bug#15084: 24.3.50; browse-url-generic hangs

[Peter Vasil <mailing_lists@petervasil.net>]

On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 12:24 PM, Thierry Volpiatto
<thierry.volpiatto@gmail.com> wrote:
> Peter <mailing_lists@petervasil.net> writes:
>
>> When I set 'browse-url-browser-function' to 'browse-url-generic',
>> browse-url does not work anymore. Instead it only shows the text:
>> "Waiting for process to die...done"
>>
>> I think it is 'call-process' which does not work.
>>
>> Actually, this is the code I use:
>> (setq browse-url-generic-program "firefox"
>>       browse-url-browser-function 'browse-url-generic)
>
> Is it working after evaling this?
>
> (defvar browse-url-never-use-xdg-open t)
> (defadvice browse-url-can-use-xdg-open (around no-xdg-open activate)
>   (unless browse-url-never-use-xdg-open
>     ad-do-it))
This does not help. Still the same behaviour


Thanks,
Peter

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