Rules-based browser launcher for TUI + GNOME.
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tui
gome
bowser
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browser/launch: handle epty url
Aly Raffauf
(Jul 5, 2026, 9:11 PM EDT)
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internal/browser/launch.go
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internal/browser/launch.go
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// buildCommand assembles the OS command that launches cmdline for url, or nil
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// when the resolved command line is empty.
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func buildCommand(cmdline, url, activationToken string, inFlatpak bool) *exec.Cmd {
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cmdline = desktopexec.SubstituteOrAppendURL(cmdline, url)
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if url != "" {
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cmdline = desktopexec.SubstituteOrAppendURL(cmdline, url)
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} else {
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// Strip field codes. Shell-quoting an empty URL produces "''",
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// which most browsers open as file:///.
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cmdline = stripDesktopFieldCodes(cmdline)
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}
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if strings.TrimSpace(cmdline) == "" {
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return nil
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}
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}
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return cmd
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}
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// stripDesktopFieldCodes removes desktop field codes without shell-quoting.
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// SubstituteURL would produce "''" for an empty URL, which most browsers
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// interpret as file:///.
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func stripDesktopFieldCodes(cmdline string) string {
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for _, code := range []string{"%u", "%U", "%f", "%F", "%i", "%c", "%k"} {
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cmdline = strings.ReplaceAll(cmdline, code, "")
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}
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return cmdline
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}