GNOME Documentation Library

GnomeVFSMimeApplication

typedef struct {
	char *id;
	char *name;
} GnomeVFSMimeApplication;

A struct encapsulating information about an application known to the MIME database.

Only very few fields of this information are actually public, most of them must be queried using the gnome_vfs_mime_application_*() API.

gnome_vfs_mime_get_default_application ()

GnomeVFSMimeApplication* gnome_vfs_mime_get_default_application
                                            (const char *mime_type);

Query the MIME database for the application to be executed on files of MIME type mime_type by default.

If you know the actual uri of the file you should use gnome_vfs_mime_get_default_application_for_uri instead, as it will then be able to pick a better app. For instance it won't pick an app that claims to only handle local files for a remote uri.

gnome_vfs_mime_get_default_application_for_uri ()

GnomeVFSMimeApplication* gnome_vfs_mime_get_default_application_for_uri
                                            (const char *uri,
                                             const char *mime_type);

gnome_vfs_mime_get_all_applications ()

GList*      gnome_vfs_mime_get_all_applications
                                            (const char *mime_type);

Return an alphabetically sorted list of GnomeVFSMimeApplication data structures representing all applications in the MIME database registered to handle files of MIME type mime_type (and supertypes).

gnome_vfs_mime_get_all_applications_for_uri ()

GList*      gnome_vfs_mime_get_all_applications_for_uri
                                            (const char *uri,
                                             const char *mime_type);

Return an alphabetically sorted list of GnomeVFSMimeApplication data structures representing all applications in the MIME database able to handle the file identified by uri of mime_type (and supertypes).

Since 2.10

gnome_vfs_mime_get_all_desktop_entries ()

GList*      gnome_vfs_mime_get_all_desktop_entries
                                            (const char *mime_type);

Returns all the desktop filenames for mime_type. The desktop files are listed in an order so that default applications are listed before non-default ones, and handlers for inherited mimetypes are listed after the base ones.

gnome_vfs_mime_get_default_desktop_entry ()

gchar*      gnome_vfs_mime_get_default_desktop_entry
                                            (const char *mime_type);

Returns the default desktop filename for mime_type.

gnome_vfs_mime_get_default_component ()

Bonobo_ServerInfo* gnome_vfs_mime_get_default_component
                                            (const char *mime_type);

gnome_vfs_mime_get_all_components ()

GList*      gnome_vfs_mime_get_all_components
                                            (const char *mime_type);

gnome_vfs_mime_get_icon ()

const char* gnome_vfs_mime_get_icon         (const char *mime_type);

Query the MIME database for an icon representing the mime_type.

It usually returns a filename without path information, e.g. "i-chardev.png", and sometimes does not have an extension, e.g. "i-regular" if the icon is supposed to be image type agnostic between icon themes. Icons are generic and not theme specific. These will not necessarily match with the icons a user sees in Nautilus, you have been warned.

gnome_vfs_mime_get_description ()

const char* gnome_vfs_mime_get_description  (const char *mime_type);

Query the MIME database for a description of the mime_type.

gnome_vfs_mime_can_be_executable ()

gboolean    gnome_vfs_mime_can_be_executable
                                            (const char *mime_type);

Check whether files of mime_type might conceivably be executable. Default for known types if FALSE. Default for unknown types is TRUE.

gnome_vfs_mime_application_new_from_desktop_id ()

GnomeVFSMimeApplication* gnome_vfs_mime_application_new_from_desktop_id
                                            (const char *id);

Returns a new GnomeVFSMimeApplication for the id.

Since 2.10

gnome_vfs_mime_application_launch ()

GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_mime_application_launch
                                            (GnomeVFSMimeApplication *app,
                                             GList *uris);

Launches the given mime application with the given parameters. Command line parameters will be expanded as required by the application. The application will also be launched in a terminal if that is required. If the application only supports one argument per instance then multiple instances of the application will be launched.

Since 2.4

gnome_vfs_mime_application_launch_with_env ()

GnomeVFSResult gnome_vfs_mime_application_launch_with_env
                                            (GnomeVFSMimeApplication *app,
                                             GList *uris,
                                             char **envp);

Same as gnome_vfs_mime_application_launch() except that the application will be launched with the given environment.

Since 2.4

gnome_vfs_mime_application_get_desktop_id ()

const char* gnome_vfs_mime_application_get_desktop_id
                                            (GnomeVFSMimeApplication *app);

Returns the identifier of the desktop entry.

Since 2.10

gnome_vfs_mime_application_get_desktop_file_path ()

const char* gnome_vfs_mime_application_get_desktop_file_path
                                            (GnomeVFSMimeApplication *app);

Returns the path of the desktop entry, a configuration file describing the properties of a particular program like it's name, how it is to be launched, how it appears in menus.

Since 2.10

gnome_vfs_mime_application_get_name ()

const char* gnome_vfs_mime_application_get_name
                                            (GnomeVFSMimeApplication *app);

Returns the name of the application app

Since 2.10

gnome_vfs_mime_application_get_generic_name ()

const char* gnome_vfs_mime_application_get_generic_name
                                            (GnomeVFSMimeApplication *app);

Returns the generic name of the application.

Since 2.10

gnome_vfs_mime_application_get_icon ()

const char* gnome_vfs_mime_application_get_icon
                                            (GnomeVFSMimeApplication *app);

Returns an icon representing the specified application.

Since 2.10

gnome_vfs_mime_application_get_exec ()

const char* gnome_vfs_mime_application_get_exec
                                            (GnomeVFSMimeApplication *app);

Returns the program to execute, possibly with arguments and parameter variables, as specified by the Desktop Entry Specification.

Since 2.10

gnome_vfs_mime_application_get_binary_name ()

const char* gnome_vfs_mime_application_get_binary_name
                                            (GnomeVFSMimeApplication *app);

Returns the binary name of the specified application. Useful to implement startup notification. Note that this only provides partial information about application execution, it misses arguments and macros. DO NOT USE it to launch the application. Use gnome_vfs_mime_application_launch or gnome_vfs_mime_application_get_exec() if you really need to write a custom launcher.

Since 2.10

gnome_vfs_mime_application_requires_terminal ()

gboolean    gnome_vfs_mime_application_requires_terminal
                                            (GnomeVFSMimeApplication *app);

Returns whether the application runs in a terminal window.

Since 2.10

gnome_vfs_mime_application_supports_uris ()

gboolean    gnome_vfs_mime_application_supports_uris
                                            (GnomeVFSMimeApplication *app);

Returns whether the application accept uris as command lines arguments.

Since 2.10

gnome_vfs_mime_application_supports_startup_notification ()

gboolean    gnome_vfs_mime_application_supports_startup_notification
                                            (GnomeVFSMimeApplication *app);

Returns whether the application supports startup notification. If true, it is KNOWN that the application will send a "remove" message when started with the DESKTOP_LAUNCH_ID environment variable set.

Since 2.10

gnome_vfs_mime_application_get_startup_wm_class ()

const char* gnome_vfs_mime_application_get_startup_wm_class
                                            (GnomeVFSMimeApplication *app);

Returns the WM class of the main window of the application.

Since 2.10

gnome_vfs_mime_application_equal ()

gboolean    gnome_vfs_mime_application_equal
                                            (GnomeVFSMimeApplication *app_a,
                                             GnomeVFSMimeApplication *app_b);

Compare app_a and app_b.

Since 2.10

gnome_vfs_mime_application_copy ()

GnomeVFSMimeApplication* gnome_vfs_mime_application_copy
                                            (GnomeVFSMimeApplication *application);

Creates a newly referenced copy of a GnomeVFSMimeApplication object.

gnome_vfs_mime_application_free ()

void        gnome_vfs_mime_application_free (GnomeVFSMimeApplication *application);

Frees a GnomeVFSMimeApplication *.

gnome_vfs_mime_application_list_free ()

void        gnome_vfs_mime_application_list_free
                                            (GList *list);

Frees lists of GnomeVFSApplications, as returned from functions such as gnome_vfs_get_all_applications().

gnome_vfs_mime_component_list_free ()

void        gnome_vfs_mime_component_list_free
                                            (GList *list);