Let Us Open URL's in a Specific Browser Profile

Let Us Open URL's in a Specific Browser Profile(kevin.burke.dev)

4 points by kevinburke 246 days ago | 3 comments

theamk 246 days ago |

that really does not seem to be something that tools care about. There is already $BROWSER env var, and all tools should support this - and then user can point it to whatever logic they want.

This will give much more control to the user compared to fixed "profile" setting - the script can check working directory, or URL, or calling process, or anything else you can think about!

kevinburke 246 days ago | |

If I'm reading this right that only lets you set the application name, not a specific profile inside the browser.

theamk 246 days ago | | |

you set BROWSER to your local script, like /home/kevinburke/bin/my-browser

And that file is a shell (or python) script that runs whatever you need - for example that "open" command with profile argument. Or for a more complex setup, it can check the URL and use different profile depending on URL.