[Users] mangling URL?

[Michael]

Dave,

Not directly relate but just to mention it again: There is the possibility to insert the path to a script, as claws preference for browser. It does not fix when claws alerady break links, but offers you to choose different treatment depending on the URL. For example, you can download youtube links in the background or add login data or simply chose a different browser.

For example,
 
#!/bin/sh

url="$1"

#
# Trigger list
# Format: keyword {whitespace-separator} trigger-expression
triggerlist="this  this.url.com
that   that.domain.org
youtube    www.youtube"

#
# Defaults
#browser="/usr/bin/iceweasel -new-tab"
browser="/usr/local/bin/palemoon/palemoon -new-tab"
dir_dl=~/Download/
log=$dir_dl/download.log


#
# Log
function log_url () { echo "`date +%y-%m-%d`: $url" >> $log; }

#
# Debug
echo "xxx claws browser: Got URL = "$url

#
# Trigger loop
#

match=`echo "$triggerlist" | while read keyword trigger; do
	
	echo "$url" | grep -q "$trigger" && echo $keyword && break
	
done`

# echo "Found: "$match; exit
 
case $match in

    this) # example: convert url 
    
	url=`echo "$url" | sed 's/\.new#new$/.0/1'`
    ;;

    that) # example: background download
	cd $dir_dl;
	browser="/usr/bin/wget "
	log_url
    ;;


    youtube) # background download
        dir_dl=$dir_dl/tube
	cd $dir_dl;
	browser="/usr/bin/youtube-dl -i --user-agent 'none' "
	log_url
	# browser="/usr/bin/get_flash_videos -q -y "
    ;;

esac

exec $browser $url