GNU bug report logs - #25778
25.1; [PATCH] Drastically simplify xdg-open check

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Vasilij Schneidermann <v.schneidermann <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2017 18:18:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Merged with 18986

Found in version 25.1

Fixed in version 26.1

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #23 received at 25778 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Vasilij Schneidermann <v.schneidermann <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 25778 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#25778: 25.1; [PATCH] Drastically simplify xdg-open check
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2017 09:50:25 +0100

> In that case, maybe we shouldn't test $DISPLAY at all?  Why restrict
> this to X if xdg-open is already tested for availability?

To quote its man page: "xdg-open is for use inside a desktop session
only.".  If you attempt using it outside one (like, on the Linux
console), M-x browse-url fails silently.
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