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This is actually a bug in xdg-settings that was already fixed years ago, but Ubuntu still ships 7 (!!!!!) years out of date xdg-utils. Please just switch to Fedora what are we doing man
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1.1 KiB
TypeScript
30 lines
1.1 KiB
TypeScript
/*
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* Vesktop, a desktop app aiming to give you a snappier Discord Experience
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* Copyright (c) 2025 Vendicated and Vesktop contributors
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* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
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*/
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import { execFile } from "child_process";
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import { app } from "electron";
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export async function setAsDefaultProtocolClient(protocol: string) {
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if (process.platform !== "linux") {
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return app.setAsDefaultProtocolClient(protocol);
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}
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// electron setAsDefaultProtocolClient uses xdg-settings instead of xdg-mime.
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// xdg-settings had a bug where it would also register the app as a handler for text/html,
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// aka become your browser. This bug was fixed years ago (xdg-utils 1.2.0) but Ubuntu ships
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// 7 (YES, SEVEN) years out of date xdg-utils which STILL has the bug.
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// FIXME: remove this workaround when Ubuntu updates their xdg-utils or electron switches to xdg-mime.
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const { CHROME_DESKTOP } = process.env;
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if (!CHROME_DESKTOP) return false;
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return new Promise<boolean>(resolve => {
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execFile("xdg-mime", ["default", CHROME_DESKTOP, `x-scheme-handler/${protocol}`], err => {
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resolve(err == null);
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});
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});
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}
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