How to set subl:// protocol handler with Unity?
To register custom protocol handler in chrome
1. Create the desktop file
Create the file /usr/share/applications/sublime-handler.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Sublime Text 2 URL Handler
GenericName=Text Editor
Comment=Handle URL Scheme subl://
Exec=/usr/share/handlers/sublime-handler %u
Terminal=false
Type=Application
MimeType=x-scheme-handler/subl;
Icon=sublime-text-2
Categories=TextEditor;Development;Utility;
Name[en_US]=Sublime Text 2 URL Handler
2. Update the MIME-types database
$ sudo update-desktop-database
3. Create the handler file
Create the file /usr/share/handlers/sublime-handler
#!/usr/bin/env bash
request="${1#*://}" # Remove schema from url (subl://)
request="${request#*?url=}" # Remove open?url=
request="${request//%2F//}" # Replace %2F with /
request="${request/&line=/:}" # Replace &line= with :
request="${request/&column=/:}" # Replace &column= with :
subl "$request" # Launch sublime
Make it executable:
$ sudo chmod +x /usr/share/handlers/sublime-handler
4. Register mime-type handler
$ xdg-mime default /usr/share/applications/sublime-handler.desktop x-scheme-handler/subl
5. Profit
Now you can open links with custom protocols from chrome via custom applications, example:
subl:///home/path/to/file.php:123
subl://open?url=/home/path/to/file.php:123
subl://open?url=/home/path/to/file.php&line=123
subl://open?url=/home/path/to/file.php&column=123
subl://open?url=%2Fhome%2Fpath%2Fto%2Ffile.php&line=123
subl://open?url=%2Fhome%2Fpath%2Fto%2Ffile.php&column=123
6. Modify
It can be ported for using with the different IDE, for example phpstorm
I am pretty much summarizing this and making it more copy-pastable...
Create the Sublime URL Parser file '/usr/local/bin/subl-url-parser':
sudo tee /usr/local/bin/subl-url-parser > /dev/null <<"EOF"
#!/usr/bin/env bash
request=${1:23} # Delete the first 23 characters "subl://open?url=file://"
request=${request//%2F//} # Replace %2F with /
request=${request/&line=/:} # Replace &line= with :
request=${request/&column=/:} # Replace &column= with :
sublime $request # Launch Sublime
EOF
Make it executable, and symlink it to "subl-url-handler":
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/subl-url-parser
sudo ln -s subl-url-parser /usr/local/bin/subl-url-handler
Create (or update) the desktop file ' /usr/share/applications/sublime-handler.desktop' to use your new URL parser via 'subl-url-handler':
sudo tee /usr/share/applications/sublime-handler.desktop > /dev/null <<EOF
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Sublime Text URL Handler
GenericName=Text Editor
Comment=Handle URL Scheme subl://
Exec=subl-url-handler %u
Terminal=false
Type=Application
MimeType=x-scheme-handler/subl;
Icon=sublime-text
Categories=TextEditor;Development;Utility;
Name[en_US]=Sublime Text URL Handler
EOF
Update the databse:
sudo update-desktop-database
NB: This assumes that you have a sublime
in your $PATH
and not just subl
, as I do. If not, you can make one like this:
sudo ln -s `which subl` $(dirname `which subl`)/sublime