On May 21, 2011, at 10:08 AM, Greg Willits wrote:

> On May 21, 2011, at 3:46 AM, Guyren Howe wrote:
> 
>> I’d like to write a simple custom protol handler in ruby.
>> Mac only would be okay, Safari only if need be, but cross platform would be 
>> a bit better.
>> I can’t find a simple summary of how to do this anywhere.
>> Before I start trying to wade through specification documents and bore 
>> myself senseless, any thoughts?
> 
> What kind of protocol?

Not a protocol. A *protocol handler*. That’s the term for an app that takes 
care of a URL protocol. So I want to be able to write a foo handler so that 
when someone clicks on a URL like

foo:<some string>

in a web browser, my ruby app intercepts that call, receives the URL and 
handles it.

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