note description: "[ The Unix implementation of a URI launcher. ]" legal: "See notice at end of class." status: "See notice at end of class."; date: "$Date$"; revision: "$Revision$" class URI_LAUNCHER_IMP inherit URI_LAUNCHER_I redefine launch_with_app end feature -- Basic operations launch (a_uri: READABLE_STRING_GENERAL): BOOLEAN -- local l_app: STRING_32 do check is_unix: {PLATFORM}.is_unix end create l_app.make (256) if not {PLATFORM}.is_mac then -- Unix systems other than mac should be using 'xdg-open', Mac's use 'open' l_app.append ("%"xdg-") end l_app.append ("open") if not {PLATFORM}.is_mac then l_app.append_character ('%"') end Result := launch_with_app (a_uri, l_app) end feature {NONE} -- Basic operations launch_with_app (a_uri: READABLE_STRING_GENERAL; a_app: READABLE_STRING_32): BOOLEAN -- local l_cmd: STRING_32 do -- Wrap the execution using sh because the calling app may be a shell script. create l_cmd.make (a_app.count + 13) l_cmd.append ("/bin/sh -c %'") l_cmd.append (a_app) l_cmd.append (" %"$url%"%'") Result := Precursor (a_uri, l_cmd) end ;note copyright: "Copyright (c) 1984-2009, Eiffel Software" license: "GPL version 2 (see http://www.eiffel.com/licensing/gpl.txt)" licensing_options: "http://www.eiffel.com/licensing" copying: "[ This file is part of Eiffel Software's Eiffel Development Environment. Eiffel Software's Eiffel Development Environment is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, version 2 of the License (available at the URL listed under "license" above). Eiffel Software's Eiffel Development Environment is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Eiffel Software's Eiffel Development Environment; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA ]" source: "[ Eiffel Software 5949 Hollister Ave., Goleta, CA 93117 USA Telephone 805-685-1006, Fax 805-685-6869 Website http://www.eiffel.com Customer support http://support.eiffel.com ]" end