packages/patches better_html_url_handling_on_linux-0.40.3.patch, NONE, 1.1 - Pd-cvs

10 Oct 2007

Update of /cvsroot/pure-data/packages/patches
In directory sc8-pr-cvs1.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv1670/patches
Added Files:
    better_html_url_handling_on_linux-0.40.3.patch 
Log Message:
This patch adds a number of better commands for opening HTML files and URLs on
GNU/Linux.  These commands use the defaults systems, plus each command is
tested before executed, so it should be more fault tolerant.

--- NEW FILE: better_html_url_handling_on_linux-0.40.3.patch ---
Index: u_main.tk
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RCS file: /cvsroot/pure-data/pd/src/u_main.tk,v
retrieving revision 1.25
diff -u -w -r1.25 u_main.tk
--- u_main.tk	9 Oct 2006 04:36:12 -0000	1.25
+++ u_main.tk	10 Oct 2007 05:12:38 -0000
@@ -386,9 +386,16 @@
     global pd_nt
if {$pd_nt == 0} {
-        exec sh -c \
-            [format "firefox file:%s || mozilla file:%s " \
-                $filename $filename] &
+        foreach candidate \
+            { gnome-open xdg-open sensible-browser iceweasel firefox mozilla \
+              galeon konqueror netscape lynx } {
+                  set browser [lindex [auto_execok $candidate] 0]
+                  if {[string length $browser]} {
+                         puts stderr [format "%s %s" $browser $filename]
+                         exec sh -c [format "%s %s" $browser $filename]
+                         break
+                     }
+                 }
     } elseif {$pd_nt == 2} {
         puts stderr [format "open %s" $filename]
             exec sh -c [format "open %s" $filename]

    