use the open crate for url clicking

Cargo.toml

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ rusttype = "0.7"
 clipboard = "0.5"
 unicode-normalization = "~0.1"
 freetype = "~0.4"
+open = "1.2"
 
 [target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
 harfbuzz-sys = "~0.2"

get-deps

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ case `lsb_release -ds` in
       libfreetype6-dev \
       libegl1-mesa-dev \
       libharfbuzz-dev \
+      xdg-utils \
       ragel
     ;;
   *)

src/gliumwindows.rs

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! Generic system dependent windows via glium+glutin
 
+use super::Child;
 use super::MasterPty;
-use super::{Child, Command};
 use clipboard::{ClipboardContext, ClipboardProvider};
 use config::Config;
 use failure::Error;
@@ -67,12 +67,9 @@ impl term::TerminalHost for Host {
         &mut self.pty
     }
     fn click_link(&mut self, link: &Rc<Hyperlink>) {
-        // TODO: make this configurable
+        match open::that(link.uri()) {
-        let mut cmd = Command::new("xdg-open");
-        cmd.arg(link.uri());
-        match cmd.spawn() {
             Ok(_) => {}
-            Err(err) => eprintln!("failed to spawn xdg-open {}: {:?}", link.uri(), err),
+            Err(err) => eprintln!("failed to open {}: {:?}", link.uri(), err),
         }
     }
 

src/main.rs

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ extern crate serde;
 extern crate serde_derive;
 extern crate clipboard;
 extern crate font_loader;
+extern crate open;
 extern crate rusttype;
 extern crate term;
 extern crate termwiz;

src/xwindows/xwin.rs

@@ -121,12 +121,9 @@ impl<'a> term::TerminalHost for TabHost<'a> {
     }
 
     fn click_link(&mut self, link: &Rc<Hyperlink>) {
-        // TODO: make this configurable
+        match open::that(link.uri()) {
-        let mut cmd = Command::new("xdg-open");
-        cmd.arg(&link.uri());
-        match cmd.spawn() {
             Ok(_) => {}
-            Err(err) => eprintln!("failed to spawn xdg-open {}: {:?}", link.uri(), err),
+            Err(err) => eprintln!("failed to open {}: {:?}", link.uri(), err),
         }
     }