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+#!/bin/sh
+# wrapper script to make firefox suck less
+
+RHOME="${HOME}"
+
+firefox_data_location="$HOME/firefoxdumpster"
+[ -z "$3" ] || url="$3"
+
+# start a profile chooser
+if [ -z "$2" ]; then
+	profile=$(printf "programming\nschool\ntmp-school\ntmp\nchromium\n" | tmenu)
+else
+	profile="$2"
+fi
+
+[ -z "$profile" ] && exit
+
+if [ "$profile" = "tmp" ]; then
+	# firefox doesn't start in a directory within /tmp
+	# so we create one in $HOME/.cache
+
+	tmp=$(basename $(mktemp))
+	mkdir -p "${RHOME}/.cache/${tmp}"
+	rm -r "/tmp/$tmp"
+	HOME="/home/$(whoami)/.local/share/firefox" firefox --profile "${RHOME}/.cache/${tmp}" --no-remote "$url"
+	rm -r "${RHOME}/.cache/${tmp}"
+	exit
+fi
+
+if [ "$profile" = "chromium" ]; then
+	HOME="/home/$(whoami)/.local/share/firefox" chromium
+	exit
+fi
+
+# start firefox
+mkdir -p "${firefox_data_location}/profile"
+HOME="/home/$(whoami)/.local/share/firefox" firefox --profile "${firefox_data_location}/${profile}" --no-remote "$url"
+exit
+
+printf "failed to specify a profile. exiting.\n"
+exit 1