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[Alad]

edit: This sucks. See here for something sensible.

Sets the default browser. Browsers and DEs alike fail on this one, making you second-guess whenever you open a link.

I'm sure there are much better/simpler ways to do this - though it's simpler than convincing DE/browser developers to fix their stuff.

Version 2: http://linuxbbq.org/bbs/viewtopic.php?f ... 377#p26377

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AladW ... /surfplank

[wuxmedia]

wow, nice!
Thanks.

[machinebacon]

Thank you, will test later :)

[Alad]

Version 2, featuring extra bloat (and now works on systems without ~/.local/... folder). Also xdg-utils stinks outside DEs, and you might look for a better alternative (like mimeo).

Link because too large.

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AladW ... /surfplank

[rhowaldt]

goeie naam :)

[Alad]

fbt shared a simple xdg-open alternative that uses regex patterns, instead of this convoluted desktop garbage that always misses that one type you need, and is just all over the place.

https://git.fleshless.org/sx-open/about/

Put it in your PATH where it overrides /usr/bin, e.g ~/bin

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export PATH=~/bin:~/.config/alternatives:$PATH
ln -s sx-open xdg-open

The alternatives folder may contain symlinks (e.g "browser" to chrome). sx-open launches the first match in sx-open.cfg, so create patterns from specific to generic.