On Mon, Sep 02, 2013 at 03:42:23PM +0530, Jambunathan K wrote: > Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+li...@gmail.com> writes: > > > It is expected to be present in most desktop systems (almost anything > > with a GUI installed). > > I use Debian 6.05 (Squeeze) + XFCE. I had to install `xdg-open' by > hand. (i.e., It is not installed during default installation).
XFCE (and LXDE) uses exo-open. Although it does not require xdg-open, it is compliant. Meaning, if xdg-utils is installed, xdg-open will work. Gnome, KDE, on the other hand require it on most distributions (Fedora is an example). > xdg-open is just a shell script and tries lots of different things based > on Desktop Environment. Why should Org re-implement the wheel? Exactly! Since you look for the executable before calling, there is nothing to lose. If xdg-open is present, it will work if there is a GUI. Cheers, PS: I'm an XFCE (with xdg-utils) and emacs -nw user on Fedora. -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free.
