https://github.com/lebedov/chooser
Choose browser when opening a URI
https://github.com/lebedov/chooser
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Choose browser when opening a URI
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/lebedov/chooser
- Owner: lebedov
- License: other
- Created: 2012-03-05T20:39:00.000Z (over 13 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2017-11-20T16:37:31.000Z (almost 8 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-08-22T21:25:50.077Z (about 2 months ago)
- Topics: launcher, web-browser, xdg
- Language: Python
- Homepage:
- Size: 29.3 KB
- Stars: 2
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 2
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.rst
- Changelog: CHANGES
- License: LICENSE.rst
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README
.. -*- rst -*-
Chooser
=======
Package Description
-------------------
`chooser` is a graphical utility that enables one to choose which
web browser to use when opening a URI.
.. image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/chooser.svg
:target: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/chooser
:alt: Latest Version
Quick Start
-----------
Make sure that `pyxdg `_ and
`wxPython `_ are installed on your system.
If you have `pip `_ installed, run::
pip install chooser
You can also download the source tarball, unpack, and run::
python setup.py install
from within the source directory.
To invoke the utility when attempting to view a selected URI via the mouse popup
menu provided in many desktop environments, set your default web browser to::
chooser "%s"
Configuration
-------------
By default, `chooser` searches for several common web browsers. One may also
specify which browsers to display in the configuration file
`~/.config/chooser/chooserrc` as follows::
[Browsers]
Firefox: /usr/bin/firefox
Chromium: /usr/bin/chromium-browser
Development
-----------
The latest source code may be obtained from `GitHub
`_.
Author
------
See the included `AUTHORS.rst
`_ file for more
information.
License
-------
This software is licensed under the `BSD License
`_. See the included
`LICENSE.rst `_ file
for more information.