[PD-dev] [ pure-data-Feature Requests-1413772 ] use file associations on GNU/Linux

[IOhannes m zmoelnig]

Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
> 
> Currently, Pd uses firefox or mozilla.  Windows has "rundll32  
> url.dll,FileProtocolHandler", Mac OS X has "open", both are command  
> line apps.  I can't think of a GNU/Linux equivalent, it would be good  
> to have instead of mozilla/firefox.

i don't know whether this is standard, but on debian at least you have 
/usr/bin/x-www-browser which is supposed to point to the preferred 
graphical browser (however, this is a system wide setting and not per 
user and probably a hack anyhow...)

mfg.asdr
IOhannes