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How do I access an environment variable in a .desktop file's exec line?

My program requires an environment variable as part of one of its parameters: myprogram --folder=$HOME/.special However, if I put this into a .desktop file's exec line, it doesn't work: Exec=myprogram --folder=$HOME/.special The $HOME seems to…
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Simple, cross-platform to get well-known desktop paths in Java?

I'm looking for a simple, cross-platform way, on the JVM, to get the appropriate directories for storing application settings and cache data. E.g., on Linux under the XDG specs: config in ~/.config/appname cache in ~/.cache/appname Windows stuff…
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What does the X-MultipleArgs in the Desktop Entry file mean?

All of the sample Desktop files have X-MultipleArgs=False --- but what does this mean? The X- means it's an extension so it's not defined in the FreeDesktop specification. But I can't seem to find a place where it is defined. Google searches…
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Get list of applications for opening a specific file

How can I get a list of applications that are capable to open a specific filetype / MIME-type? I'm searching for a desktop-environment independent solution on Linux. I found the possibilty to get the MIME type for a file.: ~> xdg-mime query filetype…
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D-Bus Desktop Notification using dbus-rs

I would like to send desktop notifications through D-BUS using https://crates.io/crates/dbus. My current approach is: let c = Connection::get_private(BusType::Session).unwrap(); //let m = Message::new_method_call("org.freedesktop.DBus", "/",…
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PowerManagement.Inhibit works with dbus-python but not dbus-send

I am working on a project where I need to inhibit power management (e.g. suspend) programatically. I am able to do so perfectly from Python: import dbus pm = dbus.SessionBus().get_object("org.freedesktop.PowerManagement",…
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How do I get Geoclue Geolocation in Python? - What is desktop id parameter?

I'm trying to get the location (lat/lon) using GeoClue for Linux, and the Python interface (gir1.2-geoclue-2.0 package). The documentation for c nearly matches the api functions here, but I'm not sure what "desktop id" I should send... any valid…
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Should A Program Create XDG Folders?

Let's say I'm writing a program, and I want it to follow the XDG Base Directory Specification for where it puts its files (app foo uses $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/foo as the directory for configuration files if XDG_CONFIG_HOME is set and non-blank, or…
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Query XSettings Manager for Icon Theme

I'm writing an Application in Vala (a c compatible language) for which I need the icon theme that is currently set. I want to avoid having GTK+ or Qt as an dependency. I know that GTK+ 3 has a settings.ini and GTK+ 2 has a .gtkrc-2.0 file, but…
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Open file with default application from Vala?

What's the best way to open a file in the default application from Vala? A bit like how xdg-open works.
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Using XDG directory specification on Java application

I'm trying to follow XDG directory specification on my Java application. I have already used it for application data: protected String getDefaultDataDir() { String rootPath = System.getenv("XDG_DATA_HOME"); if(rootPath == null) { …
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Country and language code detecting

I need to detect user's language and country code in Qt. That codes must be matching standards at http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/ar01s04.html. I've tried QLocale, but it returned full country and language name in…
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How to use zbus to list block devices?

I want to list all the available block devices in the system using a dbus implementation called zbus. The UDisks2 documentation mentions a method call on org.freedesktop.UDisks2.Manager interface called GetBlockDevices which accepts IN a{sv}…
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Low Level DBus C API main loop

When trying to use a callback function for a DBus reply I get stuck on creating a good/well working main loop. What I want to do is simple, make a DBus call and specify a function which should be called when the reply comes. This is because I do not…
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Icon path lookup in Qt

Qt supports the icon theme lookup by returning a QIcon. But for my QML view I need the icon path instead of a QIcon. Is there a way to get either the path from the looked up icon or to do a lookup which returns the icon path? I.e. I want to put an…
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