module MakeDesktop

Overview

MakeDesktop is a library for creating .desktop files for your applications that don't have them. it does no checks to see if a .desktop file for the program already exists, so if there is one, you will lose that file.

Defined in:

make-desktop.cr

Constant Summary

VERSION = "0.1.0"

Class Method Summary

.make_desktop(exe : String, exe_name : String, exe_dir : Path | String, mime_type : String | Nil = nil)
.make_desktop takes an executable file, exe : String, the directory it's in, exe_dir : Path | String, its name exe_name : String, and an optional mime_type : String | Nil, which defaults to nil, and then writes a .desktop file containing: [Desktop Entry] Type=Application Name=exe_name Path=exe_dir Exec=./exe MimeType=mime_type (only if not nil when called)

Class Method Detail

def self.make_desktop(exe : String, exe_name : String, exe_dir : Path | String, mime_type : String | Nil = nil) #

.make_desktop takes an executable file, exe : String, the directory it's in, exe_dir : Path | String, its name exe_name : String, and an optional mime_type : String | Nil, which defaults to nil, and then writes a .desktop file containing: [Desktop Entry] Type=Application Name=exe_name Path=exe_dir Exec=./exe MimeType=mime_type (only if not nil when called)