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		TZubiri 11 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: xdg-override: change default application temporari... How about just: 'firefox url' directly on the terminal?

rustyminnow 11 months ago [–]

yes, lol, just copy the url, find/open a terminal window, type out `firefox `, paste the url, and press enter. So much easier.

To be clear, the override script is closer to going ...

    mkdir ~/custombin/
    ln $(which firefox) ~/custombin/xdg-open
    PATH=~/custombin:$PATH slack

... than going `firefox url`

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