emacs_config_prelude/core/prelude-wsl.el

;;; prelude-wsl.el --- Emacs Prelude: WSL-specific setup.
;;
;; Copyright © 2011-2021 Bozhidar Batsov
;;
;; URL: https://github.com/bbatsov/prelude

;; This file is not part of GNU Emacs.

;;; Commentary:

;; Additional setup that's useful when running Emacs in WSL.

;;; License:

;; 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 3
;; of the License, 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 GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
;; Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.

;;; Code:

;; teach Emacs how to open links with your default browser
(let ((cmd-exe "/mnt/c/Windows/System32/cmd.exe")
      (cmd-args '("/c" "start")))
  (when (file-exists-p cmd-exe)
    (setq browse-url-generic-program  cmd-exe
          browse-url-generic-args     cmd-args
          browse-url-browser-function 'browse-url-generic
          search-web-default-browser 'browse-url-generic)))

(provide 'prelude-wsl)
;;; prelude-wsl.el ends here