From a796d1f33f216369794a79fa7bf1147332ec35fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Florian Bruhin <git@the-compiler.org>
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2018 17:09:47 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Always enable JavaScript for file://, chrome:// and qute://

See #3622
---
 qutebrowser/browser/qutescheme.py | 2 --
 qutebrowser/config/websettings.py | 7 ++++++-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/qutebrowser/browser/qutescheme.py b/qutebrowser/browser/qutescheme.py
index e53907798..8866f1643 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/browser/qutescheme.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/browser/qutescheme.py
@@ -263,8 +263,6 @@ def qute_history(url):
 
         return 'text/html', json.dumps(history_data(start_time, offset))
     else:
-        if not config.val.content.javascript.enabled:
-            return 'text/plain', b'JavaScript is required for qute://history'
         return 'text/html', jinja.render(
             'history.html',
             title='History',
diff --git a/qutebrowser/config/websettings.py b/qutebrowser/config/websettings.py
index 517c3dd3c..c069f7d56 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/config/websettings.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/config/websettings.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 from PyQt5.QtGui import QFont
 
 from qutebrowser.config import config, configutils
-from qutebrowser.utils import log, usertypes
+from qutebrowser.utils import log, usertypes, urlmatch
 from qutebrowser.misc import objects
 
 UNSET = object()
@@ -172,6 +172,11 @@ def init(args):
         from qutebrowser.browser.webkit import webkitsettings
         webkitsettings.init(args)
 
+    # Make sure special URLs always get JS support
+    for pattern in ['file://*', 'chrome://*/*', 'qute://*/*']:
+        config.instance.set_obj('content.javascript.enabled', True,
+                                pattern=urlmatch.UrlPattern(pattern))
+
 
 def shutdown():
     """Shut down QWeb(Engine)Settings."""