Re: [PATCH 5/6] web--browse: use (x-)www-browser if available

From: Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com>
Date: Nov 29, 2010, 16:25 UTC
Message-ID: <AANLkTi=Ob=7fvZUGNBy22r4+Pz31tgA+LeY4RqSTf1KU@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinGustedMv9rm+RgGMQckfxgbTPA+Yqpz7vqTfm@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 5:18 PM, Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com> wrote:

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> Hi,
>
> On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Giuseppe Bilotta
> <giuseppe.bilotta@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> +# Debian and derivatives use x-www-browser or www-browser to set
>> +# the default browser for the system
>> +if test -z "$browser" ; then
>> +       wwwbrowser="/usr/bin/www-browser"
>> +       if test -n "$DISPLAY"; then
>> +               wwwbrowser="/usr/bin/x-www-browser $wwwbrowser"
>> +       fi
>> +       for i in $wwwbrowser; do
>> +               if test -x $i ; then
>> +                       verstring="$($i --version 2> /dev/null | head -n 1)"
>> +                       browser="$(echo "$verstring" | cut -f1 -d' ' | tr A-Z a-z)"
>
> Stupid questions:
>
> Did you check that all the browser we support accept the --version option?
> What if we add support for a new one that doesn't ?
> Shouldn't we add something like :
>
> test -z "$browser" && browser="$(echo $i | cut -f1 -d' ' | tr A-Z a-z)"

Sorry I mean:

 test -z "$browser" && browser="$(readlink $i)"

> And are you sure that when they support --version, the first word of
> the output is
> better than "$(echo $i | cut -f1 -d' ' | tr A-Z a-z)"?

and: "$(readlink $i)"

Thanks, Christian.