Implement clicking on URLs to open them

2016-12-01 16:03:32 +05:30
parent a05b64f2fe
commit 63f8fd5929
6 changed files with 100 additions and 35 deletions
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import re
 import os
 import signal
+import shlex
 import subprocess
 import ctypes
 from collections import namedtuple
@@ -270,3 +271,12 @@ def set_primary_selection(text):
    p = subprocess.Popen(['xsel', '-i', '-p'], stdin=subprocess.PIPE)
    p.stdin.write(text), p.stdin.close()
    p.wait()
+
+
+def open_url(url, program='default'):
+    if program == 'default':
+        cmd = ['xdg-open']
+    else:
+        cmd = shlex.split(program)
+    cmd.append(url)
+    subprocess.Popen(cmd).wait()