Re: [Slightly OT] Allow for choosing browser to follow a link

[Kyle Wheeler <kyle-mutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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On Wednesday, August 29 at 04:30 PM, quoth Kai Grossjohann:
>Actually, what I want is a list of URLs just like that provided by
>urlview, but when selecting an http or https URL I should be able to
>choose a browser.  Or perhaps choose a browser globally before selecting
>a URL to view.

One way to do it would be to configure urlview to use a script as a 
browser. Then in this script, you can do something like:

     #!/bin/sh
     choice=""
     while [ "$choice" != 1 -a "$choice" != 2 ] ; do
         echo "Options:"
         echo "1. Firefox"
         echo "2. w3m"
         read -p "-> " choice
     done
     if [ "$choice" -eq 1 ] ; then
         firefox "$1"
     else
         w3m "$1"
     fi

... OR you could have your script decide based on an environment 
variable, like so:

     #!/bin/sh
     $BROWSER "$1"

Then all you'd need to do is set BROWSER before calling urlview, like 
so:

macro index,pager \cb '<pipe-message>env BROWSER=firefox urlview<enter>'
macro index,pager \cn '<pipe-message>env BROWSER=w3m urlview<enter>'

~Kyle
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