feat(settings): add custom external browser executable option - #2382
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Adds an 'externalBrowserPath' app setting (Advanced settings) that opens external links with a user-chosen browser executable (e.g. a portable browser) instead of the system default. The browser is launched detached with an 'error' handler and a fallback to shell.openExternal, so a missing or broken executable can never crash the app. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01FDLv9x7atAG97Rujf4w1Wm
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Closes #1302
What does this PR do?
Adds a user-configurable setting in Advanced preferences to specify a
custom browser executable for opening external links. If set and the
path exists, all external links opened from services will use this
browser instead of the system default.
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customBrowserExecutabletoDEFAULT_APP_SETTINGSinconfig.tsen-US.jsonsrc/electron/openInBrowser.tshelper