[PATCHv3 0/6] web--browse cleanup and extensions

@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@ valid_custom_tool()
 
 valid_tool() {
 	case "$1" in
-		firefox | iceweasel | chrome | google-chrome | chromium | konqueror | w3m | links | lynx | dillo | open | start)
-			;; # happy
-		*)
-			valid_custom_tool "$1" || return 1
-			;;
+	firefox | iceweasel | chrome | google-chrome | chromium | konqueror | w3m | links | lynx | dillo | open | start)
+		;; # happy
+	*)
+		valid_custom_tool "$1" || return 1
+		;;
 	esac
 }
 

@@ -46,139 +46,139 @@ init_browser_path() {
 
 while test $# != 0
 do
-    case "$1" in
+	case "$1" in
 	-b|--browser*|-t|--tool*)
-	    case "$#,$1" in
+		case "$#,$1" in
 		*,*=*)
-		    browser=`expr "z$1" : 'z-[^=]*=\(.*\)'`
-		    ;;
+			browser=`expr "z$1" : 'z-[^=]*=\(.*\)'`
+			;;
 		1,*)
-		    usage ;;
+			usage ;;
 		*)
-		    browser="$2"
-		    shift ;;
-	    esac
-	    ;;
+			browser="$2"
+			shift ;;
+		esac
+		;;
 	-c|--config*)
-	    case "$#,$1" in
+		case "$#,$1" in
 		*,*=*)
-		    conf=`expr "z$1" : 'z-[^=]*=\(.*\)'`
-		    ;;
+			conf=`expr "z$1" : 'z-[^=]*=\(.*\)'`
+			;;
 		1,*)
-		    usage ;;
+			usage ;;
 		*)
-		    conf="$2"
-		    shift ;;
-	    esac
-	    ;;
+			conf="$2"
+			shift ;;
+		esac
+		;;
 	--)
-	    break
-	    ;;
+		break
+		;;
 	-*)
-	    usage
-	    ;;
+		usage
+		;;
 	*)
-	    break
-	    ;;
-    esac
-    shift
+		break
+		;;
+	esac
+	shift
 done
 
 test $# = 0 && usage
 
 if test -z "$browser"
 then
-    for opt in "$conf" "web.browser"
-    do
-	test -z "$opt" && continue
-	browser="`git config $opt`"
-	test -z "$browser" || break
-    done
-    if test -n "$browser" && ! valid_tool "$browser"; then
-	echo >&2 "git config option $opt set to unknown browser: $browser"
-	echo >&2 "Resetting to default..."
-	unset browser
-    fi
+	for opt in "$conf" "web.browser"
+	do
+		test -z "$opt" && continue
+		browser="`git config $opt`"
+		test -z "$browser" || break
+	done
+	if test -n "$browser" && ! valid_tool "$browser"; then
+		echo >&2 "git config option $opt set to unknown browser: $browser"
+		echo >&2 "Resetting to default..."
+		unset browser
+	fi
 fi
 
 if test -z "$browser" ; then
-    if test -n "$DISPLAY"; then
-	browser_candidates="firefox iceweasel google-chrome chrome chromium konqueror w3m links lynx dillo"
-	if test "$KDE_FULL_SESSION" = "true"; then
-	    browser_candidates="konqueror $browser_candidates"
+	if test -n "$DISPLAY"; then
+		browser_candidates="firefox iceweasel google-chrome chrome chromium konqueror w3m links lynx dillo"
+		if test "$KDE_FULL_SESSION" = "true"; then
+			browser_candidates="konqueror $browser_candidates"
+		fi
+	else
+		browser_candidates="w3m links lynx"
 	fi
-    else
-	browser_candidates="w3m links lynx"
-    fi
-    # SECURITYSESSIONID indicates an OS X GUI login session
-    if test -n "$SECURITYSESSIONID" \
-	    -o "$TERM_PROGRAM" = "Apple_Terminal" ; then
-	browser_candidates="open $browser_candidates"
-    fi
-    # /bin/start indicates MinGW
-    if test -x /bin/start; then
-	browser_candidates="start $browser_candidates"
-    fi
-
-    for i in $browser_candidates; do
-	init_browser_path $i
-	if type "$browser_path" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-	    browser=$i
-	    break
+	# SECURITYSESSIONID indicates an OS X GUI login session
+	if test -n "$SECURITYSESSIONID" \
+		-o "$TERM_PROGRAM" = "Apple_Terminal" ; then
+		browser_candidates="open $browser_candidates"
 	fi
-    done
-    test -z "$browser" && die "No known browser available."
+	# /bin/start indicates MinGW
+	if test -x /bin/start; then
+		browser_candidates="start $browser_candidates"
+	fi
+
+	for i in $browser_candidates; do
+		init_browser_path $i
+		if type "$browser_path" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+			browser=$i
+			break
+		fi
+	done
+	test -z "$browser" && die "No known browser available."
 else
-    valid_tool "$browser" || die "Unknown browser '$browser'."
+	valid_tool "$browser" || die "Unknown browser '$browser'."
 
-    init_browser_path "$browser"
+	init_browser_path "$browser"
 
-    if test -z "$browser_cmd" && ! type "$browser_path" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-	die "The browser $browser is not available as '$browser_path'."
-    fi
+	if test -z "$browser_cmd" && ! type "$browser_path" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+		die "The browser $browser is not available as '$browser_path'."
+	fi
 fi
 
 case "$browser" in
-    firefox|iceweasel)
+firefox|iceweasel)
 	# Check version because firefox < 2.0 does not support "-new-tab".
 	vers=$(expr "$($browser_path -version)" : '.* \([0-9][0-9]*\)\..*')
 	NEWTAB='-new-tab'
 	test "$vers" -lt 2 && NEWTAB=''
 	"$browser_path" $NEWTAB "$@" &
 	;;
-    google-chrome|chrome|chromium)
+google-chrome|chrome|chromium)
 	# Actual command for chromium is chromium-browser.
 	# No need to specify newTab. It's default in chromium
 	eval "$browser_path" "$@" &
 	;;
-    konqueror)
+konqueror)
 	case "$(basename "$browser_path")" in
-	    konqueror)
+	konqueror)
 		# It's simpler to use kfmclient to open a new tab in konqueror.
 		browser_path="$(echo "$browser_path" | sed -e 's/konqueror$/kfmclient/')"
 		type "$browser_path" > /dev/null 2>&1 || die "No '$browser_path' found."
 		eval "$browser_path" newTab "$@"
 		;;
-	    kfmclient)
+	kfmclient)
 		eval "$browser_path" newTab "$@"
 		;;
-	    *)
+	*)
 		"$browser_path" "$@" &
 		;;
 	esac
 	;;
-    w3m|links|lynx|open)
+w3m|links|lynx|open)
 	eval "$browser_path" "$@"
 	;;
-    start)
-        exec "$browser_path" '"web-browse"' "$@"
-        ;;
-    dillo)
+start)
+	exec "$browser_path" '"web-browse"' "$@"
+	;;
+dillo)
 	"$browser_path" "$@" &
 	;;
-    *)
+*)
 	if test -n "$browser_cmd"; then
-	    ( eval $browser_cmd "$@" )
+		( eval $browser_cmd "$@" )
 	fi
 	;;
 esac

@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ valid_custom_tool()
 
 valid_tool() {
 	case "$1" in
-	firefox | iceweasel | chrome | google-chrome | chromium | konqueror | w3m | links | lynx | dillo | open | start)
+	firefox | iceweasel | chrome | google-chrome | chromium |\
+	konqueror | w3m | links | lynx | dillo | open | start)
 		;; # happy
 	*)
 		valid_custom_tool "$1" || return 1

@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ The following browsers (or commands) are currently supported:
 * iceweasel
 * seamonkey
 * iceape
-* chromium
-* google-chrome
+* chromium (also supported as chromium-browser)
+* google-chrome (also supported as chrome)
 * konqueror (this is the default under KDE, see 'Note about konqueror' below)
 * opera
 * w3m (this is the default outside graphical environments)

@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ valid_custom_tool()
 
 valid_tool() {
 	case "$1" in
-	firefox | iceweasel | seamonkey | iceape | chrome | google-chrome | chromium |\
+	firefox | iceweasel | seamonkey | iceape |\
+	chrome | google-chrome | chromium | chromium-browser |\
 	konqueror | opera | w3m | elinks | links | lynx | dillo | open | start)
 		;; # happy
 	*)

@@ -42,6 +43,10 @@ valid_tool() {
 
 init_browser_path() {
 	browser_path=$(git config "browser.$1.path")
+	if test -z "$browser_path" -a "$1" = chromium &&
+	   type chromium-browser > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+		browser_path=chromium-browser
+	fi
 	test -z "$browser_path" && browser_path="$1"
 }
 

@@ -104,7 +109,7 @@ fi
 
 if test -z "$browser" ; then
 	if test -n "$DISPLAY"; then
-		browser_candidates="firefox iceweasel google-chrome chrome chromium konqueror opera seamonkey iceape w3m elinks links lynx dillo"
+		browser_candidates="firefox iceweasel google-chrome chrome chromium chromium-browser konqueror opera seamonkey iceape w3m elinks links lynx dillo"
 		if test "$KDE_FULL_SESSION" = "true"; then
 			browser_candidates="konqueror $browser_candidates"
 		fi

@@ -147,8 +152,7 @@ firefox|iceweasel|seamonkey|iceape)
 	test "$vers" -lt 2 && NEWTAB=''
 	"$browser_path" $NEWTAB "$@" &
 	;;
-google-chrome|chrome|chromium)
-	# Actual command for chromium is chromium-browser.
+google-chrome|chrome|chromium|chromium-browser)
 	# No need to specify newTab. It's default in chromium
 	eval "$browser_path" "$@" &
 	;;

@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ The following browsers (or commands) are currently supported:
 
 Custom commands may also be specified.
 
+If no default browser is specified, and /usr/bin/gnome-www-browser
+(under GNOME), /usr/bin/x-www-browser (under X) or /usr/bin/www-browser
+is present, they are used to determine the browser to use.
+
 OPTIONS
 -------
 -b <browser>::

@@ -50,6 +50,63 @@ init_browser_path() {
 	test -z "$browser_path" && browser_path="$1"
 }
 
+# check if a given executable is a browser we like
+valid_browser_executable() {
+	testexe="$1"
+
+	# check the executable name first, trying to follow symlinks if possible
+	if type readlink > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+		basename="$(basename $(readlink -f "$testexe"))"
+	else
+		basename="$(basename "$testexe")"
+	fi
+	if valid_tool "$basename" ; then
+		browser="$basename"
+		browser_path="$testexe"
+		return 0
+	fi
+
+	# if the linked executable doesn't match a browser name we know about,
+	# look at the version string
+
+	# even though most browsers (and applications, in fact) will show their
+	# name and version on the first line of the --version output, this is
+	# not true in particular for the KDE apps (e.g. konqueror and kfmclient),
+	# which display their name and version on the LAST line. So we cannot
+	# clip the version string at the first line when retrieving it. Rather,
+	# we keep it whole and then limit it when we know what we're dealing with.
+
+	verstring="$("$testexe" --version 2> /dev/null)"
+	browser="$(echo "$verstring" | head -n 1 | cut -f1 -d' ' | tr A-Z a-z)"
+	case "$browser" in
+		mozilla)
+			verstring="$(echo "$verstring" | head -n 1)"
+			browser="$(echo "$verstring" | cut -f2 -d' ' | tr A-Z a-z)"
+			;;
+		google)
+			verstring="$(echo "$verstring" | head -n 1)"
+			browser="google-chrome"
+			;;
+		qt:)
+			# konqueror, kfmclient or other KDE app
+			verstring="$(echo "$verstring" | tail -n 1)"
+			browser="$(echo "$verstring" | cut -f1 -d:)"
+			;;
+		*)
+			verstring="$(echo "$verstring" | head -n 1)"
+			;;
+
+	esac
+	if valid_tool "$browser" ; then
+		browser_path="$i"
+		return 0
+	fi
+
+	echo >&2 "$testexe (detected as $browser) is not a supported browser, skipping"
+	browser=""
+	return 1
+}
+
 while test $# != 0
 do
 	case "$1" in

@@ -107,6 +164,26 @@ then
 	fi
 fi
 
+# Debian and derivatives use gnome-www-browser, x-www-browser or www-browser to
+# set the default browser for the system. If the user did not specify a tool and
+# we detect that one of the *www-browser links to a supported one, we pick it.
+# Otherwise, we warn the user about them being unsupported and proceed to look
+# for a supported browser.
+if test -z "$browser" ; then
+	wwwbrowser="/usr/bin/www-browser"
+	if test -n "$DISPLAY"; then
+		wwwbrowser="/usr/bin/x-www-browser $wwwbrowser"
+		if test -n "$GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID"; then
+			wwwbrowser="/usr/bin/gnome-www-browser $wwwbrowser"
+		fi
+	fi
+	for i in $wwwbrowser; do
+		if test -x $i && valid_browser_executable $i ; then
+			break
+		fi
+	done
+fi
+
 if test -z "$browser" ; then
 	if test -n "$DISPLAY"; then
 		browser_candidates="firefox iceweasel google-chrome chrome chromium chromium-browser konqueror opera seamonkey iceape w3m elinks links lynx dillo"

@@ -134,7 +211,7 @@ if test -z "$browser" ; then
 		fi
 	done
 	test -z "$browser" && die "No known browser available."
-else
+else if test -z "$browser_path"; then
 	valid_tool "$browser" || die "Unknown browser '$browser'."
 
 	init_browser_path "$browser"

@@ -142,12 +219,13 @@ else
 	if test -z "$browser_cmd" && ! type "$browser_path" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
 		die "The browser $browser is not available as '$browser_path'."
 	fi
-fi
+fi fi
 
 case "$browser" in
 firefox|iceweasel|seamonkey|iceape)
 	# Check version because firefox < 2.0 does not support "-new-tab".
-	vers=$(expr "$($browser_path -version)" : '.* \([0-9][0-9]*\)\..*')
+	test -z "$verstring" && verstring="$($browser_path -version)"
+	vers=$(expr "$verstring" : '.* \([0-9][0-9]*\)\..*')
 	NEWTAB='-new-tab'
 	test "$vers" -lt 2 && NEWTAB=''
 	"$browser_path" $NEWTAB "$@" &

@@ -20,8 +20,14 @@ The following browsers (or commands) are currently supported:
 
 * firefox (this is the default under X Window when not using KDE)
 * iceweasel
+* seamonkey
+* iceape
+* chromium
+* google-chrome
 * konqueror (this is the default under KDE, see 'Note about konqueror' below)
+* opera
 * w3m (this is the default outside graphical environments)
+* elinks
 * links
 * lynx
 * dillo

@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ valid_custom_tool()
 
 valid_tool() {
 	case "$1" in
-	firefox | iceweasel | chrome | google-chrome | chromium |\
-	konqueror | w3m | links | lynx | dillo | open | start)
+	firefox | iceweasel | seamonkey | iceape | chrome | google-chrome | chromium |\
+	konqueror | opera | w3m | elinks | links | lynx | dillo | open | start)
 		;; # happy
 	*)
 		valid_custom_tool "$1" || return 1

@@ -104,12 +104,12 @@ fi
 
 if test -z "$browser" ; then
 	if test -n "$DISPLAY"; then
-		browser_candidates="firefox iceweasel google-chrome chrome chromium konqueror w3m links lynx dillo"
+		browser_candidates="firefox iceweasel google-chrome chrome chromium konqueror opera seamonkey iceape w3m elinks links lynx dillo"
 		if test "$KDE_FULL_SESSION" = "true"; then
 			browser_candidates="konqueror $browser_candidates"
 		fi
 	else
-		browser_candidates="w3m links lynx"
+		browser_candidates="w3m elinks links lynx"
 	fi
 	# SECURITYSESSIONID indicates an OS X GUI login session
 	if test -n "$SECURITYSESSIONID" \

@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 case "$browser" in
-firefox|iceweasel)
+firefox|iceweasel|seamonkey|iceape)
 	# Check version because firefox < 2.0 does not support "-new-tab".
 	vers=$(expr "$($browser_path -version)" : '.* \([0-9][0-9]*\)\..*')
 	NEWTAB='-new-tab'

@@ -168,13 +168,13 @@ konqueror)
 		;;
 	esac
 	;;
-w3m|links|lynx|open)
+w3m|elinks|links|lynx|open)
 	eval "$browser_path" "$@"
 	;;
 start)
 	exec "$browser_path" '"web-browse"' "$@"
 	;;
-dillo)
+opera|dillo)
 	"$browser_path" "$@" &
 	;;
 *)

@@ -164,6 +164,51 @@ then
 	fi
 fi
 
+# Debian and derivatives provide a sensible-brower script that tries to
+# invoke the user or system preferred browser most appropriate for the
+# current situation (X or no X, GNOME or other/no DE).
+# We do not use the sensible-browser script directly since it doesn't
+# allow us to open pages in a new tab, but we can use the underlying
+# infrastructure to find the browser to use if the user didn't choose
+# one. This is done by looking at the BROWSER environment variable
+# first, and at the *www-browser links if the first search is
+# unsuccesful.
+
+# The BROWSER environment variable is a colon-separate list of commands
+# to (try and) execute to launch the browser. sensible-browser allows
+# each BROWSER entry to contain a %s placeholder that will be replaced
+# by the URL to be opened.
+# If an entry contains a %s we run it as-is, without doing any detection, on
+# the premise that it represents the exact way the user expects the browser to
+# be called. If the execution fails, we do not bail out, since the
+# failure might be due to the entry being for a graphical browser and
+# the GUI not being available, which is the reason why multiple entries
+# can be specified in BROWSER in the first place.
+# An entry without a %s is only taken as indication of the preferred
+# browser, so we proceed with our usual detection logic.
+if test -z "$browser" -a -n "$BROWSER"; then
+	OLDIFS="$IFS"
+	IFS=:
+	for i in $BROWSER; do
+		case "$i" in
+			*sensible-browser*)
+				;; # skip
+			*%s*)
+				IFS="$OLDIFS"
+				cmd=$(printf "$i\n" "$*")
+				$cmd && exit 0
+				;;
+			*)
+				prog=$(which "$i" 2> /dev/null)
+				if test -n "$prog" -a -x "$prog" && valid_browser_executable "$prog" ; then
+					break
+				fi
+				;;
+		esac
+	done
+	IFS="$OLDIFS"
+fi
+
 # Debian and derivatives use gnome-www-browser, x-www-browser or www-browser to
 # set the default browser for the system. If the user did not specify a tool and
 # we detect that one of the *www-browser links to a supported one, we pick it.