https://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Thu, 06 Mar 2014 02:34:42 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3477/define-default-application-for-opening-an-application-url/Hello, I'm trying to configure my OS to open this kind of URLs: `sparkleshare://addProject/https://compartir.cooperativa.cat/coopfunding.xml` If I try to use gnome shell and chromium works by default, with firefox i fixed with gconftool-2 (solution found here: http://people.w3.org/~dom/archives/2005/09/integrating-a-new-uris-scheme-handler-to-gnome-and-firefox/) but when I switch to i3 stops working in both browsers Wed, 05 Mar 2014 10:51:03 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3477/define-default-application-for-opening-an-application-url/https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3477/define-default-application-for-opening-an-application-url/?comment=3484#comment-3484thanks adaephon for the update :)Wed, 05 Mar 2014 19:02:15 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3477/define-default-application-for-opening-an-application-url/?comment=3484#comment-3484https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3477/define-default-application-for-opening-an-application-url/?answer=3486#post-id-3486Finally I've found how to solve it, I don't think it's the right way to do it but... I've created a script called sparkleshare-web in /usr/bin #!/usr/bin/env bash invite=`date -u +%N` open=`echo $1 | sed "s/sparkleshare:\/\/addProject\///"` curl --insecure --output ~/SparkleShare/$invite.xml $open and then assigned this script as the default app of this kind of urls in firefox(preferences->aplications) Thu, 06 Mar 2014 02:34:42 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3477/define-default-application-for-opening-an-application-url/?answer=3486#post-id-3486