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karabaja4

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mimejs - a replacement for xdg-open written in Node.js

Hello,

I wrote a tool to make my life easier with xdg-open, so I thought I might as well turn it into a package. It's more of a convenience tool, it's not meant to follow any kind of XDG standard.

It's only 100 lines of code, so it's hackable enough.

Git: https://github.com/karabaja4/mimejs
AUR: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/mimejs-git

To quote the README:

mimejs is a small Node.js application designed to replace xdg-open on a Linux system. It discards any use of *.desktop files and instead focuses on running commands to open files.

Basically, it's a xdg-open replacement with support for:

• Extensions

• MIME types

• Protocols (URLs)

The reason I supported extensions is because almost all files outside Linux have them, and I find them useful. Configured extensions have a priority over MIME types. The MIME types detection is done by the 'file' command. Wildcard matching for MIME types and subtypes is supported.

mimejs uses a simple JSON file for configuration (/etc/mime.json or $HOME/.mime.json). You can basically write any command to open any extension, MIME type or URL.

Check the README for more details.

Any feedback is appreciated.

Thanks!

Last edited by karabaja4 (2020-11-03 09:36:11)