Hi Carsten, On Mon, Sep 02, 2013 at 10:44:39AM +0200, Carsten Dominik wrote: > > On Sep 2, 2013, at 10:34 AM, Jambunathan K <kjambunat...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > '(org-file-apps-defaults-gnu > > (quote > > ((remote . emacs) > > (system . "xdg-open %s") > > (t . mailcap))) t)) > > > > > I have not followed the discussion earlier. The problem I see is that > I do not know how widely available these commands are on Linux. Maybe > we can built the default value using executable-find or something like > this?
I think I can shed some light on the availability of xdg-open. It is provided by xdg-utils, part of the freedesktop specification. It is expected to be present in most desktop systems (almost anything with a GUI installed). It is a direct dependency for kde-libs, gnome-libs, and many desktop applications. The introduction in this Archlinux wiki page gives a very succint summary: <https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xdg-open> Hope this helps, -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free.
