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 but returns the command string to be executed instead of the path of the 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