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How to find icon file in desktop file in python? [closed]
Let's say we have a desktop file:
[Desktop Entry]
...
Name=Firefox
Icon=firefox
...
It says Icon=firefox; where is the firefox icon?
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Why does my PySide6 DBUS ScreenSaver Signal-Listener not work?
I am currently trying to connect to the Screensaver Signal (org.freedesktop.ScreenSaver - /ScreenSaver - ActiveChanged(bool)) that is emitted when the Screen-Saver is closed:
$ dbus-monitor "...
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How do I crate a value of type a{sv} for a call to org.freedesktop.Notifications.Notify via DBus?
I'm experimenting with DBus in an attempt to understand the Desktop Notifications Specification.
At the latter link I read that the method Notify has this signature
UINT32 org.freedesktop....
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Why does my SDL Linux application have the correct icon in the app menu, but not in the taskbar?
I am trying to debug a weird icon problem for my Linux app. When I search for the app in the application menu it shows the right icon but when I run the app itself the icon is broken (it shows the ...
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How to add application-specific icons to current theme?
I'm writing a GUI application using Python and Qt. In this application I want to "decorate" dialogs and output data with theme icons like document-open or dialog-error. This is easily ...
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Gstreamer text overlay from variables on memory
Im running the command such as following and this command broadcasts the video to ethernet port. But here is my question that how I can add overlay onto video where overlay values are stored in shared ...
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How does the chromeos shelf determine if linux applications are running?
I have a chromebook, with chromeos installed and linux activated.
I have the following files:
/usr/share/applications/experiment.desktop:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Experiment
GenericName=Experiment
Exec=/...
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How to use zbus to list block devices?
I want to list all the available block devices in the system using a dbus implementation called zbus.
The UDisks2 documentation mentions a method call on org.freedesktop.UDisks2.Manager interface ...
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Why does the connection get disposed before WaitAsync completes?
I'm having a problem with DBus usage.
I'm trying to get a notification bubble with a few action buttons up and running.
So far, I've been able to get the bubble to show with
retValue = await ...
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Where to install icon for a user-specific application while adhering to FreeDesktop standards?
I have a GUI application that I want to install per-user in a FreeDesktop-compliant manner. Reading the relevant specifications, it seem that a '.desktop' file should be placed in ~/.local/share/...
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Extend Dbus Service
The bigger goal:
Writing a batch user manager targeted at classroom school environments.
The problem
I want to write a user manager that uses a GUI to add, manage and delete users for classroom ...
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Can't set title for terminal window when launched from Gnome menu launcher
I added a new Gnome menu option to launch a custom script application. I am using Redhat 6, Gnome 2. This is all working but when it launches in a new terminal window I cannot get the title to display ...
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GTK allow open files with new vala application
I'm developing a media player with Vala and I want to be able to open audio files with this application (once it is installed).
In .descktop files I added the following MIME types to indicate which ...
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Where can I get the xdg menu hierarchy
I've consulted the following articles and many more, but still don't understand one question --
What menu hierarchy do freedesktop (or Ubuntu or any modern distro) use?
Where can I get a list of ...
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Set system time using Qt through DBus
I try to set system time using Qt through DBus in the following way:
#include <QDBusConnection>
#include <QDBusInterface>
#include <QDBusMessage>
#include <QDebug>
#include &...
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check for reparented window close events
I am trying to make a xlib traybar for X11 where it embeds the tray icons using XEMBED as described in the tray specs. However when I close the application with the tray icon it just removes it from ...
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Icon path lookup in Qt
Qt supports the icon theme lookup by returning a QIcon. But for my QML view I need the icon path instead of a QIcon. Is there a way to get either the path from the looked up icon or to do a lookup ...
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D-Bus Desktop Notification using dbus-rs
I would like to send desktop notifications through D-BUS using https://crates.io/crates/dbus.
My current approach is:
let c = Connection::get_private(BusType::Session).unwrap();
//let m = ...
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Using XDG directory specification on Java application
I'm trying to follow XDG directory specification on my Java application. I have already used it for application data:
protected String getDefaultDataDir() {
String rootPath = System.getenv("...
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How to drag a url to a .desktop shortcut
I have created a new .desktop shortcut in LXDE, and added that shortcut to the "Application Launch Bar". I can drag a file onto the shortcut, and the filename will be passed to a script successfully. ...
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PowerManagement.Inhibit works with dbus-python but not dbus-send
I am working on a project where I need to inhibit power management (e.g. suspend) programatically. I am able to do so perfectly from Python:
import dbus
pm = dbus.SessionBus().get_object("org....
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Specify an icon and Menu entry for cmake- cpack application
I am trying to create and install package (.deb & .rpm too) for an application I am developing, using CMake and CPack. The package gets created nice and well, however I don't get an entry in the ...
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Country and language code detecting
I need to detect user's language and country code in Qt. That codes must be matching standards at http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/ar01s04.html.
I've tried QLocale, but it ...
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dbus glib bindings UDisks Error
void device_added()
{
printf("Added \n");
g_main_loop_quit (loop);
}
void device_removed()
{
printf("Removed\n");
g_main_loop_quit (loop);
}
int
main (int argc, char **argv)
{
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How do I access an environment variable in a .desktop file's exec line?
My program requires an environment variable as part of one of its parameters:
myprogram --folder=$HOME/.special
However, if I put this into a .desktop file's exec line, it doesn't work:
Exec=...
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