scheme.py

#!/usr/bin/env python2

import os, subprocess, sys, urlparse

def detach_open(cmd, cwd=None):
    # Thanks to the vast knowledge of Laurence Withers (lwithers) and this message:
    # http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2006-November/587523.html
    if not os.fork():
        null = os.open(os.devnull,os.O_WRONLY)
        for i in range(3): os.dup2(null,i)
        os.close(null)
        subprocess.Popen(cmd, cwd=cwd)
    print 'USED'

if __name__ == '__main__':
    uri = sys.argv[1]
    u = urlparse.urlparse(uri)
    if u.scheme == 'mailto':
        detach_open(['uzbl-browser', 'https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&fs=1&to='+u.path])
    elif u.scheme == 'xmpp':
        # Someone check for safe arguments to gajim-remote
        detach_open(['gajim-remote', 'open_chat', uri])
    elif u.scheme == 'git':
        detach_open(['git', 'clone', '--', uri], os.path.expanduser('~/src'))
    elif u.scheme == 'magnet':
        detach_open(['evilvte', '-title', 'rTorrent', '-e', 'rtorrent', uri])
    elif u.netloc in ['youtube.com', 'www.youtube.com', 'youtu.be', 'www.youtu.be']:
        detach_open(['vlc', '-I dummy', '--quiet', '--play-and-exit', uri])