Quoting Jérémy Lal (2017-08-23 09:27:54) > 2017-08-23 8:50 GMT+02:00 Ben Finney <bign...@debian.org>: > > > Ben Finney <bign...@debian.org> writes: > > > > > I am interested in packaging for Debian some JavaScript code that is a > > > self-contained program. > > > > > > Such programs are designed, by their authors, to be downloaded to a > > > directory and loaded from there into the user's choice of browser. > > > > An example of such a work is “MuscleBook”, which “has no server and > > works completely offline” <URL:https://github.com/cfilipov/MuscleBook.net > > >. > > > > > To package such a program for Debian – into a hypothetical Debian > > > binary package ‘ipsum’ – I expect that installing that package will > > > give a command-line executable program, which launches and runs. > > > > So, I would expect after installing the hypothetical ‘musclebook’ Debian > > package, that a command such as ‘/usr/bin/musclebook’ is installed. > > > > Then, running ‘/usr/bin/musclebook’ at the command line invokes a new > > browser tab (or a new browser window is started) visiting the MuscleBook > > ‘index.html’. > > > > I understand how to install the files (to ‘/usr/share/musclebook/’, for > > example). What comes next is to work correctly with the Debian web > > browser convention, and have a command-line program load the file > > ‘/usr/share/musclebook/index.html’ in the currently-running browser. > > > > How would a Debian package do that nicely with our conventions? > > > > xdg-open <filepath> ?
Not sure, but I think sensible-browser is better: As I understand it XDG covers only graphical desktop environments, whereas sensible-* tools cover console environments as well. - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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