xdg-sanity/README.md

# xdg-sanity

The `xdg-sanity` script is built to replace your default web browser in your
desktop/XDG settings. It intercepts http/s URIs sent to the default browser by
`xdg-open` and sends it to the appropriate application. For example, it will
send `image/jpeg` MIME type files to your image viewer.

## Installation

### Arch Linux

I maintain a package [on the
AUR](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/xdg-sanity).

### From Source

First, make sure you have `curl(1)`, `xdg-utils(1)` (or an alternative like
[handlr](https://github.com/chmln/handlr)), and
[tomcat](https://git.tebibyte.media/emma/tomcat) installed. Then, clone this
repository and move the `xdg-sanity` binary wherever your operating system
stores locally-installed binaries. This is usually `/usr/local/bin` or
`$HOME/.local/bin` for your user. Make sure the installation location is in your
`$PATH`.

Create an `xdg-sanity.desktop` file either manually or with `gendesk(1)`,
placing it, also, where your OS stores locally-installed `.desktop` files,
usually `/usr/local/applications`. Set your default web browser to that
`.desktop` file with `xdg-settings(1)` or an equivalent.

Add your default web browser to `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/xdg-sanity.toml` so the
script can forward links to it.

### Usage

`xdg-sanity [RESOURCE]`

Open links from applications outside your web browser as normal. Alternatively,
you can call `xdg-sanity` directly with the only argument accepted being a URI.