Class
GioDesktopAppInfo
Description
final class Gio.DesktopAppInfo : GObject.Object {
/* No available fields */
}GDesktopAppInfo is an implementation of GAppInfo based on
desktop files.
Note that <gio/gdesktopappinfo.h> belongs to the UNIX-specific
GIO interfaces, thus you have to use the gio-unix-2.0.pc pkg-config
file when using it.
Constructors
g_desktop_app_info_new
Creates a new GDesktopAppInfo based on a desktop file id.
g_desktop_app_info_new_from_filename
Creates a new GDesktopAppInfo.
Functions
g_desktop_app_info_get_implementations
Gets all applications that implement interface.
Available since: 2.42
g_desktop_app_info_search
Searches desktop files for ones that match search_string.
g_desktop_app_info_set_desktop_env
Sets the name of the desktop that the application is running in.
This is used by g_app_info_should_show() and
g_desktop_app_info_get_show_in() to evaluate the
OnlyShowIn and NotShowIn
desktop entry fields.
Deprecated since: 2.42
Instance methods
g_desktop_app_info_get_action_name
Gets the user-visible display name of the “additional application
action” specified by action_name.
Available since: 2.38
g_desktop_app_info_get_boolean
Looks up a boolean value in the keyfile backing info.
Available since: 2.36
g_desktop_app_info_get_categories
Gets the categories from the desktop file.
g_desktop_app_info_get_filename
When info was created from a known filename, return it. In some
situations such as the GDesktopAppInfo returned from
g_desktop_app_info_new_from_keyfile(), this function will return NULL.
Available since: 2.24
g_desktop_app_info_get_generic_name
Gets the generic name from the desktop file.
g_desktop_app_info_get_is_hidden
A desktop file is hidden if the Hidden key in it is set to True.
g_desktop_app_info_get_locale_string
Looks up a localized string value in the keyfile backing info
translated to the current locale.
Available since: 2.56
g_desktop_app_info_get_nodisplay
Gets the value of the NoDisplay key, which helps determine if the application info should be shown in menus. See
G_KEY_FILE_DESKTOP_KEY_NO_DISPLAY and g_app_info_should_show().
Available since: 2.30
g_desktop_app_info_get_show_in
Checks if the application info should be shown in menus that list available
applications for a specific name of the desktop, based on the
OnlyShowIn and NotShowIn keys.
Available since: 2.30
g_desktop_app_info_get_startup_wm_class
Retrieves the StartupWMClass field from info. This represents the
WM_CLASS property of the main window of the application, if launched
through info.
Available since: 2.34
g_desktop_app_info_get_string
Looks up a string value in the keyfile backing info.
Available since: 2.36
g_desktop_app_info_get_string_list
Looks up a string list value in the keyfile backing info.
Available since: 2.60
g_desktop_app_info_has_key
Returns whether key exists in the “Desktop Entry” group
of the keyfile backing info.
Available since: 2.36
g_desktop_app_info_launch_uris_as_manager
This function performs the equivalent of g_app_info_launch_uris(), but is intended primarily for operating system components that launch applications. Ordinary applications should use g_app_info_launch_uris().
g_desktop_app_info_launch_uris_as_manager_with_fds
Equivalent to g_desktop_app_info_launch_uris_as_manager() but allows
you to pass in file descriptors for the stdin, stdout and stderr streams
of the launched process.
Available since: 2.58
g_desktop_app_info_list_actions
Returns the list of “additional application actions” supported on the desktop file, as per the desktop file specification.
Available since: 2.38
Properties
Gio.DesktopAppInfo:filename
The origin filename of this GDesktopAppInfo.
Signals
Signals inherited from GObject (1)
GObject.Object::notify
The notify signal is emitted on an object when one of its properties has its value set through g_object_set_property(), g_object_set(), et al.