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#
#
# Nim's Runtime Library
# (c) Copyright 2012 Andreas Rumpf
#
# See the file "copying.txt", included in this
# distribution, for details about the copyright.
#
## This module implements a simple proc for opening URLs with the user's
## default browser.
import strutils
when defined(windows):
import winlean
else:
import os, osproc
proc openDefaultBrowser*(url: string) =
## opens `url` with the user's default browser. This does not block.
##
## Under Windows, ``ShellExecute`` is used. Under Mac OS X the ``open``
## command is used. Under Unix, it is checked if ``gnome-open`` exists and
## used if it does. Next attempt is ``kde-open``, then ``xdg-open``.
## Otherwise the environment variable ``BROWSER`` is used to determine the
## default browser to use.
when defined(windows):
when useWinUnicode:
var o = newWideCString("open")
var u = newWideCString(url)
discard shellExecuteW(0'i32, o, u, nil, nil, SW_SHOWNORMAL)
else:
discard shellExecuteA(0'i32, "open", url, nil, nil, SW_SHOWNORMAL)
elif defined(macosx):
discard execShellCmd("open " & quoteShell(url))
else:
const attempts = ["gnome-open ", "kde-open ", "xdg-open "]
var u = quoteShell(url)
for a in items(attempts):
if execShellCmd(a & u) == 0: return
for b in getEnv("BROWSER").string.split(PathSep):
try:
# we use ``startProcess`` here because we don't want to block!
discard startProcess(command=b, args=[url], options={poUsePath})
return
except OSError:
discard
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