Can't open preview from sublime text 2

[mathieubodin]

Hi, I'm facing an issue with this plugin on a LinuxMint distribution (v13). Can't get it to launch the preview. In the console, i've got :

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./sublime_plugin.py", line 356, in run_
  File "./MarkdownPreview.py", line 92, in run
  File "./desktop/__init__.py", line 277, in open
OSError: Desktop 'X11' not supported (neither DESKTOP_LAUNCH nor os.startfile could be used)

It might be a configuration problem but which one ?

I first add a comment on https://github.com/revolunet/sublimetext-markdown-preview/issues/2 and figure out later that it was closed so there aren't any chance to get it known...

[revolunet]

looks like the desktop module has an issue with some linux distros. i have to dig into this. or if you want to contribute, you may start here : http://bugs.python.org/issue1301512

[revolunet]

i merged a PR about xdg-open yesterday. can you please update and tell me if its ok ?

[mathieubodin]

Thanks a lot ! Now, it open in browser perfectly, and open the html in sublime text. Works great !

Sorry for the delay...

[leucos]

This still fails with ArchLinux. I get this with st2 :

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./sublime_plugin.py", line 356, in run_
  File "./MarkdownPreview.py", line 168, in run
  File "./desktop/__init__.py", line 286, in open

OSError: Desktop 'X11' not supported (neither DESKTOP_LAUNCH nor os.startfile could be used)

I used Package Manager for install (may be the fix is only on the GH repos and not available in PM ?)

xdg-open at the command line works fine.

Thanks.

[eddie-dunn]

Yes, this issue needs to be reopened, as it seems to fail on Linux unless you are running any of the commonly used desktop environments (KDE, Gnome, MATE, XFCE). I "fixed" this behavior locally by adding this into def open in desktop/__init__.py:

def open(url, desktop=None, wait=0):
    ...
    elif desktop_in_use == "X11":
        cmd = ["xdg-open", url]
    ...

Not sure how valid this fix is, but at least it works as long as you can run xdg-open.

[revolunet]

just added this fallback, please confirm, thanks @eddie-dunn

[eddie-dunn]

Yes, it works! :)