static swappable void openPlatformBrowser(S url) ctex {
  if (isHeadless()) ret;
  /*if (isLinux()) {
    nohup(print(firstCmdOnPATH_mandatory("xdg-open") + " " + platformQuote(url)));
  } else {*/
    print("Opening platform-specific browser on: " + url);
    //try {
      Desktop.getDesktop().browse(uri(url));
    /*} catch print e {
      startFirefox(url);
    }*/
  //}
}

svoid openPlatformBrowser(URL url) {
  if (url == null) ret;
  openPlatformBrowser(str(url));
}

Began life as a copy of #1008412