afwlehmann/webloccer

Have KDE open URLs in *.webloc files.

webloccer

Have KDE open your favorite URLs that were long forgotten and locked away in *.webloc files.

Oh wow, so why's that supposed to be useful?

For example, if you're like me and have finally abandoned your closed-platform caM in favor of the better goods, you might want to re-use all those web-location files you've created over the years.

Created? How?

Those URLs that you once dragged-and-dropped from your browser onto your desktop and which were then stored as *.webloc files.

Now what?

Guess it's just that simple. Have KDE open those URLs from either the terminal or your favorite file manager.

Installation

Requirements

• PyKDE4

Easily installed, for example, via Ubuntu's package management system like so:

sudo apt-get install python3-pykde4

Once you have what you need

Install webloccer.py to a reasonable location, eg.

install -m 755 webloccer.py /usr/local/bin/webloccer.py

If you want support from your file manager, then also do the following:

• Open KDE System Settings and select File Assocations.

  

• Press the Add button, set Group to text and enter webloc as type name.

  

• Add *.webloc to filename patterns, then add the webloccer.py executable to the group that says Application Preference Order. Make sure it's all the way up.