From: Xavier Noria <fxn@...>
Date: 2007-12-07T00:45:45+09:00
Subject: Re: open browser

On Dec 6, 2007, at 1:47 PM, Christian Kerth wrote:

> thefed wrote:
>> Check out launchy. Its good for opening native applications.
>>
>> http://rubyforge.org/projects/copiousfreetime/
>>
>> launchy is there (used by heel).
>
> I installed this launchy gem and it works in general, but obviously  
> not
> in my context. I have a small wxruby app with just a task bar tray  
> menu.
> When i click on this tray icon i want the appolication to open the
> browser and point to a certain address. The launchy call is processed
> when i kill the application, not at clicking time.

The basic idea in pseudocode would be:

   command = windows ? 'start /B' : macosx ? 'open' : '???'
   system(%Q[#{command} "#{url}"])

The /B flag prevents start from creating a Window on Windows.

Problem is I don't think there's a cross-desktop/window manager  
launcher for Linux. You could look for "/usr/bin/firefox" or whatever  
but what if it is there but user's default browser is Konqueror?

-- fxn