[Server-devel] epiphany browser trick to force same URL every time :)

[James Cameron]

What you suggest seems a bit complex.

You may find it easier to change the browser settings;

	gsettings set org.gnome.Epiphany restore-session-policy never

which never restores the session, or;

	gsettings set org.gnome.Epiphany restore-session-policy crashed

which only restores the session if the previous session crashed the
browser; in other words recovering after a browser failure.

The default is "always".  For shared computers, not good.

Tested with 13.2.6 on an XO-1.

A pity this feature isn't exposed to the user more clearly.  There are
59 other settings.  They can be shown with;

	gsettings list-recursively org.gnome.Epiphany

Some of them should make the browser faster on an XO-1, but I've not
tested.

On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 11:46:37AM -0500, Adam Holt wrote:
> I know in theory one doesn't run browsers on servers, but yeah this hack below
> works to circumvent epiphany browser's default behavior of retaining last URL. 
> Also it avoids stuffing too many tabs into the face of the next session, since
> "epiphany <my-favorite-start-url>" accumulates too many tabs in a very
> inflationary way:
> 
> 1. Create /bin/xs-epiphany containing:
> 
> #!/bin/bash
> rm /home/olpc/.config/epiphany/session_state.xml
> epiphany file:///library/index.html
> 
> 2. Edit /usr/share/applications/epiphany.desktop so that this line...
> 
> Exec=epiphany %U
> 
> Becomes...
> 
> Exec=xs-epiphany %U
> 
> Works!  Since epiphany.desktop does not seem to run 2 commands in sequence, a
> la:
> 
> Exec=rm /home/olpc/.config/epiphany/session_state.xml; epiphany file:///library
> /index.html
> 
> PS sadly I have no clue what %U actually does (since Gnome's pull-down
> Applications menu is for clicking, not specifying paramters ;) but ah well it
> works!  FYI the %U %u %F %f parameters are defined here if someone knows far
> more than I:
> 
> [1]https://developer.gnome.org/integration-guide/stable/desktop-files.html.en#
> commandline
> 
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> 
> References:
> 
> [1] https://developer.gnome.org/integration-guide/stable/desktop-files.html.en#commandline
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