[Pan-users] Re: [0.108-9] What happened to with-gnome?

[Duncan]

"Charles Kerr" <address@hidden> posted
address@hidden, 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^)

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