* Robert Dodier (2006-12-27 12:31 -0700) said:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 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).
>
> All the best,
> Robert Dodier
As I understand it, xdg-utils is there to select the program, be it
ghostview, gv, evince or kpdf i.e. it is a more general
approach. Besides, it is a bunch of sh scripts that means it can be
installed in most systems.
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