xdg-utils

Query system for default apps using XDG MIME databases.

The xdg-utils library provides dependency-free (except for std) Rust implementations of some common functions in the freedesktop project xdg-utils.

What is implemented?

• Function query_default_app performs like the xdg-utils function binary_to_desktop_file
• Function query_mime_info launches the mimetype or else the file command.

Some of the utils may be implemented by combining these functions with other functions in the Rust standard library.

| Name | Function | Implemented functionalities| |-----------------|--------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------| |xdg-desktop-menu| Install desktop menu items | no |xdg-desktop-icon| Install icons to the desktop | no |xdg-icon-resource| Install icon resources | no |xdg-mime | Query information about file type handling and install descriptions for new file types| queries only |xdg-open | Open a file or URL in the user's preferred application | all (combine crate functions with std::process::Command) |xdg-email | Send mail using the user's preferred e-mail composer | no |xdg-screensaver | Control the screensaver | no

Specification

https://specifications.freedesktop.org/mime-apps-spec/mime-apps-spec-latest.html

Reference implementation

https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdg-utils/tree/scripts/xdg-utils-common.in

Help / Feature requests/ Bugs

While this library was created for the meli project, it is intended for general use. Thus you can report bugs and/or request features in the crate's repository on github, git.meli.delivery or the meli mailing-list