Btw: Totem (GNOME `s Video Player) has very similar problem. It «lies» about its .desktop file name. It says "totem" instead of "org.gnome.Totem". My app asks for it via DBus/MPRIS2 and gets wrong data.
$ locate -i totem | grep ".desktop" /usr/share/applications/org.gnome.Totem.desktop It is hard to co-operate on the Desktop when apps do stick to the damn rules. Boa noite, Moma Osmo Antero <osm...@gmail.com> escreveu no dia domingo, 3/03/2019 à(s) 21:05: > > Osmo Antero > 20:53 (há 11 minutos) > para tito-wolit > > Hello Tito, > Muito obrigado. > Thank you, the call with "kde4-" worked fine. > > However, the "DesktopEntry" value from Amarok/DBus does not contain the > "kde4" part. > Please see the MRIS2-spec: > https://specifications.freedesktop.org/mpris-spec/latest/Media_Player.html#Property:DesktopEntry > > My application cannot guess that it must include the "kde4" to get a valid > .desktop file. > I think g_desktop_app_info_new() should also browse all sub-directories, > but is does not. > > One possible solutions is this: > The application should find the real location and path of > "org.kde.amarok.desktop". > The "locate" command does the same thing. > My app cannot call "locate" directly because it depends on "sudo > updatedb". > I will write my own routine that dives to usr/share/applications/ and its > sub folders. > This is my best shot ! > > Then the app can call: > GDesktopAppInfo *g_desktop_app_info_new_from_filename(const char > *filename); > > My very old app is this: (the latest is v3.0.2) > https://launchpad.net/~audio-recorder > > Thanks, > Obrigado e boa noite. > // Moma > Portugal > > tito-wolit via gtk-app-devel-list <gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org> escreveu > no dia domingo, 3/03/2019 à(s) 19:42: > >> >> >> On 3/3/19 6:36 PM, Osmo Antero via gtk-app-devel-list wrote: >> > Hello, >> > I have an application that uses g_desktop_app_info_new() function to >> > find GDesktopAppInfo. >> > >> > I just wonder why the g_desktop_app_info_new() FAILS to find the >> > GDesktopAppInfo if the .desktop file is in a sub directory >> > under usr/share/applications/. >> > >> > So this fails: >> > GDesktopAppInfo *app_info = >> g_desktop_app_info_new("org.kde.amarok.desktop") >> >> hi, >> try: >> >> GDesktopAppInfo *app_info = >> g_desktop_app_info_new("kde4-org.kde.amarok.desktop") >> >> ciao, >> Tito >> >> > If the "org.kde.amarok.desktop" file is located in: >> > /usr/share/applications/kde4/org.kde.amarok.desktop >> > This is the default location of Amarok player. >> > --- >> > Then I move the file "org.kde.amarok.desktop" to >> /usr/share/applications/. >> > >> > $ sudo mv /usr/share/applications/kde4/org.kde.amarok.desktop >> > /usr/share/applications/org.kde.amarok.desktop >> > >> > $ sudo updatedb >> > $ locate org.kde.amarok.desktop >> > /usr/share/applications/org.kde.amarok.desktop >> > >> > Now the call succeeds. It returns GDesktopAppInfo structure. >> > GDesktopAppInfo *app_info = >> g_desktop_app_info_new("org.kde.amarok.desktop") >> > >> > Something is wrong, because the manual says that the desktop file can >> stay >> > in a sub directory: >> > >> > """" >> > g_desktop_app_info_new () >> > GDesktopAppInfo * g_desktop_app_info_new (const char *desktop_id); >> > >> > Creates a new GDesktopAppInfo based on a desktop file id. >> > >> > A desktop file id is the basename of the desktop file, including the >> > .desktop extension. GIO is looking for a desktop file with this name in >> the >> > applications subdirectories of the XDG data directories (i.e. the >> > directories specified in the XDG_DATA_HOME and XDG_DATA_DIRS environment >> > variables). GIO also supports the prefix-to-subdirectory mapping that is >> > described in the Menu Spec (i.e. a desktop id of kde-foo.desktop will >> > match/usr/share/applications/kde/foo.desktop). >> > """" >> > >> > Just for info: >> > My application gets the "org.kde.amarok.desktop" name from Amarok via >> the >> > MPRIS2 DBus-interface. Please see "DesktopEntry" of >> > >> https://specifications.freedesktop.org/mpris-spec/latest/Media_Player.html#Property:DesktopEntry >> > >> > Please educate me. >> > >> > Kindly >> > Osmo Moma Antero >> > Portugal >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> gtk-app-devel-list mailing list >> gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org >> https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list >> > > > -- > Sent from my PC, laptop or phone with Ubuntu-Linux. > -- Sent from my PC, laptop or phone with Ubuntu-Linux. _______________________________________________ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list
