On Linux you can use the alternatives to decide what browser to open. On debian (I don't know about non debian based distro) you can use the sensible-browser command. It points to the default web browser.
Ido http://ik.homelinux.org/ On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 12:54 AM, Bart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I come from Windows/Delphi (3.0) background and I'm gradually moving > towards Lazarus/fpc. > > Opening an URL in Windows is a piece of cake, you just let the OS take > care of the assotiations with the http protocol to open it (using > shellexecute). > This of course will not do for other platforms. > > So I set myself the task of launching an URL in an external browser on > other platforms. > Since I only have Linux (besides Win) I began with that. > > I tried to find examples on the net, but had no luck. > I might well be re-inventing the wheel though... > > Here's my approach: > > - try to detect the windowmanger (for now I know how to do this for > KDE and GNOME, XFCE is on my whishlist) > > On KDE > - lookup DESKTOK_LAUNCH environment variable > - if not there, look for kde-open > - if not there look for kfmclient > - if not there look for xdg-open > - if not there try fallback > (possibly using gnome-open might also work under KDE ???) > > On GNOME > - look fo gnome-open > - if not there, look for xdg-open > - if not there try fallback > > Fallback > - search for know browsers (firefox, iceweasel, mozilla, opera, > konqueror, ...(suggestions are welcome)) > > If browser (or URL handler like kde-open, xdg-open etc.) is found > launch it with the appropriate URL. > > This approach (the finding mechanism) seems to work at least on my > Suse KDE desktop. > > I would like your opinions on this approach, and better still, I would > like some suggestions how to achieve something similar on a Mac. > (I suppose on Mac OSX the linux approach should work also???) > > And as a final rather dumb question: do all supported OS's have an > environmentvariable PATH (as this is used in the fallback mechanism)? > > Bart > _______________________________________________ > Lazarus mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus >
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