How to make your desktop open different URLs in different browsers, depending on the URL

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How to make your desktop open different URLs in different browsers, depending on the URL

• vim ~/bin/open-the-right-browser

  #!/bin/sh
  case "$1" in
    *git.example.com*) browser=firefox;;
    *) browser=chromium-browser;;
  esac
  exec $browser "$@"
  

• vim ~/.local/share/applications/open-the-right-browser.desktop

  [Desktop Entry]
  Version=1.0
  Name=Web Browser
  Exec=/home/mg/bin/open-the-right-browser %U
  Terminal=false
  X-MultipleArgs=false
  Type=Application
  Icon=chromium-browser
  Categories=Network;WebBrowser;
  MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml_xml;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;
  StartupNotify=true
  

  (repace /home/mg in the Exec= line with your actual home directory)

• vim ~/.config/mimeapps.list

  change or add these lines:

  x-scheme-handler/http=open-the-right-browser.desktop
  x-scheme-handler/https=open-the-right-browser.desktop