Re: XDG and Freedesktop

On Tue, 01 Jul 2025 00:12:14 +0100, Nuno Silva wrote:

On 2025-06-30, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
 

On Sun, 29 Jun 2025 10:35:05 +0100, Nuno Silva wrote:
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I think the only challenge of this one, once one knows the tools,
might be that it requires "desktop entry" files (".desktop").

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These are very versatile things. They not only define clickable icons
on the desktop, but also menu entries. And also icons in the favourites
toolbar. And also custom entries in the “create new document” menu in
file managers.

 
Yes, but they're additional things, which was what I was aiming at with
the «it requires "desktop entry" files» part, as opposed to just
providing a binary name or a command to execute.

They are wrappers, which allow you to hook your custom functions into the
GUI in all the places where you might want to.

If the tool you want to use does not have a desktop entry file, can you
use it for file/protocol associations without creating such a file
first?

Doesn’t seem like it <https://manpages.debian.org/xdg-mime(1)>. Document-
application associations are an inseparable part of the whole concept of a
GUI.