bug#74781: [PATCH] Add `browse-url-qutebrowser'

[Daniel Mendler via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>]

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Tags: patch

The browser launcher supports the NEW-WINDOW argument and
`browse-url-qutebrowser-new-window-is-tab' to open tabs.  Furthermore
opening new URLs is speed up via Unix socket IPC if available.


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From ea24ef81a4a8551a8212582a65dd4aa685c9c648 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Mendler <mail@daniel-mendler.de>
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2024 07:36:16 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add `browse-url-qutebrowser'

The browser launcher supports the NEW-WINDOW argument and
`browse-url-qutebrowser-new-window-is-tab' to open tabs.
Furthermore opening new URLs is speed up via Unix socket IPC if
available.

* lisp/net/browse-url.el (browse-url-qutebrowser-send): Function
to send command to Qutebrowser via IPC.
(browse-url-qutebrowser): New browser launcher.  Use
`browse-url-qutebrowser-send'.
(browse-url-qutebrowser-program, browse-url-qutebrowser-arguments,
browse-url-qutebrowser-new-window-is-tab): New customizables.
---
 lisp/net/browse-url.el | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 68 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lisp/net/browse-url.el b/lisp/net/browse-url.el
index 8ec025d017b..3b6833715f4 100644
--- a/lisp/net/browse-url.el
+++ b/lisp/net/browse-url.el
@@ -342,6 +342,14 @@ browse-url-epiphany-startup-arguments
 `browse-url' is loaded."
   :type '(repeat (string :tag "Argument")))
 
+(defcustom browse-url-qutebrowser-program "qutebrowser"
+  "The name by which to invoke Qutebrowser."
+  :type 'string)
+
+(defcustom browse-url-qutebrowser-arguments nil
+  "A list of strings to pass to Qutebrowser when it starts up."
+  :type '(repeat (string :tag "Argument")))
+
 (defcustom browse-url-webpositive-program "WebPositive"
   "The name by which to invoke WebPositive."
   :type 'string
@@ -387,6 +395,12 @@ browse-url-epiphany-new-window-is-tab
 `browse-url-epiphany' is asked to open it in a new window."
   :type 'boolean)
 
+(defcustom browse-url-qutebrowser-new-window-is-tab nil
+  "Whether to open up new windows in a tab or a new window.
+If non-nil, then open the URL in a new tab rather than a new window if
+`browse-url-qutebrowser' is asked to open it in a new window."
+  :type 'boolean)
+
 (defcustom browse-url-new-window-flag nil
   "Non-nil means always open a new browser window with appropriate browsers.
 Passing an interactive argument to \\[browse-url], or specific browser
@@ -1294,6 +1308,60 @@ browse-url-epiphany-sentinel
 	       browse-url-epiphany-program
 	       (append browse-url-epiphany-startup-arguments (list url))))))
 
+(defun browse-url-qutebrowser-send (cmd)
+  "Send CMD to Qutebrowser via IPC."
+  (let* ((dir (getenv "XDG_RUNTIME_DIR"))
+         (sock (and dir (expand-file-name
+                         (format "qutebrowser/ipc-%s" (md5 (user-login-name)))
+                         dir))))
+    (unless (file-exists-p sock)
+      (error "No Qutebrowser IPC socket found"))
+    (let ((proc
+           (make-network-process
+            :name "qutebrowser"
+            :family 'local
+            :service sock
+            :coding 'utf-8)))
+      (unwind-protect
+          (process-send-string
+           proc
+           (concat
+            (json-serialize `( :args [,cmd]
+                               :target_arg :null
+                               :protocol_version 1))
+            "\n"))
+        (delete-process proc)))))
+
+(defun browse-url-qutebrowser (url &optional new-window)
+  "Ask the Qutebrowser WWW browser to load URL.
+Default to the URL around or before point.
+
+When called interactively, if variable `browse-url-new-window-flag' is
+non-nil, load the document in a new Qutebrowser window, otherwise use a
+random existing one.  A non-nil interactive prefix argument reverses
+the effect of `browse-url-new-window-flag'.
+
+If `browse-url-qutebrowser-new-window-is-tab' is non-nil, then whenever a
+document would otherwise be loaded in a new window, it is loaded in a
+new tab in an existing window instead.
+
+When called non-interactively, optional second argument NEW-WINDOW is
+used instead of `browse-url-new-window-flag'."
+  (interactive (browse-url-interactive-arg "URL: "))
+  (let ((cmd (concat ":open "
+                     (and (browse-url-maybe-new-window new-window)
+                          (if browse-url-qutebrowser-new-window-is-tab
+                              "-t " "-w "))
+                     (browse-url-encode-url url))))
+    (condition-case nil
+        (browse-url-qutebrowser-send cmd)
+      (error
+       (apply #'start-process (concat "qutebrowser " url) nil
+              browse-url-qutebrowser-program
+              (append browse-url-qutebrowser-arguments (list cmd)))))))
+
+(function-put 'browse-url-qutebrowser 'browse-url-browser-kind 'external)
+
 (defvar url-handler-regexp)
 
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