I have two monitors at work, which I like to use in a separate X-screen setup. Meaning that each monitor has an own X-server running on it. Thing is though, I like to use Firefox on Monitor 1, while I use Google Chrome on Monitor 2. So with this script, right-clicking a link in Monitor 1 will open it up in Firefox, while if I do so on Monitor 2, it will open it up in Google Chrome. Very nifty. Just go to System -> Preferences -> Preferred Applications (if you’re using GNOME like moi) and select this script instead of a regular browser.
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#!/bin/bash # A little script that selects a browser # to show an URL on, based on the variable # DISPLAY on a separate X-screen setup. # In other words, the active monitor. # # Jorge Enrique Barrera <jorge@fbarr.net> if [ "$DISPLAY" = ":0.0" ]; then /usr/bin/firefox $1 elif [ "$DISPLAY" = ":0.1" ]; then /usr/bin/google-chrome $1 fi |