Fixed links on about page

boltgolt · Dec 24, 2020 · adfb8a8 · adfb8a8
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diff --git a/howdy-gtk/src/ui.glade b/howdy-gtk/src/ui.glade
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@
  <attribute name="foreground" value="#2929ababe2e2"/>
  <attribute name="underline-color" value="#2929ababe2e2"/>
  </attributes>
+ <signal name="activate-link" handler="on_about_link" swapped="no"/>
  </object>
  <packing>
  <property name="expand">False</property>
@@ -295,6 +296,7 @@
  <attribute name="foreground" value="#2929ababe2e2"/>
  <attribute name="underline-color" value="#2929ababe2e2"/>
  </attributes>
+ <signal name="activate-link" handler="on_about_link" swapped="no"/>
  </object>
  <packing>
  <property name="expand">False</property>

diff --git a/howdy-gtk/src/window.py b/howdy-gtk/src/window.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import sys
 import os
 import elevate
+import subprocess
 
 # Make sure we have the libs we need
 gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
@@ -81,6 +82,16 @@ def load_model_list(self):
 
  self.treeview.set_model(self.listmodel)
 
+ def on_about_link(self, label, uri):
+ """Open links on about page as a non-root user"""
+ try:
+ user = os.getlogin()
+ except Exception:
+ user = os.environ.get("SUDO_USER")
+
+ status, output = subprocess.getstatusoutput(["sudo -u " + user + " timeout 10 xdg-open " + uri])
+ return True
+
  def exit(self, widget, context):
  """Cleanly exit"""
  gtk.main_quit()