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An xkcd://318 URL handler (For Linux)
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install_xkcd_urlhandler.sh
#!/bin/sh
# An xkcd://318 URL handler, for linux types.
echo -n "#!/bin/sh\nexec xdg-open \`echo \"\$@\" | sed -e 's/xkcd:\//http:\/\/xkcd.com/'\`" > $HOME/.xkcdhandler
chmod +x $HOME/.xkcdhandler
gconftool-2 -t string -s /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/xkcd/command "$HOME/.xkcdhandler %s"
gconftool-2 -t bool -s /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/xkcd/needs_terminal false
gconftool-2 -t bool -s /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/xkcd/enabled true
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