## GDesktopAppInfo

GDesktopAppInfo — Application information from desktop files

## Synopsis

    #include <gio/gdesktopappinfo.h>

                        GDesktopAppInfo;
    GDesktopAppInfo *   g_desktop_app_info_new_from_filename
                                                            (const char *filename);
    GDesktopAppInfo *   g_desktop_app_info_new_from_keyfile (GKeyFile *key_file);
    GDesktopAppInfo *   g_desktop_app_info_new              (const char *desktop_id);
    const char *        g_desktop_app_info_get_filename     (GDesktopAppInfo *info);
    gboolean            g_desktop_app_info_get_is_hidden    (GDesktopAppInfo *info);
    gboolean            g_desktop_app_info_get_nodisplay    (GDesktopAppInfo *info);
    gboolean            g_desktop_app_info_get_show_in      (GDesktopAppInfo *info,
                                                             const gchar *desktop_env);
    const char *        g_desktop_app_info_get_generic_name (GDesktopAppInfo *info);
    const char *        g_desktop_app_info_get_categories   (GDesktopAppInfo *info);
    const char * const * g_desktop_app_info_get_keywords    (GDesktopAppInfo *info);
    const char *        g_desktop_app_info_get_startup_wm_class
                                                            (GDesktopAppInfo *info);
    void                g_desktop_app_info_set_desktop_env  (const char *desktop_env);
    void                (*GDesktopAppLaunchCallback)        (GDesktopAppInfo *appinfo,
                                                             GPid pid,
                                                             gpointer user_data);
    gboolean            g_desktop_app_info_launch_uris_as_manager
                                                            (GDesktopAppInfo *appinfo,
                                                             GList *uris,
                                                             GAppLaunchContext *launch_context,
                                                             GSpawnFlags spawn_flags,
                                                             GSpawnChildSetupFunc user_setup,
                                                             gpointer user_setup_data,
                                                             GDesktopAppLaunchCallback pid_callback,
                                                             gpointer pid_callback_data,
                                                             GError **error);

## Object Hierarchy

      GObject
       +----GDesktopAppInfo

## Implemented Interfaces

GDesktopAppInfo implements GAppInfo.

## Properties

      "filename"                 gchar*                : Read / Write / Construct Only

## Description

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.

## Details

### GDesktopAppInfo

    typedef struct _GDesktopAppInfo GDesktopAppInfo;

Information about an installed application from a desktop file.

### g_desktop_app_info_new_from_filename ()

    GDesktopAppInfo *   g_desktop_app_info_new_from_filename
                                                            (const char *filename);

Creates a new GDesktopAppInfo.

`filename` : | the path of a desktop file, in the GLib filename encoding
Returns : | a new GDesktopAppInfo or `NULL` on error.

### g_desktop_app_info_new_from_keyfile ()

    GDesktopAppInfo *   g_desktop_app_info_new_from_keyfile (GKeyFile *key_file);

Creates a new GDesktopAppInfo.

`key_file` : | an opened GKeyFile
Returns : | a new GDesktopAppInfo or `NULL` on error.

Since 2.18

### 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`).

`desktop_id` : | the desktop file id
Returns : | a new GDesktopAppInfo, or `NULL` if no desktop file with that id

### g_desktop_app_info_get_filename ()

    const char *        g_desktop_app_info_get_filename     (GDesktopAppInfo *info);

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`.

`info` : | a GDesktopAppInfo
Returns : | The full path to the file for `info`, or `NULL` if not known.

Since 2.24

### g_desktop_app_info_get_is_hidden ()

    gboolean            g_desktop_app_info_get_is_hidden    (GDesktopAppInfo *info);

A desktop file is hidden if the Hidden key in it is set to True.

`info` : | a GDesktopAppInfo.
Returns : | `TRUE` if hidden, `FALSE` otherwise.

### g_desktop_app_info_get_nodisplay ()

    gboolean            g_desktop_app_info_get_nodisplay    (GDesktopAppInfo *info);

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()`.

`info` : | a GDesktopAppInfo
Returns : | The value of the NoDisplay key

Since 2.30

### g_desktop_app_info_get_show_in ()

    gboolean            g_desktop_app_info_get_show_in      (GDesktopAppInfo *info,
                                                             const gchar *desktop_env);

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.

If `desktop_env` is `NULL`, then the name of the desktop set with `g_desktop_app_info_set_desktop_env()` is used.

Note that `g_app_info_should_show()` for `info` will include this check (with `NULL` for `desktop_env`) as well as additional checks.

`info` : | a GDesktopAppInfo
`desktop_env` : | a string specifying a desktop name
Returns : | `TRUE` if the `info` should be shown in `desktop_env` according to the `OnlyShowIn` and `NotShowIn` keys, `FALSE` otherwise.

Since 2.30

### g_desktop_app_info_get_generic_name ()

    const char *        g_desktop_app_info_get_generic_name (GDesktopAppInfo *info);

Gets the generic name from the destkop file.

`info` : | a GDesktopAppInfo
Returns : | The value of the GenericName key

### g_desktop_app_info_get_categories ()

    const char *        g_desktop_app_info_get_categories   (GDesktopAppInfo *info);

Gets the categories from the desktop file.

`info` : | a GDesktopAppInfo
Returns : | The unparsed Categories key from the desktop file; i.e. no attempt is made to split it by ';' or validate it.

### g_desktop_app_info_get_keywords ()

    const char * const * g_desktop_app_info_get_keywords    (GDesktopAppInfo *info);

Gets the keywords from the desktop file.

`info` : | a GDesktopAppInfo
Returns : | The value of the Keywords key. [transfer none]

Since 2.32

### g_desktop_app_info_get_startup_wm_class ()

    const char *        g_desktop_app_info_get_startup_wm_class
                                                            (GDesktopAppInfo *info);

Retrieves the StartupWMClass field from `info`. This represents the WM_CLASS property of the main window of the application, if launched through `info`.

`info` : | a GDesktopAppInfo that supports startup notify
Returns : | the startup WM class, or `NULL` if none is set in the desktop file. [transfer none]

Since 2.34

### g_desktop_app_info_set_desktop_env ()

    void                g_desktop_app_info_set_desktop_env  (const char *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.

The Desktop Menu specification recognizes the following:

GNOME
KDE
ROX
XFCE
LXDE
Unity
Old

Should be called only once; subsequent calls are ignored.

`desktop_env` : | a string specifying what desktop this is

### GDesktopAppLaunchCallback ()

    void                (*GDesktopAppLaunchCallback)        (GDesktopAppInfo *appinfo,
                                                             GPid pid,
                                                             gpointer user_data);

During invocation, `g_desktop_app_info_launch_uris_as_manager()` may create one or more child processes. This callback is invoked once for each, providing the process ID.

`appinfo` : | a GDesktopAppInfo
`pid` : | Process identifier
`user_data` : | User data

### g_desktop_app_info_launch_uris_as_manager ()

    gboolean            g_desktop_app_info_launch_uris_as_manager
                                                            (GDesktopAppInfo *appinfo,
                                                             GList *uris,
                                                             GAppLaunchContext *launch_context,
                                                             GSpawnFlags spawn_flags,
                                                             GSpawnChildSetupFunc user_setup,
                                                             gpointer user_setup_data,
                                                             GDesktopAppLaunchCallback pid_callback,
                                                             gpointer pid_callback_data,
                                                             GError **error);

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()`.

In contrast to `g_app_info_launch_uris()`, all processes created will always be run directly as children as if by the UNIX `fork()`/`exec()` calls.

This guarantee allows additional control over the exact environment of the child processes, which is provided via a setup function `user_setup`, as well as the process identifier of each child process via `pid_callback`. See `g_spawn_async()` for more information about the semantics of the `user_setup` function.

`appinfo` : | a GDesktopAppInfo
`uris` : | List of URIs. [element-type utf8]
`launch_context` : | a GAppLaunchContext
`spawn_flags` : | GSpawnFlags, used for each process
`user_setup` : | a GSpawnChildSetupFunc, used once for each process. [scope call]
`user_setup_data` : | User data for `user_setup`. [closure user_setup]
`pid_callback` : | Callback for child processes. [scope call]
`pid_callback_data` : | User data for `callback`. [closure pid_callback]
`error` : | return location for a GError, or `NULL`
Returns : | `TRUE` on successful launch, `FALSE` otherwise.

## Property Details

### The `"filename"` property

      "filename"                 gchar*                : Read / Write / Construct Only

The origin filename of this GDesktopAppInfo

Default value: NULL