[SOLVED] Do all apps use xdg-open to open URLs outside a browser?
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Do all apps use xdg-open to open URLs outside a browser?
I wonder how to intercept, hopefully ALL, openings or URLs before they open the default browser.
I've fixed it through xdg-open but if there are other ways I need to know that other application.
If there is a way to intercept a URL opening within a browser I'd like to know that too.
No, unfortunately, not "all" apps use xdg-open. Some of them will actually hardcode a browser executable. One way to find out is by stracing it. Another way to find out is by looking at the source code. which you have access to because the app is open source.
hmm, tracing sounds like it would work, so now I need to find out how that works :P
Yeah, OS is great but I'm not used to C-code that probably most are written in.
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Do all apps use xdg-open to open URLs outside a browser?
