Re: xdg-open in Emacs in Termux (Android)

["Jostein Kjønigsen" <jostein@secure.kjonigsen.net>]

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On Sun, May 13, 2018, at 12:48 PM, Michael Brand wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> With Emacs in Termux M-: (browse-url-xdg-open "http://gnu.org") opens> the URL in an Android browser. But M-: (browse-url-default-browser
> "http://gnu.org") errors with "No usable browser found". This is
> because even the most recent browse-url-can-use-xdg-open
> 
> #+begin_src emacs-lisp :eval no
>   (defun browse-url-can-use-xdg-open ()
>     "[...]"
>     (and (or (getenv "DISPLAY") (getenv "WAYLAND_DISPLAY"))
>         (executable-find "xdg-open")))
> #+end_src
> 
> returns nil because none of the environment variables is set.
> 
> Should browse-url-can-use-xdg-open be changed to detect the situation
> of Termux?> 
> Michael


Having a termux-specific solution doesn't really sound ideal. What about
Lill Debbie (Debian bootstrapper)? Linux Deploy? Termius on iOS?
Are there another ways to detect a xdg-compliant runtime environment
apart from these environment variables, which are also applicable to
environments like Termux? If so we should apply something as general
as possible.
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Regards
Jostein Kjønigsen

jostein@kjonigsen.net 🍵 jostein@gmail.com
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