So you like Spotify and being a Linux user you feel frustrated not being able to open the "spotify:" links on your firefox (> 3.6) browser, after going throught some non-effective solutions, here is the simplest one:
1. Configure firefox
Open the about:config dialog writing it on the address bar in a new tab.
Right-click > New > Boolean and enter :
network.protocol-handler.expose.spotify
then select :
false
2. Configure your system
Now create a new text file wherever you want on you computer, name it "spotify.sh" (or any other name you want, just make sure you remember it !).
Write that on it:
#!/bin/bash wine "C:\Program Files\Spotify\spotify.exe" /uri "$1" |
Save it, you are almost done.
3. Last step
Open a spotify link, like this one. A dialog box will appear:
Click on choose and choose the file you created previously, now, spotify should open with the desired playlist.
Enjoy !
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