Rules-based browser launcher for TUI + GNOME.
switchyard.aly.codes
tui
gnome
bowser
go
fix: wrap browser cmdline with `sh -c` (#28)
authored by
Aly Raffauf
and committed by
GitHub
(Jan 27, 2026, 3:30 PM EST)
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src/launch.go
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src/launch.go
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cmdline = strings.ReplaceAll(cmdline, code, "")
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}
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// Parse the command line
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parts := strings.Fields(cmdline)
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// Chromium-based desktop files are essentially broken, they include no logic for a URL to pass using typical means. In this case, we work around by appending our URL.
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if !hasFieldCode && url != "" {
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cmdline = cmdline + " " + url
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}
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// Chromium-based desktop files are essentially broken, they include no logic for a URL to pass using typical means. In this case, we work aorund by appending our URL.
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if !hasFieldCode && url != "" && len(parts) > 0 {
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parts = append(parts, url)
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}
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if len(parts) == 0 {
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if strings.TrimSpace(cmdline) == "" {
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return nil
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}
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activationToken = display.AppLaunchContext().StartupNotifyID(appInfo, nil)
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}
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var cmd *exec.Cmd
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// When running in Flatpak, wrap with flatpak-spawn --host
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// and pass activation token via --env flag
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if os.Getenv("FLATPAK_ID") != "" && !strings.HasPrefix(parts[0], "flatpak-spawn") {
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parts = append([]string{"flatpak-spawn", "--host", "--env=XDG_ACTIVATION_TOKEN=" + activationToken}, parts...)
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if os.Getenv("FLATPAK_ID") != "" && !strings.HasPrefix(cmdline, "flatpak-spawn") {
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cmd = exec.Command("flatpak-spawn", "--host", "--env=XDG_ACTIVATION_TOKEN="+activationToken, "sh", "-c", cmdline)
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activationToken = "" // Already handled via flatpak-spawn
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}
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// Execute the command
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cmd := exec.Command(parts[0], parts[1:]...)
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if activationToken != "" {
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cmd.Env = append(os.Environ(), "XDG_ACTIVATION_TOKEN="+activationToken)
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} else {
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// let the shell handle quote parsing
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// https://github.com/alyraffauf/switchyard/issues/27
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cmd = exec.Command("sh", "-c", cmdline)
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if activationToken != "" {
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cmd.Env = append(os.Environ(), "XDG_ACTIVATION_TOKEN="+activationToken)
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}
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}
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if err := cmd.Start(); err != nil {