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

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Giuseppe Bilotta <giuseppe.bilotta@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 29, 2010, 19:16 UTC
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On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 5:48 PM, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Giuseppe Bilotta wrote:
>
>> Debian and derivatives have an alternatives-based default browser
>> configuration that uses the /usr/bin/x-www-browser and
>> /usr/bin/www-browser symlinks.
>
> Mm, maybe it will be time to look into adding xdg-open support
> soon, too.

That's probably a good idea, although I think there is no way with xdg-open to say "open in a new tab".

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Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta
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Message 21 of 22 in “web--browse cleanups and extensions”
  1. 0/6 web--browse cleanups and extensionsGiuseppe Bilotta, Nov 29, 2010
  2. 1/6 CodingGuidelines: mention whitespace preferences for shell scriptsGiuseppe Bilotta, Nov 29, 2010
  3. Junio C HamanoNov 30, 2010
  4. Giuseppe BilottaNov 30, 2010
  5. 2/6 web--browse: coding styleGiuseppe Bilotta, Nov 29, 2010
  6. 3/6 web--browse: split valid_tool listGiuseppe Bilotta, Nov 29, 2010
  7. Jonathan NiederNov 29, 2010
  8. Giuseppe BilottaNov 29, 2010
  9. Junio C HamanoNov 29, 2010
  10. 4/6 web--browse: support opera, seamonkey and elinksGiuseppe Bilotta, Nov 29, 2010
  11. 5/6 web--browse: use (x-)www-browser if availableGiuseppe Bilotta, Nov 29, 2010
  12. Christian CouderNov 29, 2010
  13. Christian CouderNov 29, 2010
  14. Giuseppe BilottaNov 29, 2010
  15. Christian CouderNov 30, 2010
  16. Giuseppe BilottaNov 30, 2010
  17. Christian CouderDec 1, 2010
  18. Giuseppe BilottaDec 1, 2010
  19. Jonathan NiederDec 1, 2010
  20. Jonathan NiederNov 29, 2010
  21. Giuseppe BilottaNov 29, 2010
  22. 6/6 web--browse: special-case chromium pathGiuseppe Bilotta, Nov 29, 2010

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