From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs,gmane.emacs.devel Subject: bug#18986: Design bug in browse-url.el: browse-url-can-use-xdg-open's logic uses overly strict assumption Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2014 13:05:54 -0500 Message-ID: References: <85lhnnw9t7.fsf@bertrandrussell.Speedport_W_723V_1_36_000> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1415469992 2875 80.91.229.3 (8 Nov 2014 18:06:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2014 18:06:32 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "Florian v. Savigny" , 18986-done@debbugs.gnu.org, Denis Howe , emacs development To: "Jan D." Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Nov 08 19:06:22 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XnAP0-0003gD-3p for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 08 Nov 2014 19:06:22 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36528 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XnAOz-0005mk-JG for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 08 Nov 2014 13:06:21 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39245) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XnAOo-0005dj-UR for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Nov 2014 13:06:18 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XnAOg-0006QX-OV for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Nov 2014 13:06:10 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:56714) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XnAOg-0006QR-Km for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Nov 2014 13:06:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XnAOg-0001Zs-Cn for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Nov 2014 13:06:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2014 18:06:02 +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-done@debbugs.gnu.org id=D18986.14154699576052 (code D ref 18986); Sat, 08 Nov 2014 18:06:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 18986-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 8 Nov 2014 18:05:57 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53927 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XnAOa-0001ZY-S8 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 08 Nov 2014 13:05:57 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.181]:4781) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XnAOY-0001ZQ-UO for 18986-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 08 Nov 2014 13:05:55 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Aq0IAOatTlRLd+sd/2dsb2JhbABcgw6DYtJRBAICgRwXAQF8hAMBAQMBViMFCws0BwsUGA0kiEsJy3IBAQEBBgEBAQEekQgHhEsFi2SmPIFvgjSBYh+CegEBAQ X-IPAS-Result: Aq0IAOatTlRLd+sd/2dsb2JhbABcgw6DYtJRBAICgRwXAQF8hAMBAQMBViMFCws0BwsUGA0kiEsJy3IBAQEBBgEBAQEekQgHhEsFi2SmPIFvgjSBYh+CegEBAQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.04,797,1406606400"; d="scan'208";a="96299029" Original-Received: from 75-119-235-29.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([75.119.235.29]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA; 08 Nov 2014 13:05:54 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 2570A8894; Sat, 8 Nov 2014 13:05:54 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: (Jan D.'s message of "Sat, 8 Nov 2014 18:19:37 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:95738 gmane.emacs.devel:176579 > It used to be that xdg-open just called the desktop version, > i.e. gnome-open, kde-open and so on. It is not sufficient that xdg-open > exists for the most part. We can't cater for every window manager out > there, we have to go by the majority. If you can make xdg-open work, then > making Emacs use it should be easy. The problem was specifically that just having xdg-open installed doesn't guarantee that the user has configured it. The code currently approximate "is it configured" by checking the desktop environment in use. It's clearly a gross hack (or a crude approximation), so if you know a better way, we'd like to hear it. Stefan