Mac OS X gnome_vfs_url_show Patch

[Jeshua Lacock <jeshua OpenOSX com>]

Greetings,

I have hacked libgnome to support URLs with the additional ability to  
open local and remote files in the users preferred native Mac OS X  
application and directories in the Finder.

This enables a user in Gnumeric for instance to link any local files  
and directories with the Hyperlink command along with most remote files  
and directories supporting such protocols as HTTP/HTTPS, FTP, SMB/CIFS  
(Samba), AFP (apple file sharing) and so on.

I am not sure if there are additional areas that could benefit from  
similar hacks, if so please let me know.

The patch below is crude in that it has been done at the post config  
level. I have tested it pretty extensively with Mac OS X 10.3.4 and  
10.3.5 and it works great.

diff -Naur libgnome-2.6.0-old/libgnome/gnome-url.c   
libgnome-2.6.0-new/libgnome/gnome-url.c
--- libgnome-2.6.0-old/libgnome/gnome-url.c	Fri Apr 25 05:20:12 2003
+++ libgnome-2.6.0-new/libgnome/gnome-url.c	Fri Aug 13 14:03:26 2004
@@ -65,10 +65,45 @@
 {
 	GnomeVFSResult result;

+/*
+*     A hack by Jeshua Lacock; OpenOSX; 8.12.2004
+*     On Mac OS X (Darwin), the open command opens a file (or a  
directory or URL), just as
+*     if you had double-clicked the file's icon. If no application  
name is specified, the
+*     default application as determined via LaunchServices is used to  
open the
+*     specified files.
+*
+*     If the file is in the form of a URL, the file will be opened as  
a URL.
+*
+*    'open' returns -1 if unsuccessful, or the pid of the resulting  
process
+*     on Mac OS X (Darwin) `man open` or:
+*         
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/ 
html/open.1.html
+*
+*     If the file is in the form of a URL, the file will be opened as  
a URL.
+*/
+        char launchCommand[256] = "open ";
+        int openResults = 0;
+        //OpenOSX Note: now use open in place of launchURL
+
 	g_return_val_if_fail (url != NULL, FALSE);

-	result = gnome_vfs_url_show_with_env (url, envp);
-	
+        /*result = gnome_vfs_url_show_with_env (url, envp);*/
+
+
+        strcat (launchCommand, url);
+        openResults = gnome_execute_shell ("/usr/bin", launchCommand);
+
+        if (openResults > 0) {
+                return TRUE;
+        }
+        else {
+                g_set_error (error,
+                        GNOME_URL_ERROR,
+                        GNOME_URL_ERROR_URL,
+                        _("Unknown internal error while displaying  
this location."));
+
+                return FALSE;
+        }
+
 	switch (result) {
 	case GNOME_VFS_OK:
 		return TRUE;




Jeshua Lacock __________________________
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