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| author | Alexander Batischev <eual.jp@gmail.com> | 2023-09-20 23:10:40 +0300 |
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| committer | Alexander Batischev <eual.jp@gmail.com> | 2023-09-20 23:17:01 +0300 |
| commit | 4161667ef864c945cb89e4bf694efcf74b70e70e (patch) | |
| tree | 833975f7dd76abdcf7fcf9f2d76e0c9bfee13c89 | |
| parent | e525ac53571628cd8514fb0a069117a0685158a9 (diff) | |
FAQ: clarify that only xdg-open can be run in Snap
Previous wording implied that this limitation is only about the browser.
The new wording re-iterates that Newsboat can't invoke *any* program
except xdg-open.
Fixes #2117.
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/faq.asciidoc | 13 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/faq.asciidoc b/doc/faq.asciidoc index 3f42408c..3a74c949 100644 --- a/doc/faq.asciidoc +++ b/doc/faq.asciidoc @@ -104,14 +104,19 @@ important bit. + browser "~/bin/newsboat-browser.sh" -== Can't start browser (I'm using Newsboat's Snap package) +== With Snap, I can't start browser/bookmarking script/exec:/filter:/run program from macro -Newsboat's Snap uses strict confinement, so the only allowed browser is -`xdg-open`. Add the following to your Newsboat's config so that it can open -your default browser: +Newsboat's Snap uses strict confinement, so the only program that Newsboat can +invoke is `xdg-open`. This is a tradeoff we make to gain better security. + +If all you need is make Newsboat open your default browser, add the following +to the config file: browser "xdg-open %u" +If you need more than that, please install a native package for Newsboat, or +compile it from source. + == How can I fetch all items of the feed, not just the 10/15/100 latest ones? You can't. Feeds only contain a few latest items, e.g. YouTube posts 15. |