From 69832124a7731c2457fd9cd135cb8d718535aa6e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dave Cheney
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 17:40:06 +1000
Subject: Trying to make OpenFile/Reader on linux more reliable.

---
 browser.go       | 11 +++++++----
 browser_linux.go |  8 ++++++--
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/browser.go b/browser.go
index 4b922ee..bc312f5 100644
--- a/browser.go
+++ b/browser.go
@@ -7,11 +7,16 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"path/filepath"
 )
 
 // OpenFile opens new browser window for the file path.
 func OpenFile(path string) error {
-	return openBrowser(path)
+	path, err := filepath.Abs(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return OpenURL("file://" + path)
 }
 
 // OpenReader consumes the contents of r and presents the
@@ -28,9 +33,7 @@ func OpenReader(r io.Reader) error {
 	if err := f.Close(); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("browser: caching temporary file failed: %v", err)
 	}
-
-	//defer os.Remove(f.Name())
-	return openBrowser(f.Name())
+	return OpenFile(f.Name())
 }
 
 // OpenURL opens a new browser window pointing to url.
diff --git a/browser_linux.go b/browser_linux.go
index e9e9b8c..ccd1685 100644
--- a/browser_linux.go
+++ b/browser_linux.go
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 func openBrowser(url string) error {
-	cmd := exec.Command("xdg-open", url)
-	return cmd.Run()
+	sensibleBrowser, err := exec.LookPath("sensible-browser")
+	if err != nil {
+		// sensible-browser not availble, try xdg-open
+		return exec.Command("xdg-open", url).Run()
+	}
+	return exec.Command(sensibleBrowser, url).Run()
 }
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