# 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 I maintain a package [on the AUR](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/xdg-sanity). ### From Source First, make sure you have `curl(1)` and `handlr(1)` installed. Then, clone this repository and move the `xdg-sanity/` folder into `/etc` and `xdg-sanity.sh` to `xdg-sanity` wherever your operating system stores locally-installed binaries. This is usually `/usr/local/bin`. Make sure the installation location is in your `$PATH`. Create a `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. Add your default web browser to `/etc/xdg-sanity/xdg-sanity.conf` so the script can forward links to it. ### Usage 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.