Display urls using appropriate viewers.
A GNOME user can configure which viewers they wish to use to view certain protocols. Protocols can include http, ftp (where "view" might mean "download"), ghelp, etc. This module provides a means for application to display a url without having to worry about which viewer is going to ultimately handle the job.
mchars) ⇒ (ret bool)Once the input has been converted into a fully qualified url this function calls gnome_vfs_url_show. Any error codes returned by gnome-vfs will be wrapped in the error parameter. All errors comes from the ‘GNOME_URL_ERROR’% domain.
- url
- The url or path to display. The path can be relative to the current working directory or the user's home directory. This function will convert it into a fully qualified url using the gnome_url_get_from_input function.
- error
- Used to store any errors that result from trying to display the url.
- ret
- ‘
#t’ if everything went fine, ‘#f’ otherwise (in which case error will contain the actual error).