On Sep 2, 2013, at 10:54 PM, Carsten Dominik <carsten.domi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 2.9.2013, at 18:54, Achim Gratz <strom...@nexgo.de> wrote: > >> Carsten Dominik writes: >>> OK, we now use xdg-open when available on a Linux system. >> >> The availability of xdg-open has nothing to do with whether or not you >> are running Emacs on a Linux system. Indeed, even on a system where it >> is available, it won't do anything useful if you're running from a >> console. While I think it's a good default for someone using a desktop >> that conforms to XDG standards, there should be a check if in fact Emacs >> is running on such a desktop. > > Hi Achim, > > thanks for this input. THis makes it more complicated. Do you know how I > would test this? I do know about the variable window-system, but that will > also return nil when Emacs is running in an xterm, even though xdg-open would > be working in this case. On the other hand, I guess mailcap would suffer from the same problems with console and other non-desktop terminals? Maybe I should revert the revert and see what happens. - Carsten > > Since we are close to a release, maybe I should revert the commit for now and > solve this with more time. > > - Carsten > >> >> >> Regards, >> Achim. >> -- >> +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ >> >> Factory and User Sound Singles for Waldorf rackAttack: >> http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#WaldorfSounds >> >> >
