Standard file open/app launch commands for Mac, Win, and X11

I'm developing a list of platform-specific file open/application launch
commands for use in my Tcl programs. The idea is that these commands
invoke the platform-specific API for managing a user's default
applications for specific file extensions and mimetypes; Tcl can just
hand that task off to the system command.

Here's what I've got so far:

OS X: exec open myphoto.jpg; exec open http://wiki.tcl.tk

Windows: eval exec [auto_exe*** start] myphoto.jpg; eval exec
[auto_exe*** start] http://wiki.tcl.tk


Linux/Unix (Gnome): exec gnome-open myphoto.jpg; exec gnome-open
http://wiki.tcl.tk

Linux/Unix (KDE): exec "kfmclient exec myphoto.jpg"; exec "kfmclient
exec http://wiki.tcl.tk";

Linux/Unix (other): tk_getOpenFile ("Please choose the program to open
this file":)

Two questions:

1. Are these the right commands to use, particularly on Linux, or are
there others (kstart?).
2. Am I missing anything major from the X11 world, i.e. other desktop
environments that have an API/system command for launching applications?
If so, can anyone point me in the right direction?

Thanks.

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Kevin Walzer
Poetic Code
http://www.kevin-walzer.com
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