[HN Gopher] xdg-override: change default application temporarily...
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xdg-override: change default application temporarily on Linux
Author : koiueo
Score : 13 points
Date : 2024-08-01 21:32 UTC (1 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (github.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (github.com)
| sureglymop wrote:
| On gnome there is a GTK4 app called "Junction". It pops up a
| dialog that let's you choose what application to open the given
| content in. I highly recommend just aliasing 'open' to use that.
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| https://apps.gnome.org/Junction/
| koiueo wrote:
| Thanks for sharing this. I'm not on Gnome and don't need the
| option to choose an application every time I click on a link or
| a file. Nevertheless, seeing how other people approach a
| similar problem is interesting.
|
| Looking through the source code briefly, it seems like it's
| almost a full re-implementation of `xdg-open`. My solution is
| in a different league. I didn't mean to replace `xdg-open` and
| aimed to augment `xdg-open` while being as simple as possible.
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