf@gmail.com> References: <85lhnnw9t7.fsf@bertrandrussell.Speedport_W_723V_1_36_000> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1518453293 16755 195.159.176.226 (12 Feb 2018 16:34:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2018 16:34:53 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: mu4e 1.0; emacs 25.3.1 To: 18986@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 12 17:34:48 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1elH3t-0003QR-45 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 12 Feb 2018 17:34:37 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49718 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1elH5u-0003WJ-Dk for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 12 Feb 2018 11:36:42 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39415) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1elGth-0001F4-Tw for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Feb 2018 11:24:10 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1elGte-0001nh-Cd for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Feb 2018 11:24:05 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:60244) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1elGte-0001nI-8r for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Feb 2018 11:24:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1elGte-0000ls-03 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Feb 2018 11:24:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org In-Reply-To: <85lhnnw9t7.fsf@bertrandrussell.Speedport_W_723V_1_36_000> Resent-From: Pierre Neidhardt Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2018 16:24:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 18986 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: notabug wontfix Original-Received: via spool by 18986-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B18986.15184526162932 (code B ref 18986); Mon, 12 Feb 2018 16:24:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 18986) by debbugs.gnu.org; 12 Feb 2018 16:23:36 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39908 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1elGtE-0000lD-Gn for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 12 Feb 2018 11:23:36 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-wr0-f181.google.com ([209.85.128.181]:44296) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1elGtC-0000kw-Ad for 18986@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 12 Feb 2018 11:23:34 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-wr0-f181.google.com with SMTP id v65so8997863wrc.11 for <18986@debbugs.gnu.org>; Mon, 12 Feb 2018 08:23:34 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=user-agent:from:to:subject:date:message-id:mime-version; bh=CII6aOydwiY2qyZuZyJrpFDbqYc24vp6xrbPUMqwTaM=; b=dlYMsOXH9AHt9LGhXK+sqvUjrGB/aglfREiu0fcM1/Oet/zwXkljVxcyTM3pmKyXDA x3+dlaNKGZGv0IlV7Gtxm+0PbcNVO4lMC4Bpdl1kwKLYVn+WZpWBTT66lY/ER0icxXCw VDYQWQ7y4wVfIQZuNttSyDMwBxiN8GnNMuvQwVZyQWfyUPCJyn2KNRIpkGEewYEcRn5V IK0iQGDtlovNwWSe0Pmt7+IM24Xfwq3rOTcxN4noiChETjkmgN2lJq0kJdOrDhomMscr LAL75cMvc5gWLgm24/ijnqJ2cIFh4xUFRrNl7EfIVMzUuvVdaIeyJKkGeEiUr+8wrWuQ wNBw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:user-agent:from:to:subject:date:message-id :mime-version; bh=CII6aOydwiY2qyZuZyJrpFDbqYc24vp6xrbPUMqwTaM=; b=VoUzJjLmLwDw32o6wQg61zp5fUFogZ8bKkZkEmrscfTLjayeYMgvCM4cSr3q/hjqJg RrXGZ99xC2bhUOhW6v9z3SeFPmust7vFRmJAnDPw880EjXZWSwfj2MtFNd7N07FbpMfm I9HsgB94FjWnEn1Jp3jLsodsXrfbZ+OJMVY1APOHI/mj/A7OpVgqkeIo/lo06DtVVq8p 3bhYr4CDhFleZIRLeL4vobvLV1OA1vspkMEthE9SHTnAfXZrUy0X6Q2j1+gsUeBhkuls C5Fifs1anoO0Snd3XODRtPZOk/KzzKNy8pVNXxc1xVRxH8ZBmwxC7ZazymTvbhiLgMmK aIvQ== X-Gm-Message-State: APf1xPARbAw437IgUnQxHGDIgmbRgBtBe1bVbhHMaruOCmhLdgjjrm9D uQcrjwhkNu1vmblE6vicdo7M8Q== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AH8x22641fgUuNyzxQp7VDXJRo5HDLyFyRUScdRdN8/VuFB//y+Hbxsl+2vTZ6z5vwPy0BwzRHyk7Q== X-Received: by 10.223.177.136 with SMTP id q8mr5453103wra.56.1518452608159; Mon, 12 Feb 2018 08:23:28 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from mimimi (2a01cb040a37a0003a915b0581181238.ipv6.abo.wanadoo.fr. [2a01:cb04:a37:a000:3a91:5b05:8118:1238]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id i11sm2946346wre.36.2018.02.12.08.23.27 for <18986@debbugs.gnu.org> (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Mon, 12 Feb 2018 08:23:27 -0800 (PST) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:143205 Archived-At: --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Sorry for digging out this old issue, but it seemed that Florian's suggestion (which was pretty good in my opinion) was never answered. I've been battling with browse-url for longer than necessary, it seems to me that there are just too many rough edges around xdg-open, xdg-mime, ~/.config/mimeapps.list, `mailcap-mime-extensions'... Having `browse-url-can-use-xdg-open' _and_ a customizable list of default browser in `browse-url-default-browser' would help tremendously. I'd like to add one more feature which could relieve non-DE users even further: (defun browse-url-default-browser (url &rest args) ... (apply (cond ... + ((getenv "BROWSER") (executable-find (getenv "BROWSER"))) ((memq system-type '(windows-nt ms-dos cygwin)) 'browse-url-default-windows-browser) The "BROWSER" environment variable is relativement common and if it is set, it most probably means that the users did that themselves. --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEEUPM+LlsMPZAEJKvom9z0l6S7zH8FAlqBv34ACgkQm9z0l6S7 zH+XTAf+NSyQytxzP7ZFlsgzz6nOjYS14SRhS1bnlimCnxZgHAm0VQlm9HLioKiE DHyC395tFutWOvy3dtkaeKqhmUA58qGb/80egPbKKm+N28KgSw7hZQTx1PzzJlH3 r0Fmnt4fVoj6uKfzkflSatYQwUReY1JNeUa6QFIK4Qa80ltUksGCW9joNA1YgIxy XyH/EaiWwKAEbtsN3khf08HP2t2MHSzDQE9qoSt88sSMFW4F6zd/KqMW2MRSX90+ Lhi7/4twnqyYDKIDF4sQeaErUTUhgxjZqsKjQ2InfQ98f3jBiI2RfAaeoWzHPCNF yTcwlpQkAYto8a1eZbY4WKBoWihDqA== =Y9Ia -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--