I'm pretty sure xdg-open ends up being a thin wrapper that delegates to your desktop environment's open program (gnome-open, kde-open, xce-open, etc) so probably that is where the difference lies.
--Aaron On Nov 10, 2012, at 12:52 AM, Michael Gardner <gardne...@gmail.com> wrote: > I can't duplicate your results on my Debian wheezy box (Clojure 1.4, openjdk > 1.6.0_24, xdg-open 1.1.0 rc1); the call to (sh "xdg-open" …) returns > immediately. The only possibilities I can think of are that your version of > xdg-open blocks when run from a non-interactive shell, or that your version > of Java somehow handles subprocesses differently. > > The first possibility should be easy to test. And you should be able to test > the second by writing your own shell script that forks and then exits (at > least, I assume that's what xdg-open is doing). > > On Nov 9, 2012, at 19:26 , Andy Fingerhut <andy.finger...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> This issue may be specific to Linux, or even to a particular version of >> Linux that I am using (Ubuntu 11.10 32-bit desktop), although I doubt it is. >> If others try this out, I'd be curious to know what your results are, >> especially if you know why it is happening, and how it can be fixed. >> >> First, some behavior from a bash window on Ubuntu 11.10: >> >> % echo hi >> hi >> % xdg-open http://www.google.com >> % >> >> After pressing return for the xdg-open command above, my browser opens a tab >> to Google's home page. Back in the shell window, the next prompt appears >> immediately, even though the browser is still running and open to that page. >> That is what I expect to happen. >> >> However, if I do the following commands inside of a Clojure REPL (tested >> Clojure 1.4 and 1.5-beta1 so far): >> >> % rlwrap java -cp ~/lein/clojure-1.4.0/lib/clojure-1.4.0.jar clojure.main >> Clojure 1.4.0 >> user=> (require '[clojure.java.shell :as sh]) >> nil >> user=> (sh/sh "echo" "hi") >> {:exit 0, :out "hi\n", :err ""} >> user=> (sh/sh "xdg-open" "http://www.google.com";) >> >> The invocation of echo returns immediately, printing the result and the next >> REPL prompt. But when I invoke xdg-open, while the browser window appears >> and goes to the Google home page, back in the bash window I see no return >> value and no new REPL prompt. >> >> If I quit the browser, then back in the bash window I finally see the return >> value and a REPL prompt, as shown below: >> >> {:exit 0, :out "", :err ""} >> user=> >> >> >> What I'm wishing would happen is for the return value and REPL prompt to >> appear very soon after pressing return when invoking xdg-open with >> clojure.java.shell/sh. >> >> I added some debug print messages to a local copy of clojure.java.shell/sh, >> and it is stopping when waiting for the evaluation of either @out or @err in >> the final line of the function. >> >> If I do the same commands above on Mac OS X, with "open" instead of >> "xdg-open", it all works as I expect. >> >> Any clues? >> >> Thanks, >> Andy >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Clojure" group. >> To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com >> Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your >> first post. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your > first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
