Open text file from motif app

From: Ragini (raginip_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 04/23/04

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    Hi,

    I have a motif application on linux, from which I want to open a text
    file. I want this text file to be opened in gedit or kedit or any
    other editor depending on the file association in the file manager.

    Right now I am using the exec call and passing in the full path for
    gedit. However, as I want this to run on any desktop environment
    (gnome, kde,...) and I do not want to hard code this value.

    Is there API which opens a text file, or any other better approach for
    doing this?

    Thanks,
    Ragini.

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