[Feature Request] Add MIME handler to Desktop File for automatically opening Vesktop from browser

[Arcitec]

Motivation

Currently, Vesktop does not register itself to handle Discord links, so the browser won't offer to open Vesktop instead.

I am not sure if this can be solved.

Solution

The required MIME type for "Open in Discord App" support can be added with this command:

sudo desktop-file-edit --add-mime-type=x-scheme-handler/discord /usr/share/applications/vesktop.desktop

That command adds the following line to the .desktop file (which could be manually included in the project instead of relying on the above tool):

MimeType=x-scheme-handler/discord;

If someone already has Vesktop on the system, the MIME handler database has to be updated like this:

sudo update-desktop-database

(That last command might be needed as post-install in the packages such as RPM, I can't remember. It used to be required at least. But nowadays the system might detect the .desktop file and register MIME types automatically, at least with the DNF package manager. I really don't know.)

After registering this MIME support, you can verify that it works with this command in Terminal:

xdg-open "discord://test"

However, after registering this MIME support, I am not sure if something else will be needed to fully support "Open in Discord App" detection on pages such as https://discord.com/invite/GameSir

Request Agreement

• I have searched the existing issues and found no similar issue
• This is not a plugin request
• This is not a Vencord bug report

[Covkie]

dupe of #769

[Arcitec]

That's embarrassing. I searched but didn't find that other ticket. Sorry for the duplicate and thanks for pointing it out!