Tao is a very basic xdg-open replacement written in about 100 lines of C.
Tao's only dependency is libmagic. After installing libmagic, run the following commands:
git clone https://github.com/sfplayer247/tao
cd tao
make # Compiles tao
make config # Generates config files in your home directory
sudo make install # Copies the tao binary to /usr/local/bin
To remove tao, run the following commands:
rm ~/.config/tao.conf
sudo make uninstall
Instead of being configured with .desktop
files like xdg-open, tao is configured with a single config file placed in ~/.config/tao.conf
. The configuration file format is very close to ini, but has some key differences:
- No sections needed
- Comments are indicated with # at the beginning of a line
- Comments cannot be placed after a rule
The current format of these rules is mode:param = program
.
# Filename endswith is ends:string
ends:.html = code
# Filename startswith is strt: string
strt:LICENSE = license-pick
# Mime types are represented with mime:mimetype
mime:text/x-c = vim
-
printf
style substution of filenames - Change mime type matching to be startswith
- Add optional regex support
- Add dry run mode
- Add web address support