patches from Gentoo



Robert Dodier wrote:
> On 12/27/06, Rex Dieter <rdieter at math.unl.edu> wrote:
>
>> Attached is the patch to enable use of xdg-utils in place of hard-coded
>> calls to web browses, ps/pdf apps.
>
> I'm pretty strongly opposed to merging this patch into Maxima cvs.
> It makes Maxima dependent on xdg-utils, which, I am pretty sure,
> is less widely installed than ghostview (whatever it is called).
>
The web browser bit(s) should be acceptable, no?

-- Rex