Websteer: Using multiple browsers with xdg's default browser

The core binary manages taking a toml config file to specify browser launchers and regexes to match against. It possible to have ambiguous names that will show a prompt.

Usage

websteer open [-c config] [-d kdialog|zenity] [url] websteer gen-config [path] websteer gen-desktop [path]

Options

-c config Path to config file

-d kdialog|zenity Select dialog style. Overrides config file

url url to open. If empty, still launches the browser

gen-desktop generate desktop file entry. When path is given, write to file. Otherwise, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/websteer/config

gen-config generates a default config. When path is given, write to file. Otherwise, $HOME/.local/share/applications

Installation

Cargo

cargo install websteer
websteer gen-config
websteer gen-desktop
update-desktop-database $HOME/.local/share/applications
xdg-settings set default-web-browser websteer.desktop

Debian

dpkg -i websteer.deb
xdg-settings set default-web-browser websteer.desktop

Dependencies

• zenity|kdialog: Presenting gui dialog for ambiguous urls
• dex: Launches desktop files

Config File

.config/websteer/config

dialog: kdialog
default: personal
prompt:
    - personal
    - work

browser:
    personal:
        name: "Personal Browser"
        desktop: personal-browser.desktop
    work:
        name: "Work Browser"
        exec: "/usr/bin/personal-browser --various --args=foo"
    test:
        name: "Test Browser"
        exec: "/usr/bin/other-browser"

rule:
    - regex: localhost
      browser: test
    - regex: workcorp
      browser: work
    - regex: "drive\.google\.com"
      browser: work
      ambiguous: true
    - regex: "facebook\.com"
      browser: personal

• dialog: Dialog format. kdialog and zenity are allowed. Otherwise attempt to default based on gnome/kde
• default: Name of default browser to fall-back to
• prompt: List of browsers to include in dialog. Default to all available
• browser: Table of browsers
  • 'name'
  • 'desktop': xdg desktop-entry file. Launched with dex
  • 'exec`: Command to execute instead of desktop file.
• rule: Array of rule tables. Checked in sequence
  • regex: Regex to check against
  • browser: Name of browser to use to handle this url
  • ambiguous: Show prompt and highlight browser if defined