[Pkg-javascript-devel] JavaScript in-browser program, packaged in Debian

[Jérémy Lal]

2017-08-23 11:31 GMT+02:00 Jonas Smedegaard <jonas at jones.dk>:

> Quoting Jérémy Lal (2017-08-23 09:27:54)
> > 2017-08-23 8:50 GMT+02:00 Ben Finney <bignose at debian.org>:
> >
> > > Ben Finney <bignose at debian.org> writes:
> > >
> > > > I am interested in packaging for Debian some JavaScript code that is
> a
> > > > self-contained program.
> > > >
> > > > Such programs are designed, by their authors, to be downloaded to a
> > > > directory and loaded from there into the user's choice of browser.
> > >
> > > An example of such a work is “MuscleBook”, which “has no server and
> > > works completely offline” <URL:https://github.com/
> cfilipov/MuscleBook.net
> > > >.
> > >
> > > > To package such a program for Debian – into a hypothetical Debian
> > > > binary package ‘ipsum’ – I expect that installing that package will
> > > > give a command-line executable program, which launches and runs.
> > >
> > > So, I would expect after installing the hypothetical ‘musclebook’
> Debian
> > > package, that a command such as ‘/usr/bin/musclebook’ is installed.
> > >
> > > Then, running ‘/usr/bin/musclebook’ at the command line invokes a new
> > > browser tab (or a new browser window is started) visiting the
> MuscleBook
> > > ‘index.html’.
> > >
> > > I understand how to install the files (to ‘/usr/share/musclebook/’, for
> > > example). What comes next is to work correctly with the Debian web
> > > browser convention, and have a command-line program load the file
> > > ‘/usr/share/musclebook/index.html’ in the currently-running browser.
> > >
> > > How would a Debian package do that nicely with our conventions?
> > >
> >
> > xdg-open <filepath> ?
>
> Not sure, but I think sensible-browser is better: As I understand it XDG
> covers only graphical desktop environments, whereas sensible-* tools
> cover console environments as well.
>

Also eventually some browsers will be able to run without graphical
environment,
at least chromium is working toward that.
So it will make sense to launch such an app from console.

Jérémy
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