On Thu, 18 Apr 2013 06:35:59 Sam Geeraerts wrote:
> I think we have a misunderstanding. If I understand correctly then
> you're talking about finding and listing all installed browsers. I
> agree that that is difficult and distro-specific.
>
> My suggestion is to keep the hard coded browsers array (perhaps
> slightly modified) that's already in src/ui/ui_prefs.c and check if the
> given filenames are executable. Or, in pseudocode:
>
> for b in browsers:
> for dir in $PATH:
> if [ -x "$dir/$b.filename" ]
> b.visible = true
> break
>
I understand what you're trying to do and I think it doesn't worth the
effort. :)
> Inspiring people to try a browser that is not in the package repo (i.e.
> Opera) is what I'm trying to avoid for gNewSense.
I think it is not possible to "inspire" gNewSense users to use
proprietary software because those who choose "gNewSense" are probably
strongly detest proprietary in any form . :)
Perhaps what you're really trying is not to annoy them with mentioning
of any non-free application.
If you think that censoring-out opera is worth it then why not just
remove it from list with simple patch?
> I just thought to
> deal with the more generic issue instead of just editing the hard coded
> array. Those who choose to configure the browser setting up front are
> probably power users who have no problem with the manual setting edit
> box.
>
> I understand that you want to keep differences with upstream to a
> minimum. I'll try to come up with a patch and take my case upstream.
I'm with you if you want to extend hardcoded list of browsers a little
but I'm against showing only installed browsers because of
inconvenience, maintenance burden and secrecy. Just think about it: if
you show only installed browsers in drop-down list then user will have
to install browser first to see if it can be used with Liferea. To me
it is a usability bug unless you modify Liferea to detect all
available browsers that one can use.
I hope you will be able to convince upstream that `opera` is not worth
advertising in list of browsers and to replace it with something else.
Cheers,
Dmitry Smirnov
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