[gtk+] New gtk-launch command
- From: Matthias Clasen <matthiasc src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [gtk+] New gtk-launch command
- Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 19:06:05 +0000 (UTC)
commit bdc6395d648708d4948dfb654af9947033c953ac
Author: Tomas Bzatek <tbzatek redhat com>
Date: Mon Jul 16 17:29:01 2012 +0200
New gtk-launch command
This program launches an application specified by its desktop name
optinally taking list of URIs which are passed as arguments.
Uses GdkAppLaunchContext to get proper startup notification and
display handling for graphical apps.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=679342
docs/reference/gtk/Makefile.am | 4 +-
docs/reference/gtk/gtk-docs.sgml | 1 +
docs/reference/gtk/gtk-launch.xml | 72 ++++++++++++++++++
gtk/Makefile.am | 6 +-
gtk/gtk-launch.c | 149 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
5 files changed, 230 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/docs/reference/gtk/Makefile.am b/docs/reference/gtk/Makefile.am
index db1f012..8ef4044 100644
--- a/docs/reference/gtk/Makefile.am
+++ b/docs/reference/gtk/Makefile.am
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ content_files = \
x11.sgml \
gtk-query-immodules-3.0.xml \
gtk-update-icon-cache.xml \
+ gtk-launch.xml \
visual_index.xml \
getting_started.xml \
overview.xml
@@ -400,7 +401,8 @@ EXTRA_DIST += version.xml.in gtk3.types.in
man_MANS = \
gtk-query-immodules-3.0.1 \
- gtk-update-icon-cache.1
+ gtk-update-icon-cache.1 \
+ gtk-launch.1
if ENABLE_MAN
diff --git a/docs/reference/gtk/gtk-docs.sgml b/docs/reference/gtk/gtk-docs.sgml
index 6eca4d0..098d5d7 100644
--- a/docs/reference/gtk/gtk-docs.sgml
+++ b/docs/reference/gtk/gtk-docs.sgml
@@ -377,6 +377,7 @@
<title>GTK+ Tools</title>
<xi:include href="gtk-query-immodules-3.0.xml" />
<xi:include href="gtk-update-icon-cache.xml" />
+ <xi:include href="gtk-launch.xml" />
</part>
<xi:include href="glossary.xml" />
diff --git a/docs/reference/gtk/gtk-launch.xml b/docs/reference/gtk/gtk-launch.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..17fc540
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/reference/gtk/gtk-launch.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
+]>
+<refentry id="gtk-launch">
+
+<refentryinfo>
+ <title>gtk-launch</title>
+ <productname>gtk+</productname>
+ <authorgroup>
+ <author>
+ <contrib>Developer</contrib>
+ <firstname>TomÃÅ</firstname>
+ <surname>BÅatek</surname>
+ <email>tbzatek redhat com</email>
+ </author>
+ </authorgroup>
+</refentryinfo>
+
+<refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>gtk-launch</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
+ <refmiscinfo class="manual">User Commands</refmiscinfo>
+</refmeta>
+
+<refnamediv>
+ <refname>gtk-launch</refname>
+ <refpurpose>Launch an application</refpurpose>
+</refnamediv>
+
+<refsynopsisdiv>
+<cmdsynopsis>
+<command>gtk-launch</command>
+<arg>APPLICATION</arg>
+<arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">URI</arg>
+</cmdsynopsis>
+</refsynopsisdiv>
+
+<refsect1><title>Description</title>
+<para>
+<command>gtk-launch</command> launches an application using the given name.
+The application is started with proper startup notification on a default
+display, unless specified otherwise.
+</para>
+<para>
+<command>gtk-launch</command> takes at least one argument, the name of
+the application to launch. The name should match application desktop file name,
+as residing in /usr/share/application, with or without the '.desktop' suffix.
+</para>
+<para>
+If called with more than one argument, the rest of them besides the application name
+are considered URI locations and are passed as arguments to the launched application.
+</para>
+</refsect1>
+
+<refsect1><title>Options</title>
+ <para>The following options are understood:</para>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-?</option>, <option>--help</option></term>
+ <listitem><para>Prints a short help text and exits.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+</refsect1>
+
+<refsect1><title>Bugs</title>
+<para>
+None known yet.
+</para>
+</refsect1>
+
+</refentry>
diff --git a/gtk/Makefile.am b/gtk/Makefile.am
index 41c61b8..397fa4f 100644
--- a/gtk/Makefile.am
+++ b/gtk/Makefile.am
@@ -1286,7 +1286,8 @@ endif
# Installed tools
#
bin_PROGRAMS = \
- gtk-query-immodules-3.0
+ gtk-query-immodules-3.0 \
+ gtk-launch
if BUILD_ICON_CACHE
bin_PROGRAMS += gtk-update-icon-cache
@@ -1333,6 +1334,9 @@ gtk_update_icon_cache_LDADD = $(GDK_PIXBUF_LIBS)
gtk_update_icon_cache_SOURCES = updateiconcache.c
endif
+gtk_launch_LDADD = $(LDADDS)
+gtk_launch_SOURCES = gtk-launch.c
+
.PHONY: files test test-debug
files:
diff --git a/gtk/gtk-launch.c b/gtk/gtk-launch.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6d5be1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gtk/gtk-launch.c
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+/* GTK - The GIMP Toolkit
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * Author: Tomas Bzatek <tbzatek redhat com>
+ */
+
+#include <config.h>
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <locale.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+#include <glib.h>
+#include <glib/gi18n.h>
+#include <gio/gio.h>
+#include <gio/gdesktopappinfo.h>
+#include <gtk.h>
+
+static gchar **args = NULL;
+
+static GOptionEntry entries[] = {
+ { G_OPTION_REMAINING, 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_FILENAME_ARRAY, &args, NULL, NULL },
+ { NULL}
+};
+
+int
+main (int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+ GError *error = NULL;
+ GOptionContext *context = NULL;
+ gchar *summary;
+ gchar *app_name;
+ gchar *desktop_file_name;
+ GDesktopAppInfo *info;
+ GAppLaunchContext *launch_context;
+ GList *l;
+ GFile *f;
+
+ setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
+
+#ifdef ENABLE_NLS
+ bindtextdomain (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, GTK_LOCALEDIR);
+ textdomain (GETTEXT_PACKAGE);
+#ifdef HAVE_BIND_TEXTDOMAIN_CODESET
+ bind_textdomain_codeset (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, "UTF-8");
+#endif
+#endif
+
+ g_type_init ();
+
+ /* Translators: this message will appear immediately after the */
+ /* usage string - Usage: COMMAND [OPTION]... <THIS_MESSAGE> */
+ context =
+ g_option_context_new (_("APPLICATION [URI...] - launch an APPLICATION with URI."));
+
+ /* Translators: this message will appear after the usage string */
+ /* and before the list of options. */
+ summary = _("Launch specified application by its desktop file info\n"
+ "optionally passing list of URIs as arguments.");
+ g_option_context_set_summary (context, summary);
+ g_option_context_add_main_entries (context, entries, GETTEXT_PACKAGE);
+ g_option_context_add_group (context, gtk_get_option_group (FALSE));
+
+ g_option_context_parse (context, &argc, &argv, &error);
+
+ g_option_context_free (context);
+
+ if (error != NULL)
+ {
+ g_printerr (_("Error parsing commandline options: %s\n"), error->message);
+ g_printerr ("\n");
+ g_printerr (_("Try \"%s --help\" for more information."),
+ g_get_prgname ());
+ g_printerr ("\n");
+ g_error_free(error);
+ return 1;
+ }
+
+ if (!args)
+ {
+ /* Translators: the %s is the program name. This error message */
+ /* means the user is calling gtk-launch without any argument. */
+ g_printerr (_("%s: missing application name"), g_get_prgname ());
+ g_printerr ("\n");
+ g_printerr (_("Try \"%s --help\" for more information."),
+ g_get_prgname ());
+ g_printerr ("\n");
+ return 1;
+ }
+
+
+ gtk_init (&argc, &argv);
+
+ app_name = *args;
+ if (g_str_has_suffix (app_name, ".desktop"))
+ desktop_file_name = g_strdup (app_name);
+ else
+ desktop_file_name = g_strconcat (app_name, ".desktop", NULL);
+ info = g_desktop_app_info_new (desktop_file_name);
+ g_free (desktop_file_name);
+ args++;
+
+ if (!info)
+ {
+ /* Translators: the first %s is the program name, the second one */
+ /* is the application name. */
+ g_printerr (_("%s: no such application %s"),
+ g_get_prgname (), app_name);
+ g_printerr ("\n");
+ return 2;
+ }
+
+ l = NULL;
+ for (; *args; args++)
+ {
+ f = g_file_new_for_commandline_arg (*args);
+ l = g_list_append (l, f);
+ }
+
+ launch_context = (GAppLaunchContext*) gdk_display_get_app_launch_context (gdk_display_get_default ());
+ if (!g_app_info_launch (G_APP_INFO (info), l, launch_context, &error))
+ {
+ /* Translators: the first %s is the program name, the second one */
+ /* is the error message. */
+ g_printerr (_("%s: error launching application: %s\n"),
+ g_get_prgname (), error->message);
+ return 3;
+ }
+ g_object_unref (info);
+ g_object_unref (launch_context);
+ g_list_free_full (l, g_object_unref);
+
+ return 0;
+}
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