GNU bug report logs - #9779
No usable browser found on Lubuntu

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>

Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 23:19:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lawrence Mitchell <wence <at> gmx.li>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#9779: No usable browser found on Lubuntu
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 09:12:21 +0100

Juri Linkov wrote:

>> Better would be if we can use xdg-open.  Could you check if xdg-open
>> works, and if so, how to adjust browse-url-can-use-xdg-open accordingly?

> `browse-url-can-use-xdg-open' returns nil.  Below are expressions
> from this function and results of their evaluation:

> (getenv "DISPLAY")
> => ":0"

> (executable-find "xdg-open")
> => "/usr/bin/xdg-open"

> (executable-find "nohup")
> => "/usr/bin/nohup"

I note that since 22-Jun-2011 browse-url-xdg-open no longer uses
nohup.  This is either a mistake on my part (I didn't read the
comment in browse-url-can-use-xdg-open) or it is indeed
unnecessary and therefore isn't a requirement for xdg-open.

Lawrence
-- 
Lawrence Mitchell <wence <at> gmx.li>
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