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authorAlexander Batischev <eual.jp@gmail.com>2023-09-21 22:09:16 +0300
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2023-09-21 22:09:16 +0300
commit653ca558eeca3ac530da43c238e76ce0e3e8bdae (patch)
tree1a01def6b0c1d7e91e5e0376fe32a3a3814ada94
parentc5269ccc3ca8b77458c8b16dca285260cdbc30f0 (diff)
parent4161667ef864c945cb89e4bf694efcf74b70e70e (diff)
Merge pull request #2560 from newsboat/feature/2117-clarify-faq-re-snap-strict-confinement
FAQ: clarify that only xdg-open can be run in Snap
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@@ -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.