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How to find Default Web Browser in Linux ? - ahenry3068 - 09-20-2024
I want a program I'm working on to open a web page using the default browser. Program is cross-platform and will be compiled for both WIN64 & LINUX. Windows is easy here I just shell("start "+URL$). I've figured out that in linux I can just shell "firefox "+URL$ or shell "google-chrome " + URL$ and that works, but I don't know how to find the DEFAULT browser it's not in the ENVIRON$() and I'm not really sure how to go about it.
RE: How to find Default Web Browser in Linux ? - bplus - 09-20-2024
Give the user a menu of browser choices?
They might prefer to choose anyway.
RE: How to find Default Web Browser in Linux ? - vince - 09-20-2024
you want the "xdg-open" command
RE: How to find Default Web Browser in Linux ? - ahenry3068 - 09-20-2024
(09-20-2024, 01:02 PM)vince Wrote: you want the "xdg-open" command
Thanks Vince. That's exactly what I'm looking for. Almost 30 years using Linux. I still find things I have never used.....
