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The `xdg-sanity` script is built to replace your default web browser in your
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desktop/XDG settings. It intercepts http/s URIs sent to the default browser by
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`xdg-open` and sends it to the appropriate application. For example, it will
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send image/jpeg MIME type files to your image viewer.
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send `image/jpeg` MIME type files to your image viewer.
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## Installation
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@ -14,15 +14,21 @@ AUR](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/xdg-sanity).
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### From Source
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First, make sure you have `curl(1)` and `handlr` installed. Then, clone this
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First, make sure you have `curl(1)` and `handlr(1)` installed. Then, clone this
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repository and move the `xdg-sanity/` folder into `/etc` and `xdg-sanity.sh` to
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`xdg-sanity` wherever your operating system stores locally-installed binaries.
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This is usually `/usr/local/bin`.
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This is usually `/usr/local/bin`. Make sure the installation location is in your
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`$PATH`.
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Then, create a `xdg-sanity.desktop` file either manually or with `gendesk(1)`,
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Create a `xdg-sanity.desktop` file either manually or with `gendesk(1)`,
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placing it, also, where your OS stores locally-installed `.desktop` files,
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usually `/usr/local/applications`. Set your default web browser to be that
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usually `/usr/local/applications`. Set your default web browser to that
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`.desktop` file.
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Now, add your default web browser to `/etc/xdg-sanity/xdg-sanity.conf` so the
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Add your default web browser to `/etc/xdg-sanity/xdg-sanity.conf` so the
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script can forward links to it.
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### Usage
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Open links from applications outside your web browser as normal. Alternatively,
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you can call `xdg-sanity` directly with the only argument accepted being a URI.
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