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https://github.com/mgrojo/open_url
Open "*.url" files under Linux
https://github.com/mgrojo/open_url
ada browser internetshortcut open url xdg
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Open "*.url" files under Linux
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/mgrojo/open_url
- Owner: mgrojo
- License: mit
- Created: 2023-11-01T17:17:05.000Z (about 1 year ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2024-04-06T06:28:10.000Z (9 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-10-28T11:12:35.662Z (about 2 months ago)
- Topics: ada, browser, internetshortcut, open, url, xdg
- Language: Ada
- Homepage:
- Size: 21.5 KB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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`open_url` is a small utility to open [`*.url`](https://www.cyanwerks.com/formats/file-format-url.html) files under GNU/Linux.
These files are Ini files used in Windows, which have this format:
```
[InternetShortcut]
URL=https://github.com/mgrojo/open_url
```
`open_url` uses `xdg-open` (from the `xdg-utils` package in Debian/Ubuntu) to actually open the
URL in your favorite browser.
# How to build
- Install [Alire](https://alire.ada.dev/)
- Build using `alr build`. All the dependencies are installed and managed by Alire.
# How to install
The tool can be installed using Alire 2.0 with this command:
```
alr install
```
Refer to Alire documentation on how to add the Alire default installation to the `PATH` variable
or how to change the default installation prefix.
# Use a pre-built AppImage version
You can download a pre-built AppImage from the Releases section in GitHub. For using the file,
give it execution permissions and rename it to `open_url`.
```sh
mv Open_URL-x86_64.AppImage ~/.local/bin/open_url
chmod +x open_url
```
To build the AppImage version yourself, just run:
```sh
make AppImage
```
# How to run
From the command line:
```
Usage: open_url
```
If you want to open the URL files from the graphical file manager, you have to integrate
`open_url` in your desktop environment. One way is to use [AppImageLauncher](https://github.com/TheAssassin/AppImageLauncher)
to integrate the AppImage version.
Alternatively, you can perform the integration manually: put
`open_url` in the `PATH` for programs and the `open_url.desktop` file
in one of the standard locations for desktop files, for example:
```sh
mv open_url ~/.local/bin/
cp open_url.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/
update-desktop-database
```
Then, from the file manager, you should be able to select _Open URL_ as
application to open `*.url` files.
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[download]: https://github.com/mgrojo/open_url/releases