--- maxima-5.11.0/interfaces/emacs/misc/bookmode.el.xdg_utils	2000-05-08 01:09:44.000000000 -0500
+++ maxima-5.11.0/interfaces/emacs/misc/bookmode.el	2006-12-27 13:07:51.000000000 -0600
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@
 		
 		  (and tem
 		       (list (concat "View "(nth 1 tem))
-			     'call-process  "ghostview" nil nil nil
+			     'call-process  "xdg-open" nil nil nil
 			     (expand-file-name(nth 1 tem))
 			     ))
 		  (list "Cancel")
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@
 			 (concat
 			  (cond ((looking-at "%PS") "")
 				(t "gzip -dc | "))
-			  "ghostview -")
+			  "xdg-open -")
 			 
 	)))
 	 
--- maxima-5.11.0/interfaces/xmaxima/Tkmaxima/Menu.tcl.xdg_utils	2006-12-09 13:52:11.000000000 -0600
+++ maxima-5.11.0/interfaces/xmaxima/Tkmaxima/Menu.tcl	2006-12-27 13:00:45.000000000 -0600
@@ -245,9 +245,9 @@
 	}
     } else {
 	
-	set selectedbrowser mozilla
+	set selectedbrowser xdg-open 
 
-	foreach b { firefox mozilla konqueror epiphany galeon amaya netscape } {
+	foreach b { xdg-open htmlview firefox mozilla konqueror epiphany galeon amaya netscape } {
 	    if { ! [catch {exec which $b} ] } {
 		set selectedbrowser $b
 		break } }
--- maxima-5.11.0/interfaces/xmaxima/Tkmaxima/Constants.tcl.xdg_utils	2006-10-01 17:42:48.000000000 -0500
+++ maxima-5.11.0/interfaces/xmaxima/Tkmaxima/Constants.tcl	2006-12-27 13:01:52.000000000 -0600
@@ -143,9 +143,9 @@
     image/gif  netmath
     image/png  netmath
     image/jpeg netmath
-    application/postscript "ghostview -safer %s"
-    application/pdf "acroread %s"
-    application/x-dvi "xdvi %s"
+    application/postscript "xdg-open %s"
+    application/pdf "xdg-open %s"
+    application/x-dvi "xdg-open %s"
 }
 set maxima_priv(imagecounter) 0