Solipsis URL Handler

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Table of contents
1 URL format
2 Registering URLs

2.1 Windows
2.2 Gnome

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URL format

The current scheme is the following: slp://192.33.178.60:9999/

This means: either open a new navigator or re-use an existing one, and jump near the node whose UDP address is 192.33.178.60 and dedicated port is 9999.

We may need another URL format or scheme to jump near a given position - instead of jumping near a given host...

To test, go to the list of meeting points

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Registering URLs

The slp URL scheme must be registered under the specific OS or desktop environment, so that the URLs are clickable in a Web browser. This is done automatically by the Solipsis navigator at launch.

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Windows

The way to register URL schemes is explained in this forum post about ed2k URLs (http://www.emule-project.org/home/perl/help.cgi?l=1&rm=show_topic&topic_id=146).

The following registry has been tested on Windows XP Professional (change "C:\\path\\to\\navigator\\navigator.py" with the good path) 

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\slp]
@=""
"URL Protocol"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\slp\shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\slp\shell\open]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\slp\shell\open\command]
@="C:\\Program Files\\Python24\\python.exe C:\\path\\to\\navigator\\navigator.py --url \"%1\""
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Gnome

Under Gnome, one can register URL schemes by creating some GConf keys for the specific URL schemes (it works with Firefox, Galeon, Epiphany): 

gconftool -s /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/slp/enabled --type bool true
gconftool -s /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/slp/command --type string "python /path/to/navigator.py --url %s"
gconftool -s /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/slp/needs_terminal --type bool false

There is probably a way to do it directly in Python using the python-gconf extensions.

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