deskgen

Generate .desktop and .directory files following the Desktop Entry Specification.

This is my first Go project. Only what I currently need from the specification was implemented. Use at your own risk.

Related projects

• https://github.com/rkoesters/xdg
• https://github.com/xyproto/gendesk

Installation

go get -u github.com/var512/deskgen/cmd/deskgen

Usage

Options

${GOPATH}/bin/deskgen --help

Stdout

${GOPATH}/bin/deskgen \
    --type="Application" \
    --name="My script" \
    --genericName="Custom script" \
    --comment="A custom script" \
    --icon="applications-utilities" \
    --exec="my-script.sh" \
    --mimeType="inode/directory;text/html;" \
    --categories="Utility;" \
    --keywords="Internet;Development;" \
    --startupNotify="true"

Save to disk

If filePath is not provided the file will be saved in the current working directory.

${GOPATH}/bin/deskgen \
    --fileName="my-script" \
    --filePath "/home/user/.local/share/applications" \
    --type="Application" \
    --name="My script" \
    --genericName="Custom script" \
    --comment="A custom script" \
    --icon="applications-utilities" \
    --exec="my-script.sh" \
    --mimeType="inode/directory;text/html;" \
    --categories="Utility;" \
    --keywords="Internet;Development;" \
    --startupNotify="true"

Actions

Very basic functionality. Each action requires all values to be set (name, icon, exec).

${GOPATH}/bin/deskgen \
    --type="Application" \
    --name="My script" \
    --actionName="Example 1" \
    --actionIcon="" \
    --actionExec="" \
    --actionName="Example 2" \
    --actionIcon="arrow-right" \
    --actionExec="" \
    --actionName="New Private Window" \
    --actionIcon="icon-private" \
    --actionExec='/bin/example --new-private-window --with="double-quotes" %u'