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webbrowser: Use $XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP to check desktop
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Update 2024-02-27-20-11-29.gh-issue-85644.3rgcBm.rst
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12 changes: 9 additions & 3 deletions Lib/webbrowser.py
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Expand Up @@ -418,12 +418,18 @@ def register_X_browsers():
if shutil.which("gio"):
register("gio", None, BackgroundBrowser(["gio", "open", "--", "%s"]))

# Equivalent of gio open before 2015
if "GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID" in os.environ and shutil.which("gvfs-open"):
xdg_desktop = os.getenv("XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP", "").split(":")

# The default GNOME3 browser
if (("GNOME" in xdg_desktop or
"GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID" in os.environ) and
shutil.which("gvfs-open")):
register("gvfs-open", None, BackgroundBrowser("gvfs-open"))

# The default KDE browser
if "KDE_FULL_SESSION" in os.environ and shutil.which("kfmclient"):
if (("KDE" in xdg_desktop or
"KDE_FULL_SESSION" in os.environ) and
shutil.which("kfmclient")):
register("kfmclient", Konqueror, Konqueror("kfmclient"))

# Common symbolic link for the default X11 browser
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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-02-27-20-11-29.gh-issue-85644.3rgcBm.rst
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Use the ``XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP`` environment variable in :mod:`webbrowser` to check desktop.
Prefer it to the deprecated ``GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID`` for GNOME detection.