Public bug reported:
Default url-viewer value is 'open _URL_'
In Linux, open(1) is the command for "start a program on a new virtual
terminal", not for opening a web browser.
The reason that this configuration still worked, is because it didn't at
all. url-viewer requires the full path, therefore, 'open _URL_', missing
the leading '/bin/', triggers an internal exception which makes alpine
fall back to the default browser - probably /usr/bin/x-www-browser.
I suggest to change default url-viewer value to '/usr/bin/xdg-open
_URL_' for the Ubuntu package thanks to Ubuntu shipping xdg-utils.
** Affects: alpine (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Description changed:
Default url-viewer value is 'open _URL_'
In Linux, open(1) is the command for "start a program on a new virtual
terminal", not for opening a web browser.
The reason that this configuration still worked, is because it didn't at
- all. url-viewer requires the full path, therefore, 'open _URL_', instead
- of '/bin/open _URL_' triggers an internal exception and makes alpine
- fall back to the default browser (probably /usr/bin/x-www-browser)
+ all. url-viewer requires the full path, therefore, 'open _URL_', missing
+ the leading '/bin/', triggers an internal exception which makes alpine
+ fall back to the default browser - probably /usr/bin/x-www-browser.
The sensible action to do here is to use '/usr/bin/xdg-open' which is
shipped in Ubuntu to open the default browser configured in unity-
control-center.
-
- I suggest to change default url-viewer value to '/usr/bin/xdg-open _URL_' for
the Ubuntu package.
+ I suggest to change default url-viewer value to '/usr/bin/xdg-open
+ _URL_' for the Ubuntu package.
** Description changed:
Default url-viewer value is 'open _URL_'
In Linux, open(1) is the command for "start a program on a new virtual
terminal", not for opening a web browser.
The reason that this configuration still worked, is because it didn't at
all. url-viewer requires the full path, therefore, 'open _URL_', missing
the leading '/bin/', triggers an internal exception which makes alpine
fall back to the default browser - probably /usr/bin/x-www-browser.
- The sensible action to do here is to use '/usr/bin/xdg-open' which is
- shipped in Ubuntu to open the default browser configured in unity-
- control-center.
-
I suggest to change default url-viewer value to '/usr/bin/xdg-open
_URL_' for the Ubuntu package.
** Description changed:
Default url-viewer value is 'open _URL_'
In Linux, open(1) is the command for "start a program on a new virtual
terminal", not for opening a web browser.
The reason that this configuration still worked, is because it didn't at
all. url-viewer requires the full path, therefore, 'open _URL_', missing
the leading '/bin/', triggers an internal exception which makes alpine
fall back to the default browser - probably /usr/bin/x-www-browser.
I suggest to change default url-viewer value to '/usr/bin/xdg-open
- _URL_' for the Ubuntu package.
+ _URL_' for the Ubuntu package thanks to Ubuntu shipping xdg-utils.
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default url-viewer not suitable for Linux
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