[maemo-developers] Fremantle: Opening URLs and local files

[From: David Greaves]

Thomas Perl wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> What is the canonical way of opening a browser and the media player
> (or more general: opening a URL and opening a local file) from code
> on Fremantle?
> 
> Is there a command-line utility that can be used or a D-Bus call? If so,
> where is the D-Bus call documented (sample code would be enough ;).

Try this
http://blogs.gnome.org/tthurman/2009/09/03/writing-apps-for-the-n900-part-1/

This came up a few days back; subject: Proper Way To Call Browser (Fremantle)
there's a bit more in that thread

David

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