use thread for browser calls

src/browser.py

@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-#
-# browser.py
-#
-# Copyright (C) Marcos Pinto 2007 <markybob@gmail.com>
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
-# any later version.
-# 
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-# 
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program.  If not, write to:
-#     The Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
-#     51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor
-#     Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
-#
-#  In addition, as a special exception, the copyright holders give
-#  permission to link the code of portions of this program with the OpenSSL
-#  library.
-#  You must obey the GNU General Public License in all respects for all of
-#  the code used other than OpenSSL. If you modify file(s) with this
-#  exception, you may extend this exception to your version of the file(s),
-#  but you are not obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete
-#  this exception statement from your version. If you delete this exception
-#  statement from all source files in the program, then also delete it here.
-
-import webbrowser
-import sys
-webbrowser.open(sys.argv[1])

src/common.py

@@ -129,12 +129,17 @@ def get_pixmap(fname):
     return os.path.join(PIXMAP_DIR, fname)
     
 def open_url_in_browser(link):
-    import platform
+    import threading
-    if platform.system() == "Windows":
+    import time
     import webbrowser
-        webbrowser.open(link)
+    class BrowserThread(threading.Thread):
-    else:
+       def __init__(self, link):
-        exec_deluge_command('browser.py', link)
+           threading.Thread.__init__(self)
+           self.url = link
+       def run(self):
+           webbrowser.open(self.url)
+    t = BrowserThread(link)
+    t.start()
 
 def is_url(url):
     import re