# HG changeset patch
# User Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com>
# Date 1371920046 25200
# Node ID 4387fa22807f195b6b957967305bae86cbc2e467
# Parent  576edf9dee2effb5555d7368bdede3b2651e072f
what a fuck; http://askubuntu.com/questions/20590/set-default-browser-to-open-browser

diff -r 576edf9dee2e -r 4387fa22807f bin/setdefaultbrowser.sh
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/bin/setdefaultbrowser.sh	Sat Jun 22 09:54:06 2013 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# sudo update-alternatives --get-selections
+
+# http://askubuntu.com/questions/100693/how-can-i-manually-change-the-default-web-browser
+# http://askubuntu.com/questions/45885/how-do-i-set-a-custom-browser-as-default-in-preferred-applications?rq=1
+# http://fvue.nl/wiki/Linux:_Default_browser
+
+# cat /proc/$(pidof krunner)/environ | tr '\000' '\012' | grep BROWSER
+
+if [[ $(whoami) != 'root' ]]
+then
+   echo "Must be run as root"
+   exit 1
+fi
+
+BROWSER=/home/jhammel/firefox/firefox
+PREFIX=/usr/bin
+for LINK in gnome-www-browser x-www-browser
+do
+    LINKPATH=${PREFIX}/${LINK}
+    update-alternatives --install ${LINKPATH} ${LINK} ${BROWSER} 99
+    update-alternatives --install ${LINKPATH} ${LINK} ${BROWSER} 99
+    update-alternatives --set ${LINK} ${BROWSER}
+    update-alternatives --display ${LINK}
+    echo
+    unlink ${LINKPATH}
+    ln -s  ${BROWSER} ${LINKPATH}
+done