Description
This is a convenience function for launching the default application
to show the uri. The uri must be of a form understood by GIO. Typical
examples are
- file:///home/gnome/pict.jpg
- http://www.gnome.org
- mailto:me
Ideally the timestamp is taken from the event triggering
the gtkShowUri
call. If timestamp is not known you can take
GDK_CURRENT_TIME
.
Usage
gtkShowUri(screen = NULL, uri, timestamp, .errwarn = TRUE)
Arguments
screen
screen to show the uri on or NULL
for the default screen. [ allow-none ] timestamp
a timestamp to prevent focus stealing.
.errwarn
Whether to issue a warning on error or fail silently
Value
A list containing the following elements:
- retval
- [logical]
TRUE
on success, FALSE
on error. error
- a
GError
that is returned in case of errors
Details
This function can be used as a replacement for gnomeVfsUrlShow()
and gnomeUrlShow()
.
Since 2.14