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KDesktopFile Class Reference

from PyKDE4.kdecore import *

Inherits: KConfig → KConfigBase

Detailed Description

\class KDesktopFile kdesktopfile.h <KDesktopFile>

KDE Desktop File Management. This class implements %KDE's support for the freedesktop.org <em>Desktop Entry Spec</em>.

Author:
Pietro Iglio <iglio@kde.org>
See also:
KConfigBase KConfig
See also:
Desktop Entry Spec


Methods

 __init__ (self, QString resourceType, QString fileName)
 __init__ (self, QString fileName)
 __init__ (self, KDesktopFile a0)
KConfigGroup actionGroup (self, QString group)
KDesktopFile copyTo (self, QString file)
KConfigGroup desktopGroup (self)
QString fileName (self)
bool hasActionGroup (self, QString group)
bool hasApplicationType (self)
bool hasDeviceType (self)
bool hasLinkType (self)
bool hasMimeTypeType (self)
bool noDisplay (self)
QStringList readActions (self)
QString readComment (self)
QString readDevice (self)
QString readDocPath (self)
QString readGenericName (self)
QString readIcon (self)
QString readName (self)
QString readPath (self)
QString readType (self)
QString readUrl (self)
QString resource (self)
QStringList sortOrder (self)
bool tryExec (self)

Static Methods

bool isAuthorizedDesktopFile (QString path)
bool isDesktopFile (QString path)
QString locateLocal (QString path)

Method Documentation

__init__ (  self,
QString  resourceType,
QString  fileName
)

Constructs a KDesktopFile object.

See KStandardDirs for more information on resources.

Parameters:
resourceType  Allows you to change what sort of resource to search for if fileName is not absolute. For instance, you might want to specify "config".
fileName  The name or path of the desktop file. If it is not absolute, it will be located using the resource type resType.

__init__ (  self,
QString  fileName
)

Constructs a KDesktopFile object.

See KStandardDirs for more information on resources.

Parameters:
fileName  The name or path of the desktop file. If it is not absolute, it will be located using the resource type "apps"

__init__ (  self,
KDesktopFile  a0
)
KConfigGroup actionGroup (  self,
QString  group
)

Sets the desktop action group.

Parameters:
group  the new action group

KDesktopFile copyTo (  self,
QString  file
)

Copies all entries from this config object to a new KDesktopFile object that will save itself to file.

Actual saving to file happens when the returned object is destructed or when sync() is called upon it.

Parameters:
file  the new KDesktopFile object it will save itself to.

KConfigGroup desktopGroup (   self )
QString fileName (   self )
bool hasActionGroup (  self,
QString  group
)

Returns true if the action group exists, false otherwise

Parameters:
group  the action group to test

Returns:
true if the action group exists

bool hasApplicationType (   self )

Checks whether there is an entry "Type=Application".

Returns:
true if there is a "Type=Application" entry

bool hasDeviceType (   self )

Checks whether there is an entry "Type=FSDevice".

Returns:
true if there is a "Type=FSDevice" entry

bool hasLinkType (   self )

Checks whether there is a "Type=Link" entry.

The link points to the "URL=" entry.

Returns:
true if there is a "Type=Link" entry

bool hasMimeTypeType (   self )

Checks whether there is an entry "Type=MimeType".

Returns:
true if there is a "Type=MimeType" entry

bool noDisplay (   self )

Whether the entry should be suppressed in menus. This handles the NoDisplay key, but also OnlyShowIn / NotShowIn.

Returns:
true to suppress this service
Since:
4.1

QStringList readActions (   self )

Returns a list of the "Actions=" entries.

Returns:
the list of actions

QString readComment (   self )

Returns the value of the "Comment=" entry.

Returns:
the comment or QString() if not specified

QString readDevice (   self )

Returns the value of the "Dev=" entry.

Returns:
the device or QString() if not specified

QString readDocPath (   self )

Returns the value of the "X-DocPath=" Or "DocPath=" entry.

Returns:
The value of the "X-DocPath=" Or "DocPath=" entry.

QString readGenericName (   self )

Returns the value of the "GenericName=" entry.

Returns:
the generic name or QString() if not specified

QString readIcon (   self )

Returns the value of the "Icon=" entry.

Returns:
the icon or QString() if not specified

QString readName (   self )

Returns the value of the "Name=" entry.

Returns:
the name or QString() if not specified

QString readPath (   self )

Returns the value of the "Path=" entry.

Returns:
the path or QString() if not specified

QString readType (   self )

Returns the value of the "Type=" entry.

Returns:
the type or QString() if not specified

QString readUrl (   self )

Returns the value of the "URL=" entry.

Returns:
the URL or QString() if not specified

QString resource (   self )
QStringList sortOrder (   self )

Returns the entry of the "SortOrder=" entry.

Returns:
the value of the "SortOrder=" entry.

bool tryExec (   self )

Checks whether the TryExec field contains a binary which is found on the local system.

Returns:
true if TryExec contains an existing binary


Static Method Documentation

bool isAuthorizedDesktopFile ( QString  path
)

Checks whether the user is authorized to run this desktop file. By default users are authorized to run all desktop files but the KIOSK framework can be used to activate certain restrictions. See README.kiosk for more information.

Note: Since KDE 4.3, there are more restrictions on authorized desktop files to prevent users from inadvertently running trojan desktop files. Your application launchers should have the executable bit set to prevent issues. To see if a restriction is due to KIOSK, see KAuthorized.

Parameters:
path  the file to check

Returns:
true if the user is authorized to run the file

bool isDesktopFile ( QString  path
)

Checks whether this is really a desktop file.

The check is performed looking at the file extension (the file is not opened). Currently, the only valid extension is ".desktop".

Parameters:
path  the path of the file to check

Returns:
true if the file appears to be a desktop file.

QString locateLocal ( QString  path
)

Returns the location where changes for the .desktop file path should be written to.

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