From ead71db41a4c0f2484f39b98d55ab03951fac54e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fritz Reichwald Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2017 13:45:16 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add explanation for using open_url_in_instance script --- FAQ.asciidoc | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/FAQ.asciidoc b/FAQ.asciidoc index 23061db44..d3eea17e3 100644 --- a/FAQ.asciidoc +++ b/FAQ.asciidoc @@ -171,6 +171,19 @@ What's the difference between insert and passthrough mode?:: be useful to rebind escape to something else in passthrough mode only, to be able to send an escape keypress to the website. +Why takes it longer to open an URL in qutebrowser than in chromium?:: + When opening an URL in an existing instance the normal qutebrowser + python script is started and a few PyQT libraries need to be + loaded until it is detected that there is an instance running + where the URL is then passed to. One workaround is to use this + https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/blob/master/scripts/open_url_in_instance.sh[script] + and place it in your $PATH with the name "qutebrowser". This + script passes the URL via an unix socket to qutebrowser (if its + running already) using socat which is much faster and starts a new + qutebrowser if it is not running already. Also check if you want + to use webengine as backend in line 17 and change it to your + needs. + == Troubleshooting Configuration not saved after modifying config.::