Index: xdg-email.in
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RCS file: /cvs/portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-email.in,v
retrieving revision 1.18
diff -u -r1.18 xdg-email.in
--- xdg-email.in	4 Aug 2006 00:59:03 -0000	1.18
+++ xdg-email.in	8 Sep 2006 11:02:27 -0000
@@ -66,6 +66,26 @@
     fi
 }
 
+open_generic()
+{
+    IFS=":"
+    for browser in $BROWSER; do
+        if [ x"$browser" != x"" ]; then
+
+            browser_with_arg=`echo "$browser" | sed s#%s#"$1"#`
+
+            if [ x"$browser_with_arg" = x"$browser" ]; then "$browser" "$1";
+            else $browser_with_arg;
+            fi
+
+            if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then exit_success;
+            fi
+        fi
+    done
+
+    exit_failure_operation_impossible "no method available for opening '$1'"
+}
+
 url_encode()
 {
 result=$(echo "$1" | $utf8 | awk '
@@ -217,6 +237,14 @@
 
 detectDE
 
+if [ x"$DE" = x"" ]; then
+    # if BROWSER variable is not set, check some well known browsers instead
+    if [ x"$BROWSER" = x"" ]; then
+        BROWSER=firefox:mozilla:netscape
+    fi
+    DE=generic
+fi
+
 case "$DE" in
     kde)
     open_kde "${mailto}"
@@ -230,6 +258,10 @@
     open_xfce "${mailto}"
     ;;
 
+    generic)
+    open_generic "${mailto}"
+    ;;
+
     *)
     exit_failure_operation_impossible "no method available for opening '${mailto}'"
     ;;