Update debian/changelog, bump version number
[browser-switch] / launcher.c
index 6f25a28..eb16cf4 100644 (file)
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * launcher.c -- functions for launching web browsers for browser-switchboard
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2009 Steven Luo
+ * Copyright (C) 2009-2010 Steven Luo
  * Derived from a Python implementation by Jason Simpson and Steven Luo
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <errno.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
 #include <dbus/dbus-glib.h>
 
+#ifdef FREMANTLE
+#include <dbus/dbus.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <sys/ptrace.h>
+#include <sys/inotify.h>
+
+#define DEFAULT_HOMEDIR "/home/user"
+#define MICROB_PROFILE_DIR "/.mozilla/microb"
+#define MICROB_LOCKFILE "lock"
+#endif
+
 #include "browser-switchboard.h"
 #include "launcher.h"
 #include "dbus-server-bindings.h"
+#include "log.h"
+
+struct browser_launcher {
+       char *name;
+       void (*launcher)(struct swb_context *, char *);
+       char *other_browser_cmd;
+       char *binary;
+};
+
+#ifdef FREMANTLE
+static int microb_started = 0;
+#endif
+
+
+/* Close stdin/stdout/stderr and replace with /dev/null */
+static int close_stdio(void) {
+       int fd;
+
+       if ((fd = open("/dev/null", O_RDWR)) == -1)
+               return -1;
+
+       if (dup2(fd, 0) == -1 || dup2(fd, 1) == -1 || dup2(fd, 2) == -1)
+               return -1;
+
+       close(fd);
+       return 0;
+}
 
-#define DEFAULT_BROWSER "/usr/bin/tear"
-#define LAUNCH_DEFAULT_BROWSER launch_tear
 
 static void launch_tear(struct swb_context *ctx, char *uri) {
        int status;
@@ -44,67 +83,554 @@ static void launch_tear(struct swb_context *ctx, char *uri) {
        if (!uri)
                uri = "new_window";
 
-       printf("launch_tear with uri '%s'\n", uri);
+       log_msg("launch_tear with uri '%s'\n", uri);
 
        /* We should be able to just call the D-Bus service to open Tear ...
-          but if Tear's not open, that cuases D-Bus to star Tear and then pass
-          it the OpenAddress call, which results in two browser windows.
+          but if Tear's not open, that cuases D-Bus to start Tear and then
+          pass it the OpenAddress call, which results in two browser windows.
           Properly fixing this probably requires Tear to provide a D-Bus
           method that opens an address in an existing window, but for now work
           around by just invoking Tear with exec() if it's not running. */
        status = system("pidof tear > /dev/null");
        if (WIFEXITED(status) && !WEXITSTATUS(status)) {
-               if (!tear_proxy)
-                       tear_proxy = dbus_g_proxy_new_for_name(ctx->session_bus,
-                                       "com.nokia.tear", "/com/nokia/tear",
-                                       "com.nokia.Tear");
-               dbus_g_proxy_call(tear_proxy, "OpenAddress", &error,
-                                 G_TYPE_STRING, uri, G_TYPE_INVALID);
+               if (!tear_proxy) {
+                       if (!(tear_proxy = dbus_g_proxy_new_for_name(
+                                               ctx->session_bus,
+                                               "com.nokia.tear",
+                                               "/com/nokia/tear",
+                                               "com.nokia.Tear"))) {
+                               log_msg("Failed to create proxy for com.nokia.Tear D-Bus interface\n");
+                               exit(1);
+                       }
+               }
+
+               if (!dbus_g_proxy_call(tear_proxy, "OpenAddress", &error,
+                                      G_TYPE_STRING, uri, G_TYPE_INVALID,
+                                      G_TYPE_INVALID)) {
+                       log_msg("Opening window failed: %s\n", error->message);
+                       exit(1);
+               }
                if (!ctx->continuous_mode)
                        exit(0);
        } else {
                if (ctx->continuous_mode) {
                        if ((pid = fork()) != 0) {
                                /* Parent process or error in fork() */
-                               printf("child: %d\n", (int)pid);
+                               log_msg("child: %d\n", (int)pid);
                                return;
                        }
                        /* Child process */
                        setsid();
+                       close_stdio();
                }
                execl("/usr/bin/tear", "/usr/bin/tear", uri, (char *)NULL);
        }
 }
 
+
+#ifdef FREMANTLE
+/* Get a browserd PID from the corresponding Mozilla profile lockfile */
+static pid_t get_browserd_pid(const char *lockfile) {
+       char buf[256], *tmp;
+
+       /* The lockfile is a symlink pointing to "[ipaddr]:+[pid]", so read in
+          the target of the symlink and parse it that way */
+       memset(buf, '\0', 256);
+       if (readlink(lockfile, buf, 255) == -1)
+               return -errno;
+       if (!(tmp = strstr(buf, ":+")))
+               return 0;
+       tmp += 2; /* Skip over the ":+" */
+
+       return atoi(tmp);
+}
+
+/* Check to see whether MicroB is ready to handle D-Bus requests yet
+   See the comments in microb_start_dbus_watch_* to understand how this
+   works. */
+static DBusHandlerResult check_microb_started(DBusConnection *connection,
+                                    DBusMessage *message,
+                                    void *user_data) {
+       DBusError error;
+       char *name, *old, *new;
+
+       log_msg("Checking to see if MicroB is ready\n");
+       dbus_error_init(&error);
+       if (!dbus_message_get_args(message, &error,
+                                  DBUS_TYPE_STRING, &name,
+                                  DBUS_TYPE_STRING, &old,
+                                  DBUS_TYPE_STRING, &new,
+                                  DBUS_TYPE_INVALID)) {
+               log_msg("%s\n", error.message);
+               dbus_error_free(&error);
+               return DBUS_HANDLER_RESULT_NOT_YET_HANDLED;
+       }
+       /* If new is not an empty string, then the name has been acquired, and
+          MicroB should be ready to handle our request */
+       if (strlen(new) > 0) {
+               log_msg("MicroB ready\n");
+               microb_started = 1;
+       }
+
+       return DBUS_HANDLER_RESULT_NOT_YET_HANDLED;
+}
+
+/* Set up the D-Bus eavesdropping we'll use to watch for MicroB acquiring the
+   com.nokia.osso_browser D-Bus name.
+
+   Ideas for how to do this monitoring derived from the dbus-monitor code
+   (tools/dbus-monitor.c in the D-Bus codebase). */
+DBusConnection *microb_start_dbus_watch_init(void) {
+       DBusConnection *conn;
+       DBusError dbus_error;
+       DBusHandleMessageFunction filter_func = check_microb_started;
+
+       dbus_error_init(&dbus_error);
+
+       conn = dbus_bus_get_private(DBUS_BUS_SESSION, &dbus_error);
+       if (!conn) {
+               log_msg("Failed to open connection to session bus: %s\n",
+                       dbus_error.message);
+               dbus_error_free(&dbus_error);
+               return NULL;
+       }
+
+       dbus_bus_add_match(conn,
+                          "type='signal',interface='org.freedesktop.DBus',member='NameOwnerChanged',arg0='com.nokia.osso_browser'",
+                          &dbus_error);
+       if (dbus_error_is_set(&dbus_error)) {
+               log_msg("Failed to set up watch for browser UI start: %s\n",
+                       dbus_error.message);
+               dbus_error_free(&dbus_error);
+               return NULL;
+       }
+       if (!dbus_connection_add_filter(conn, filter_func, NULL, NULL)) {
+               log_msg("Failed to set up watch filter!\n");
+               return NULL;
+       }
+
+       return conn;
+}
+
+/* Wait for MicroB to acquire the com.nokia.osso_browser D-Bus name
+   Blocks until name is acquired, then returns */
+void microb_start_dbus_watch_wait(DBusConnection *conn) {
+       microb_started = 0;
+       log_msg("Waiting for MicroB to start\n");
+       while (!microb_started &&
+              dbus_connection_read_write_dispatch(conn, -1));
+}
+
+/* Tear down the D-Bus watch for acquiring com.nokia.osso-browser */
+void microb_start_dbus_watch_remove(DBusConnection *conn) {
+       DBusError dbus_error;
+       DBusHandleMessageFunction filter_func = check_microb_started;
+
+       dbus_error_init(&dbus_error);
+
+       dbus_connection_remove_filter(conn, filter_func, NULL);
+       dbus_bus_remove_match(conn,
+                             "type='signal',interface='org.freedesktop.DBus',member='NameOwnerChanged',arg0='com.nokia.osso_browser'",
+                             &dbus_error);
+       if (dbus_error_is_set(&dbus_error))
+               /* Don't really care -- about to disconnect from the
+                  bus anyhow */
+               dbus_error_free(&dbus_error);
+       dbus_connection_close(conn);
+       dbus_connection_unref(conn);
+}
+
+/* Start a new MicroB browser process if one isn't already running */
+pid_t launch_microb_start_browser_process(DBusConnection *conn, int fd) {
+       pid_t pid;
+       int status;
+
+       status = system("pidof browser > /dev/null");
+       if (WIFEXITED(status) && !WEXITSTATUS(status)) {
+               /* MicroB browser already running */
+               return 0;
+       }
+
+       if ((pid = fork()) == -1) {
+               log_perror(errno, "fork");
+               return -1;
+       }
+
+       if (!pid) {
+               /* Child process */
+               dbus_connection_close(conn);
+               dbus_connection_unref(conn);
+               if (fd != -1)
+                       close(fd);
+               close_stdio();
+
+               /* exec maemo-invoker directly instead of relying on the
+                  /usr/bin/browser symlink, since /usr/bin/browser may have
+                  been replaced with a shell script calling us via D-Bus */
+               /* Launch the browser in the background -- our parent will
+                  wait for it to claim the D-Bus name and then display the
+                  window using D-Bus */
+               execl("/usr/bin/maemo-invoker", "browser", (char *)NULL);
+
+               /* If we get here, exec() failed */
+               exit(1);
+       }
+
+       return pid;
+}
+
+/* Open a MicroB window using the D-Bus interface
+   It's assumed that we have already released the D-Bus name and that it's been
+   ensured that MicroB has acquired com.nokia.osso_browser (otherwise this will
+   cause D-Bus to try forever to launch another browser-switchboard) */
+
+#define LAUNCH_MICROB_BOOKMARK_WIN_OK 0x1
+
+int launch_microb_open_window(struct swb_context *ctx, char *uri,
+                             int flags) {
+       static DBusGProxy *g_proxy = NULL;
+       GError *gerror = NULL;
+
+       if (!g_proxy) {
+               g_proxy = dbus_g_proxy_new_for_name(ctx->session_bus,
+                               "com.nokia.osso_browser",
+                               "/com/nokia/osso_browser/request",
+                               "com.nokia.osso_browser");
+               if (!g_proxy) {
+                       log_msg("Couldn't get a com.nokia.osso_browser proxy\n");
+                       return 0;
+               }
+       }
+
+       if (!strcmp(uri, "new_window")) {
+               if (flags & LAUNCH_MICROB_BOOKMARK_WIN_OK) {
+                       if (!dbus_g_proxy_call(g_proxy, "top_application",
+                                              &gerror, G_TYPE_INVALID,
+                                              G_TYPE_INVALID)) {
+                               log_msg("Opening window failed: %s\n",
+                                       gerror->message);
+                               g_error_free(gerror);
+                               return 0;
+                       }
+
+                       return 1;
+               } else {
+                       /* Since we can't detect when the bookmark window
+                          closes, we'd have a corner case where, if the user
+                          just closes the bookmark window without opening any
+                          browser windows, we don't kill off MicroB or resume
+                          handling com.nokia.osso_browser */
+                       uri = "about:blank";
+               }
+       }
+       if (!dbus_g_proxy_call(g_proxy, "open_new_window",
+                              &gerror,
+                              G_TYPE_STRING, uri,
+                              G_TYPE_INVALID,
+                              G_TYPE_INVALID)) {
+               log_msg("Opening window failed: %s\n", gerror->message);
+               g_error_free(gerror);
+               return 0;
+       }
+
+       return 1;
+}
+
+/* Launch Fremantle MicroB and kill it when the session is finished */
+void launch_microb_fremantle_with_kill(struct swb_context *ctx, char *uri) {
+       int status;
+       pid_t pid;
+       char *homedir, *microb_profile_dir, *microb_lockfile;
+       size_t len;
+       int fd, inot_wd;
+       DBusConnection *raw_connection;
+       int bytes_read;
+       char buf[256], *pos;
+       struct inotify_event *event;
+       pid_t browserd_pid, waited_pid;
+       struct sigaction act, oldact;
+       int ignore_sigstop;
+
+       /* Put together the path to the MicroB browserd lockfile */
+       if (!(homedir = getenv("HOME")))
+               homedir = DEFAULT_HOMEDIR;
+       len = strlen(homedir) + strlen(MICROB_PROFILE_DIR) + 1;
+       if (!(microb_profile_dir = calloc(len, sizeof(char)))) {
+               log_msg("calloc() failed\n");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+       snprintf(microb_profile_dir, len, "%s%s",
+                homedir, MICROB_PROFILE_DIR);
+       len = strlen(homedir) + strlen(MICROB_PROFILE_DIR) +
+             strlen("/") + strlen(MICROB_LOCKFILE) + 1;
+       if (!(microb_lockfile = calloc(len, sizeof(char)))) {
+               log_msg("calloc() failed\n");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+       snprintf(microb_lockfile, len, "%s%s/%s",
+                homedir, MICROB_PROFILE_DIR, MICROB_LOCKFILE);
+
+       /* Watch for the creation of a MicroB browserd lockfile
+          NB: The watch has to be set up here, before the browser
+          is launched, to make sure there's no race between browserd
+          starting and us creating the watch */
+       if ((fd = inotify_init()) == -1) {
+               log_perror(errno, "inotify_init");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+       if ((inot_wd = inotify_add_watch(fd, microb_profile_dir,
+                                        IN_CREATE)) == -1) {
+               log_perror(errno, "inotify_add_watch");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+       free(microb_profile_dir);
+
+       /* Set up the D-Bus eavesdropping we'll use to watch for MicroB
+          acquiring the com.nokia.osso_browser D-Bus name.  Again, this needs
+          to happen before the browser is launched, so that there's no race
+          between establishing the watch and browser startup. */
+       if (!(raw_connection = microb_start_dbus_watch_init())) {
+               exit(1);
+       }
+
+       /* Launch a MicroB browser process if it's not already running */
+       if ((pid = launch_microb_start_browser_process(raw_connection, fd)) < 0)
+               exit(1);
+
+       /* Release the osso_browser D-Bus name so that MicroB can take it */
+       dbus_release_osso_browser_name(ctx);
+
+       /* Wait for our child to start the browser UI process and
+          for it to acquire the com.nokia.osso_browser D-Bus name,
+          then make the appropriate method call to open the browser
+          window. */
+       microb_start_dbus_watch_wait(raw_connection);
+       microb_start_dbus_watch_remove(raw_connection);
+       if (!launch_microb_open_window(ctx, uri, 0)) {
+               exit(1);
+       }
+
+       /* Workaround: the browser process we started is going to want
+          to hang around forever, hogging the com.nokia.osso_browser
+          D-Bus interface while at it.  To fix this, we notice that
+          when the last browser window closes, the browser UI restarts
+          its attached browserd process.  Get the browserd process's
+          PID and use ptrace() to watch for process termination.
+
+          This has the problem of not being able to detect whether
+          the bookmark window is open and/or in use, but it's the best
+          that I can think of.  Better suggestions would be greatly
+          appreciated. */
+
+       if (!pid)
+               /* If we didn't start the MicroB browser process ourselves, try
+                  to get the PID of the browserd from the lockfile */
+               browserd_pid = get_browserd_pid(microb_lockfile);
+       else
+               browserd_pid = 0;
+
+       /* If getting the lockfile PID failed, or the lockfile PID doesn't
+          exist, assume that we have a stale lockfile and wait for the new
+          browserd lockfile to be created */
+       if (browserd_pid <= 0 || kill(browserd_pid, 0) == ESRCH) {
+               log_msg("Waiting for browserd lockfile to be created\n");
+               memset(buf, '\0', 256);
+               /* read() blocks until there are events to be read */
+               while ((bytes_read = read(fd, buf, 255)) > 0) {
+                       pos = buf;
+                       /* Loop until we see the event we're looking for
+                          or until all the events are processed */
+                       while (pos && (pos-buf) < bytes_read) {
+                               event = (struct inotify_event *)pos;
+                               len = sizeof(struct inotify_event) + event->len;
+                               if (!strcmp(MICROB_LOCKFILE, event->name)) {
+                                       /* Lockfile created */
+                                       pos = NULL;
+                                       break;
+                               } else if ((pos-buf) + len < bytes_read)
+                                       /* More events to process */
+                                       pos += len;
+                               else
+                                       /* All events processed */
+                                       break;
+                       }
+                       if (!pos)
+                               /* Event found, stop looking */
+                               break;
+                       memset(buf, '\0', 256);
+               }
+
+               if ((browserd_pid = get_browserd_pid(microb_lockfile)) <= 0) {
+                       if (browserd_pid == 0)
+                               log_msg("Profile lockfile link lacks PID\n");
+                       else
+                               log_perror(-browserd_pid,
+                                          "readlink() on lockfile failed");
+                       exit(1);
+               }
+       }
+       inotify_rm_watch(fd, inot_wd);
+       close(fd);
+       free(microb_lockfile);
+
+       /* Wait for the browserd to close */
+       log_msg("Waiting for MicroB (browserd pid %d) to finish\n",
+               browserd_pid);
+       /* Clear any existing SIGCHLD handler to prevent interference
+          with our wait() */
+       act.sa_handler = SIG_DFL;
+       act.sa_flags = 0;
+       sigemptyset(&(act.sa_mask));
+       if (sigaction(SIGCHLD, &act, &oldact) == -1) {
+               log_perror(errno, "clearing SIGCHLD handler failed");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+
+       /* Trace the browserd to get a close notification */
+       ignore_sigstop = 1;
+       if (ptrace(PTRACE_ATTACH, browserd_pid, NULL, NULL) == -1) {
+               log_perror(errno, "PTRACE_ATTACH");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+       ptrace(PTRACE_CONT, browserd_pid, NULL, NULL);
+       while ((waited_pid = wait(&status)) > 0) {
+               if (waited_pid != browserd_pid)
+                       /* Not interested in other processes */
+                       continue;
+               if (WIFEXITED(status) || WIFSIGNALED(status))
+                       /* browserd exited */
+                       break;
+               else if (WIFSTOPPED(status)) {
+                       /* browserd was sent a signal
+                          We're responsible for making sure this signal gets
+                          delivered */
+                       if (ignore_sigstop && WSTOPSIG(status) == SIGSTOP) {
+                               /* Ignore the first SIGSTOP received
+                                  This is raised for some reason immediately
+                                  after we start tracing the process, and
+                                  won't be followed by a SIGCONT at any point
+                                */
+                               log_msg("Ignoring first SIGSTOP\n");
+                               ptrace(PTRACE_CONT, browserd_pid, NULL, NULL);
+                               ignore_sigstop = 0;
+                               continue;
+                       }
+                       log_msg("Forwarding signal %d to browserd\n",
+                               WSTOPSIG(status));
+                       ptrace(PTRACE_CONT, browserd_pid, NULL,
+                              WSTOPSIG(status));
+               }
+       }
+
+       /* Kill off browser UI
+          XXX: There is a race here with the restarting of the closed
+          browserd; if that happens before we kill the browser UI, the newly
+          started browserd may not close with the UI
+          XXX: Hope we don't cause data loss here! */
+       log_msg("Killing MicroB\n");
+       if (pid > 0) {
+               kill(pid, SIGTERM);
+               waitpid(pid, &status, 0);
+       } else {
+               system("kill `pidof browser` > /dev/null 2>&1");
+       }
+
+       /* Restore old SIGCHLD handler */
+       if (sigaction(SIGCHLD, &oldact, NULL) == -1) {
+               log_perror(errno, "restoring old SIGCHLD handler failed");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+
+       dbus_request_osso_browser_name(ctx);
+}
+
+/* Launch a new window in Fremantle MicroB; don't kill the MicroB process
+   when the session is finished
+   This is designed to work with a prestarted MicroB process that runs
+   continuously in the background */
+void launch_microb_fremantle(struct swb_context *ctx, char *uri) {
+       DBusConnection *raw_connection;
+
+       /* Set up the D-Bus eavesdropping we'll use to watch for MicroB
+          acquiring the com.nokia.osso_browser D-Bus name */
+       if (!(raw_connection = microb_start_dbus_watch_init())) {
+               exit(1);
+       }
+
+       /* Launch a MicroB browser process if it's not already running */
+       if (launch_microb_start_browser_process(raw_connection, -1) < 0)
+               exit(1);
+
+       /* Release the osso_browser D-Bus name so that MicroB can take it */
+       dbus_release_osso_browser_name(ctx);
+
+       /* Wait for MicroB to acquire com.nokia.osso_browser, then make the
+          appropriate method call to open the browser window. */
+       microb_start_dbus_watch_wait(raw_connection);
+       microb_start_dbus_watch_remove(raw_connection);
+       if (!launch_microb_open_window(ctx, uri,
+                                      LAUNCH_MICROB_BOOKMARK_WIN_OK)) {
+               exit(1);
+       }
+
+       /* Take back the osso_browser D-Bus name from MicroB */
+       dbus_request_osso_browser_name(ctx);
+}
+#endif /* FREMANTLE */
+
 void launch_microb(struct swb_context *ctx, char *uri) {
        int kill_browserd = 0;
        int status;
+#ifndef FREMANTLE
        pid_t pid;
+#endif
 
        if (!uri)
                uri = "new_window";
 
-       printf("launch_microb with uri '%s'\n", uri);
+       log_msg("launch_microb with uri '%s'\n", uri);
 
        /* Launch browserd if it's not running */
-       status = system("pidof /usr/sbin/browserd > /dev/null");
+       status = system("pidof browserd > /dev/null");
        if (WIFEXITED(status) && WEXITSTATUS(status)) {
                kill_browserd = 1;
-               system("/usr/sbin/browserd -d");
+#ifdef FREMANTLE
+               system("/usr/sbin/browserd -d -b > /dev/null 2>&1");
+#else
+               system("/usr/sbin/browserd -d > /dev/null 2>&1");
+#endif
        }
 
+#ifdef FREMANTLE
+       /* Do the insanity to launch Fremantle MicroB */
+       if ((ctx->default_browser_launcher == launch_microb &&
+            ctx->autostart_microb) || ctx->autostart_microb == 1) {
+
+               /* If MicroB is set as the default browser, or if the user has
+                  configured MicroB to always be running, just send the
+                  running MicroB the request */
+               launch_microb_fremantle(ctx, uri);
+       } else {
+               /* Otherwise, launch MicroB and kill it when the user's
+                  MicroB session is done */
+               launch_microb_fremantle_with_kill(ctx, uri);
+       }
+#else /* !FREMANTLE */
        /* Release the osso_browser D-Bus name so that MicroB can take it */
        dbus_release_osso_browser_name(ctx);
 
        if ((pid = fork()) == -1) {
-               perror("fork");
+               log_perror(errno, "fork");
                exit(1);
        }
+
        if (pid > 0) {
                /* Parent process */
                waitpid(pid, &status, 0);
        } else {
                /* Child process */
+               close_stdio();
+
                /* exec maemo-invoker directly instead of relying on the
                   /usr/bin/browser symlink, since /usr/bin/browser may have
                   been replaced with a shell script calling us via D-Bus */
@@ -117,14 +643,15 @@ void launch_microb(struct swb_context *ctx, char *uri) {
                }
        }
 
+       dbus_request_osso_browser_name(ctx);
+#endif /* FREMANTLE */
+
        /* Kill off browserd if we started it */
        if (kill_browserd)
-               system("kill `pidof /usr/sbin/browserd`");
+               system("kill `pidof browserd`");
 
-       if (!ctx || !ctx->continuous_mode) 
+       if (!ctx || !ctx->continuous_mode)
                exit(0);
-
-       dbus_request_osso_browser_name(ctx);
 }
 
 static void launch_other_browser(struct swb_context *ctx, char *uri) {
@@ -138,7 +665,7 @@ static void launch_other_browser(struct swb_context *ctx, char *uri) {
        if (!uri || !strcmp(uri, "new_window"))
                uri = "";
 
-       printf("launch_other_browser with uri '%s'\n", uri);
+       log_msg("launch_other_browser with uri '%s'\n", uri);
 
        if ((urilen = strlen(uri)) > 0) {
                /* Quote the URI to prevent the shell from interpreting it */
@@ -187,76 +714,100 @@ static void launch_other_browser(struct swb_context *ctx, char *uri) {
        if (!(command = calloc(cmdlen+urilen+1, sizeof(char))))
                exit(1);
        snprintf(command, cmdlen+urilen+1, ctx->other_browser_cmd, quoted_uri);
-       printf("command: '%s'\n", command);
+       log_msg("command: '%s'\n", command);
 
        if (ctx->continuous_mode) {
                if (fork() != 0) {
                        /* Parent process or error in fork() */
                        if (urilen > 0)
                                free(quoted_uri);
-                       free(command);  
+                       free(command);
                        return;
                }
                /* Child process */
                setsid();
+               close_stdio();
        }
        execl("/bin/sh", "/bin/sh", "-c", command, (char *)NULL);
 }
 
-/* Use launch_other_browser as the default browser launcher, with the string
-   passed in as the other_browser_cmd
-   Resulting other_browser_cmd is always safe to free(), even if a pointer
-   to a string constant is passed in */
-static void use_other_browser_cmd(struct swb_context *ctx, char *cmd) {
-       size_t len = strlen(cmd);
-
-       free(ctx->other_browser_cmd);
-       ctx->other_browser_cmd = calloc(len+1, sizeof(char));
-       if (!ctx->other_browser_cmd) {
-               printf("malloc failed!\n");
-               ctx->default_browser_launcher = LAUNCH_DEFAULT_BROWSER;
-       } else {
-               ctx->other_browser_cmd = strncpy(ctx->other_browser_cmd,
-                                                cmd, len+1);
-               ctx->default_browser_launcher = launch_other_browser;
+
+/* The list of known browsers and how to launch them */
+static struct browser_launcher browser_launchers[] = {
+       { "microb", launch_microb, NULL, NULL }, /* First entry is the default! */
+       { "tear", launch_tear, NULL, "/usr/bin/tear" },
+       { "fennec", NULL, "fennec %s", "/usr/bin/fennec" },
+       { "opera", NULL, "opera %s", "/usr/bin/opera" },
+       { "midori", NULL, "midori %s", "/usr/bin/midori" },
+       { NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL },
+};
+
+static void use_launcher_as_default(struct swb_context *ctx,
+                                   struct browser_launcher *browser) {
+       if (!ctx || !browser)
+               return;
+
+       if (browser->launcher)
+               ctx->default_browser_launcher = browser->launcher;
+       else if (browser->other_browser_cmd) {
+               free(ctx->other_browser_cmd);
+
+               /* Make a copy of the string constant so that
+                  ctx->other_browser_cmd is safe to free() */
+               ctx->other_browser_cmd = strdup(browser->other_browser_cmd);
+               if (!ctx->other_browser_cmd) {
+                       log_msg("malloc failed!\n");
+                       /* Ideally, we'd configure the built-in default here --
+                          but it's possible we could be called in that path */
+                       exit(1);
+               } else
+                       ctx->default_browser_launcher = launch_other_browser;
        }
+
+       return;
 }
 
 void update_default_browser(struct swb_context *ctx, char *default_browser) {
+       struct browser_launcher *browser;
+
        if (!ctx)
                return;
 
-       if (!default_browser) {
-               /* No default_browser configured -- use DEFAULT_BROWSER if
-                  installed, otherwise launch MicroB */
-               if (!access(DEFAULT_BROWSER, X_OK))
-                       ctx->default_browser_launcher = LAUNCH_DEFAULT_BROWSER;
-               else
-                       ctx->default_browser_launcher = launch_microb;
+       /* Configure the built-in default to start -- that way, we can
+          handle errors by just returning */
+       use_launcher_as_default(ctx, &browser_launchers[0]);
+
+       if (!default_browser)
+               /* No default_browser configured -- use built-in default */
                return;
-       }
 
-       if (!strcmp(default_browser, "tear"))
-               ctx->default_browser_launcher = launch_tear;
-       else if (!strcmp(default_browser, "microb"))
-               ctx->default_browser_launcher = launch_microb;
-       else if (!strcmp(default_browser, "fennec"))
-               /* Cheat and reuse launch_other_browser, since we don't appear
-                  to need to do anything special */
-               use_other_browser_cmd(ctx, "fennec %s");
-       else if (!strcmp(default_browser, "midori"))
-               use_other_browser_cmd(ctx, "midori %s");
-       else if (!strcmp(default_browser, "other")) {
+       /* Go through the list of known browser launchers and use one if
+          it matches */
+       for (browser = browser_launchers; browser->name; ++browser)
+               if (!strcmp(default_browser, browser->name)) {
+                       /* Make sure the user's choice is installed on the
+                          system */
+                       if (browser->binary && access(browser->binary, X_OK)) {
+                               log_msg("%s appears not to be installed\n",
+                                       default_browser);
+                       } else {
+                               use_launcher_as_default(ctx, browser);
+                               return;
+                       }
+               }
+
+       /* Deal with default_browser = "other" */
+       if (!strcmp(default_browser, "other")) {
                if (ctx->other_browser_cmd)
                        ctx->default_browser_launcher = launch_other_browser;
-               else {
-                       printf("default_browser is 'other', but no other_browser_cmd set -- using default\n");
-                       ctx->default_browser_launcher = LAUNCH_DEFAULT_BROWSER;
-               }
-       } else {
-               printf("Unknown default_browser %s, using default", default_browser);
-               ctx->default_browser_launcher = LAUNCH_DEFAULT_BROWSER;
+               else
+                       log_msg("default_browser is 'other', but no other_browser_cmd set -- using default\n");
+               return;
        }
+
+       /* Unknown value of default_browser */
+       log_msg("Unknown default_browser %s, using default\n", default_browser);
+       return;
 }
 
 void launch_browser(struct swb_context *ctx, char *uri) {