--- old-xdg-email	2012-02-03 22:13:29.665023816 -0800
+++ xdg-email	2012-02-03 22:07:49.398770763 -0800
@@ -360,9 +360,24 @@
     elif [ x"$GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID" != x"" ]; then DE=gnome;
     elif `dbus-send --print-reply --dest=org.freedesktop.DBus /org/freedesktop/DBus org.freedesktop.DBus.GetNameOwner string:org.gnome.SessionManager > /dev/null 2>&1` ; then DE=gnome;
     elif xprop -root _DT_SAVE_MODE 2> /dev/null | grep ' = \"xfce4\"$' >/dev/null 2>&1; then DE=xfce;
-    elif [ x"$DESKTOP_SESSION" == x"LXDE" ]; then DE=lxde;
     else DE=""
     fi
+
+    if [ x"$DE" = x"" ]; then
+      # fallback to checking $DESKTOP_SESSION
+      case "$DESKTOP_SESSION" in
+         gnome)
+           DE=gnome;
+           ;;
+         LXDE)
+           DE=lxde; 
+           ;;
+         xfce|xfce4)
+           DE=xfce;
+           ;;
+      esac
+    fi
+
 }
 
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