"Charles Kerr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted [EMAIL PROTECTED], excerpted below, on Fri, 18 Aug 2006 17:23:51 -0500:
> Pan had been using the GNOME libraries for URL handling, but now it just > calls the GNOME application 'gnome-open' to the same effect without the > library dependencies. > > Even better: KDE, Windows, and OS/X all have apps equivalent to > 'gnome-open', so by default Pan sniffs what you're using and calls the > right one. You can override this to set a specific browser via > Edit|Prefs|Apps. =8^) This will be a big help to those trying to package pan for use in both gnome and non-gnome environments. The way things were handled was going to be a big problem for distributions, and for admins compiling from source for systems where both gnome and non-gnome X environments were run. The way pan does it now avoids the additional dependency for gnome browser pref support, and integrates better, with less complexity, in more environments, now including MSWormOS, OS/X, KDE, AND GNOME, plus a custom option. I'd say a resoundingly good change, all in all! =8^) BTW, in 0.109, the same technique is used to return GNKSA support for mail replies, using built-in mailto: protocol handling on all above environments, with custom choice support as well, reaffirming the soundness of the choice. =8^) -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman _______________________________________________ Pan-users mailing list Pan-users@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/pan-users
