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From: Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Running an editor from ANSI C
Date: Sun, 09 Jun 2024 14:48:05 -0700
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:
> On Sat, 08 Jun 2024 13:51:30 -0700, Keith Thompson wrote:
>
>> On Unix-like systems, xdg-open does something similar.
>
> But note that xdg-open is just a binary. It’s not part of any “system 
> shell” or anything like that.

Why is that worth noting?

(On my system, it's a /bin/sh script, not a binary -- not that that
matters.)

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */