--- /dev/null
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+<maintainer type="person">
+ <email>axs@gentoo.org</email>
+ <description>Primary maintainer</description>
+</maintainer>
+<longdescription>
+This is a simple launcher script and .desktop entry to associate MS Windows *.URL (text/x-uri)
+files on linux DEs so that they will open in the configured default web browser.</longdescription>
+</pkgmetadata>
--- /dev/null
+# Copyright 1999-2016 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+# $Header: $
+
+EAPI=6
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 )
+inherit eutils fdo-mime python-r1
+
+GIST_STRING="77635-a46707715aa2e112d2ea5ec26771030ff5e7eb64"
+
+DESCRIPTION="Launcher and desktop association for MS Windows *.URL (text/x-uri) files"
+HOMEPAGE="https://gist.github.com/endolith/77635"
+SRC_URI="https://gist.github.com/endolith/${GIST_STRING/-//archive/}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+
+RESTRICT="mirror"
+LICENSE="all-rights-reserved"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+IUSE=""
+
+DEPEND="dev-util/desktop-file-utils"
+RDEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}"
+
+S="${WORKDIR}"/$GIST_STRING
+
+src_install() {
+ dobin ${PN}.py
+ python_replicate_script "${ED%/}"/usr/bin/${PN}.py
+
+ cat <<DESKTOP_EOF >"${T}"/${PN}.desktop
+[Desktop Entry]
+Version=1.0
+Type=Application
+Name=MS Windows URL file launcher
+Comment=Python script to parse and launch .url files (html links) from MS Windows
+NoDisplay=true
+Terminal=false
+TryExec=mswinurl_launcher.py
+Exec=mswinurl_launcher.py %F
+Icon=text-html
+MimeType=text/x-uri;
+DESKTOP_EOF
+ domenu "${T}"/${PN}.desktop
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+ fdo-mime_desktop_database_update
+}
+
+pkg_postrm() {
+ fdo-mime_desktop_database_update
+}