+#else
+ // (non-Mac, non-MSW)
+
+#ifdef __UNIX__
+
+ wxString desktop = wxTheApp->GetTraits()->GetDesktopEnvironment();
+
+ // GNOME and KDE desktops have some applications which should be always installed
+ // together with their main parts, which give us the
+ if (desktop == wxT("GNOME"))
+ {
+ wxArrayString errors;
+ wxArrayString output;
+
+ // gconf will tell us the path of the application to use as browser
+ long res = wxExecute( wxT("gconftool-2 --get /desktop/gnome/applications/browser/exec"),
+ output, errors, wxEXEC_NODISABLE );
+ if (res >= 0 && errors.GetCount() == 0)
+ {
+ wxString cmd = output[0];
+ cmd << _T(' ') << url;
+ if (wxExecute(cmd))
+ return true;
+ }
+ }
+ else if (desktop == wxT("KDE"))
+ {
+ // kfmclient directly opens the given URL
+ if (wxExecute(wxT("kfmclient openURL ") + url))
+ return true;
+ }
+#endif
+