Load settings from a local file

[Shamaoke]

Hi.

How can I load settings from a local file? I tried to set file:///home/user/.config/surfingkeys/settings.js as a value of the “Load settings from” field in the extension settings page, but when I clicked the “Save” button, I got the “Failed to load settings from file:///home/.../settings.js” error message.

Thanks.

Arch Linux
Firefox 106
Surfingkeys 0.9.74

[yusufaktepe]

Firefox doesn't support loading settings from a local file. That's only available for Chromium-based browsers.

[Shamaoke]

I solved the problem by running a local web server to serve the Surfingkeys configuration file.

Here's how I've done this.

1. Place the settings.js Surfingkeys configuration file in the /home/user/.config/surfingkeys/ directory;

2. Install the Ruby programming language: pacman -S ruby;

3. Install the WEBrick server: gem install webrick;

4. Create the surfingkeys.service user systemd unit in the /home/user/.config/systemd/user/ directory with the following content;

[Unit]
Description=Run the WEBrick server to serve the Surfingkeys configuration file

[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/ruby -r un -e httpd /home/user/.config/surfingkeys -b 127.0.0.1 -p 8888

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

5. Enable the unit: systemd --user enable surfingkeys.service. The unit will be started automatically at every login. It will run the web server which will serve the surfingkeys configuration file;

6. Input the Surfingkeys configuration file URL http://127.0.0.1:8888/settings.js into the “Load settings from” field on the Surfingkeys configuration page in Firefox (about:addons → Surfingkeys → Preferences) and press the “Save” button. The file will be read by the extension and the configuration preferences will be enabled.