freedesktop

Provides support for some freedesktop.org specifications. More...

• List of all members, including inherited members

Properties

• appName : string
• desktopKeys : var

Detailed Description

The freedesktop module contains properties and rules for building and working with applications compliant to freedesktop.org specifications on UNIX platforms. The areas in which this module can be of use include:

• Creation or post-processing of .desktop files
• Installation of AppStream metadata
• Defining the location for application icons

This module is available on all platforms but is currently only useful on UNIX platforms.

Example usage

Application {
    ...
    Depends { name: "freedesktop" }

    Group {
        files: [
            ...

            // Declare the desktop and appstream files
            "data/my-app.desktop",
            "data/my-app.metainfo.xml",
        ]
    }

    // Add/change some fields in the desktop file
    freedesktop.desktopKeys: ({
        'Exec': FileInfo.joinPaths(qbs.installPrefix,
                                   product.installDir,
                                   product.targetName) + ' --argument',
        'X-Application-Version': product.version,
    })

    // Declare the application icon
    Group {
        files: "icons/my-application.svg"
        fileTags: "freedesktop.appIcon"
    }
}

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