*** empty log message ***

src/java/org/lwjgl/Sys.java

@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 
 package org.lwjgl;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+
 import org.lwjgl.input.Controller;
 import org.lwjgl.input.Keyboard;
 import org.lwjgl.input.Mouse;
@@ -225,5 +227,32 @@ public final class Sys {
 	 * best attempt at opening the URL given - don't rely on it to work!
 	 * @param url The URL
 	 */
-	public static native void openURL(String url);
+	public static void openURL(String url) {
+		String osName = System.getProperty("os.name");
+		if (osName.startsWith("Mac OS") || osName.startsWith("Windows")) {
+			// Mac and Windows both do this nicely from native code.
+			nOpenURL(url);
+			return;
+		}
+		// Linux may as well resort to pure Java hackery, as there's no Linux native way of doing it
+		// right anyway.
+
+		String[] browsers = {"mozilla", "opera", "konqueror", "galeon", "netscape", "lynx"};
+
+		for (int i = 0; i < browsers.length; i ++) {				
+			try {
+				Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[] { browsers[i], url });
+				break;
+			} catch (IOException e) {
+				// Ignore
+				e.printStackTrace(System.err);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	
+	
+	/*
+	 * Where necessary, we use a native implementation of openURL.
+	 */
+	private static native void nOpenURL(String url);
 } 

src/native/common/org_lwjgl_Sys.h

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_org_lwjgl_Sys_alert
  * Method:    openURL
  * Signature: (Ljava/lang/String;)V
  */
-JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_org_lwjgl_Sys_openURL
+JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_org_lwjgl_Sys_nOpenURL
   (JNIEnv *, jclass, jstring);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus

src/native/linux/org_lwjgl_Sys.cpp

@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_org_lwjgl_Sys_alert(JNIEnv * env, jclass clazz, jstr
  * Method:    openURL
  * Signature: (Ljava/lang/String;)V
  */
-JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_org_lwjgl_Sys_openURL
+JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_org_lwjgl_Sys_nOpenURL
   (JNIEnv * env, jclass clazz, jstring url)
 {
 	const char * urlString = env->GetStringUTFChars(url, NULL);

src/native/macosx/org_lwjgl_Sys.cpp

@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_org_lwjgl_Sys_alert(JNIEnv * env, jclass clazz, jstr
  * Method:    openURL
  * Signature: (Ljava/lang/String;)V
  */
-JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_org_lwjgl_Sys_openURL
+JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_org_lwjgl_Sys_nOpenURL
   (JNIEnv * env, jclass clazz, jstring url)
 {
 	const char * urlString = env->GetStringUTFChars(url, NULL);

src/native/win32/org_lwjgl_Sys.cpp

@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_org_lwjgl_Sys_getDirectBufferAddress
  * Method:    openURL
  * Signature: (Ljava/lang/String;)V
  */
-JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_org_lwjgl_Sys_openURL
+JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_org_lwjgl_Sys_nOpenURL
   (JNIEnv * env, jclass clazz, jstring url)
 {
 	const char * urlString = env->GetStringUTFChars(url, NULL);