> There is nothing specific to gnome, kde or xfce in xdg tools. yes there is (in xdg-open):
detectDE
...
case "$DE" in
kde)
open_kde "$url"
;;
gnome)
open_gnome "$url"
;;
xfce)
open_xfce "$url"
;;
generic)
open_generic "$url"
;;
*)
exit_failure_operation_impossible "no method available for opening '$url'"
;;
esac
--
and the generic just run firefox.
pavel
