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xdg-mime query filetype does not give file type even with exist code 0
I am using manjaro kde with i3wm. When i am executing the command xdg-mime query filetype <file-type> it does not show anything. But when i am checking the exit code it is 0. Also when i am ...
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$XDG_CACHE_HOME vs. $XDG_STATE_HOME
Based on the XDG Base Directory Spacifications, $XDG_STATE_HOME should store history and log of the programs. But it is very common to see UNIX programs storing these kind of stuff at $XDG_CACHE_HOME, ...
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Firefox is already running ... error, but only from MS Teams
Whenever I click an HTTP(S) link in my desktop Teams client it hangs for about 5 seconds, then I get an error saying:
"Firefox is already running, but is not responding. To use Firefox, you must ...
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Custom mime type for directories
Is it possible to make a custom mime type for directories (inode/directory)?
Just like what MacOS does with *.app folders (app bundle) which make it possible to open them in another program.
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How to get KDE's Dolphin to recognize updated user-dirs.dirs?
~/.config/user-dirs.dirs holds the settings for the XDG user directories, accessible through the xdg-user-dirs-update command. I used to this command to update my user-dirs.dirs file to:
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XDG_DATA_DIRS env variable using two separator types in fish shell
After doing an OS upgrade (opensuse leap 15.2 -> 15.3), my XDG setup broke. Among other things, my XDG_DATA_DIR env var uses two different value separators: : and .
Current XDG_DATA_DIRS value:
/...
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Make cron inherit XDG_RUNTIME_DIR
I have a cron job that runs emacsclient which requires that XDG_RUNTIME_DIR to be set. I can set the variable to something like /run/user/1000 in the crontab but then this assumes that the owner of ...
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Arch Linux: Is it possible to configure chromium to be my default browser for only a single website?
xdg-settings get default-web-browser produces firefox.desktop. This is what I want in almost every case. For a single website I want links to open in chromium.
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Xfce4: How to decide which application to open the url based on patterns
The system has a bunch of browsers (like Chromium and Brave). All urls are to be opened by Chromium. So brave is not the default application for that. However, I want youtube links to be opened by ...
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Custom URI handling: xdg-open and Firefox work, but Chrome doesn't
I'm trying to configure my Linux environment to open obsidian:// URIs using the Obsidian app (see Using Obsidian URI).
This is the flow I'm using. I'm doing this on a clean Ubuntu machine to make sure ...
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xdg-open from .desktop file (in script)
I am trying to get a shell script to launch a browser. When run standalone, this script successfully opens a browser with
xdg-open http://localhost:8080
However, I am trying to make it convenient ...
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How do I set priority of which application opens a url schema (rdp://) in kde?
I have several applications installed that handles url schema rdp:// (for example, rdp://myadmin@1.2.3.4). These applications are Krdc and Remmina. I want such links to be opened in krdc, but they are ...
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Open default application for file and wait until it terminates
I tried to use xdg-open but it does not wait until the application terminates.
I also tried to get the MIME-type of the file with xdg-mime query filetype fileHere and using xdg-mime query default MIME-...
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How to change UnitPath property in systemd?
I'm experimenting with a non-standard home directory setup making heavy use of $XDG_CONFIG_HOME, $XDG_CACHE_HOME, etc. and most programs have run just fine. Unfortunately, my systemd user service for ...
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Problem with zsh_history file
I am currently trying to clean up my home directory by following this XDG BASE DIRECTORIES website.
To do so, i have stored in my ~/.zshenv:
# ---- Default editors ---- #
export EDITOR="nvim"...
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xdg-mime not doing anything
Created an empty file in ~ called test.desktop. Ran xdg-mime default test.desktop inode/directory, which returned success (returned 0). After this, xdg-mime query default inode/directory returned caja-...
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Portable way to set custom URL scheme handler for all users
I already know how to create a custom URL scheme and set its handler using xdg-utils:
xdg-settings set default-url-scheme-handler name handler.desktop
However, the command affects only the current ...
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How to set all youtube links to open in mpv
I would like to set my system to open all links is mpv as default ie. I click link to youtube video in IRC, mumble, discord, signal etc. it opens in mpv. I have read through xdg-open and xdg-mime but ...
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xdg-open opens my .desktop file in text viewer or editor instead of launching the executable I want
I tried to create a .desktop file to launch xfreerdp with certain command-line arguments, using https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Desktop_entries as a quick reference. Its file name is something....
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xdg-scheme-handler doesn't open script with same terminal that launching it from a desktop menu does
I'm trying to set a x-scheme-handler URI for my python application. This application is launched via a shell script in /usr/bin. I've had a desktop file for a while, and it's worked fine, opening the ...
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How do I unset my default xdg browser?
I want to debug a program's behaviour when the user has no default web browser set, but I'm not sure how I'd return to this state after setting one. I know that I can set my default browser via xdg-...
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Where is the relevant .desktop file?
I can open a Python source file using xdg-open, e.g.,
$ xdg-open Documents/tmp/paramk.py
Waiting for Emacs...
$
what happens is that emacsclient is invoked and xdg-open returns when I close the Emacs'...
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Setting DISPLAY=:0 and XAUTHORITY=/home/pi/.Xauthority causes FFmpeg to run poorly
I've setup a webcam viewer that detects when a USB webcam is plugged in with a udev rule, then starts a systemd service that executes a script that starts an FFmpeg/FFplay webcam stream. I noticed ...
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Is it possible to use unicode character within glob pattern in mime definition file?
I'm issuing the command xdg-mime install nv-custom.xml - using this file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<mime-info xmlns="http://www.freedesktop.org/...
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How to set MIME priority for applications?
Image types (e.g. image/jpeg, image/png etc.) are widely supported by ImageMagick and Eye of GNOME, so the only way I see to set priority for EOG is to check it's supported formats in .desktop and ...
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Debian Buster XFCE: make PCManFM default, including for Open a Directory, as in Chromium - downloads - show in folder
Using Debian Buster XFCE. XFCE is married to Thunar, so cannot remove thunar.
I would prefer Chromium (or any other app that might choose to open a directory), as when viewing Downloads and clicking '...
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Assign an icon to a custom mimetype
I tried to create a custom mimetype (text/graphml+xml) by creating the file ~/.local/share/mime/packages/graphml+xml-mime.xml with this content:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<mime-...
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Links try and fail to open in firefox, then open in chromium after killall firefox
Whenever I click a link in some GUI applications, such as signal or slack, either nothing happens, or I just see the screen flash (the screen also flashes when I start firefox normally). This happens ...
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Cannot make xdg-mime query return chosen browser
After maybe one year of using Chromium as the default browser, my Linux switched spontaneously to using Firefox (probably because of some updates). I want to switch back. Based on this answer, I ...
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How to disable /etc/xdg/{something}?
Take /etc/xdg/kwinrulesrc for example:
$ cat /etc/xdg/kwinrulesrc
[1]
Description=dde-dock
desktop=-1
desktoprule=2
wmclass=dde-dock dde-dock
wmclasscomplete=true
wmclassmatch=1
[2]
Description=dde-...
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What is the procedure to update mime type associations in KDE?
I would like to revert to the default mime definitions at the system level, and also rebuild my local mime database. I am running Arch Linux KDE.
The Arch Wiki says,
If you use a desktop ...
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In XDG Base Directory Specification what if $HOME is unset or empty
Personally I'd like to adhere to to XDG Base Directory Specification to make my utility more portable.
However when doing so it requires me to re-implement for systems that do not have the XDG_ ...
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How do I get XDG_CONFIG_HOME from a shell script / command line?
Is ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-${HOME}/.config} enough or there are more tricks to it?
Is there maybe some xdg-user-dir CONFIG or xdg-settings invocation that gives me where to expect programs' configs?
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Why are the XDG variables for my account undefined when I login through SSH?
When logged in to the desktop:
$ env | grep XDG_
XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/etc/xdg
XDG_SESSION_PATH=/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Session4
XDG_MENU_PREFIX=xfce-
XDG_SEAT=seat0
XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP=xfce
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MIME type text/html: how & where defined?
I've asked a related question on AskUbuntu (How to open *.htm differently than *.html?) with no interest yet, so I'm addressing the same issue with a more fundamental question.
I cannot find how and ...
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Create a custom URL Protocol Handler
I would like to register a URL scheme (or protocol) handler for my own custom URL protocol, so that clicking on a link with this custom protocol will execute a command on that URL. Which steps do I ...
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Understanding AutostartCondition key in .desktop files
CentOS 7.x with GNOME 3 Shell by default provides the following *.desktop files under /etc/xdg/autostart/ with AutostartCondition key:
# gnome-welcome-tour.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
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Where should I store my application files (data, cache, logs, crashes, etc.) [closed]
Although I did some research on this subject, I couldn't reach the exact information I wanted. Actually, not exactly disclosed, everyone approached in a different way.
For the: Filesystem Hierarchy ...
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Launch default terminal emulator by command
How do I launch the default terminal emulator by command? x-terminal-emulator won't work because I'm not using a Debian and xdg-terminal doesn't seem to exist either. Is there any other way to launch ...
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How to create / delete $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR at login / logoff
Today I was surprised to ssh into my box running Arch Linux and find that /run/user/$(id -u) didn't exist.
The XDG Base Directory Specification says:
$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR defines the base directory ...
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What's the right way to add directories to XDG_DATA_DIRS?
I've installed some app under /opt/myapp, which has a /opt/myapp/share directory. As I finish installing, it tells me:
Note that '/opt/myapp/share' is not in the search path
set by the XDG_DATA_HOME ...
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Change icons directory to a xdg base directory
How can I change the icons directory from ~/.icons to $XDG_DATA_HOME/icons/?
I set $XDG_DATA_HOME to ~/.data/, but it didn't work (it seems that the icon configuration is not compliant to XDG Base ...
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Can I use ~/.config/ instead of ~/ for arbitrary packages?
I read very little about xdg, probably just enough to be dangerous. From what I've seen online, it looks like the new cool thing is to put specification files for X in ~/.config/ instead of just ~/ ...
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How to make flatpak applications use standard locations for user data files?
Applications installed with Flatpak are keeping user data and configuration under ~/.var/app/ (see Wiki and documentation).
I would like the applications installed with Flatpak to reuse the ...
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Is there a standard XDG location for user secrets?
XDG defines ~/.config, ~/.cache and other shell-agnostic locations for user configuration files. Some applications define their own locations for user secrets, like ~/.ssh and ~/.gpg.
Is there an XDG-...
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Which program runs $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/autostart in Debian 9?
Which program runs $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/autostart in Debian 9?
I tried putting the following .desktop file in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/autostart:
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=test
Comment=test
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Cannot set default application for xdg-open
I am trying to make gthumb the default when opening png files from the terminal
$ xdg-mime default ~/.gnome/apps/gthumb.desktop image/png
I created this symlink:
$ ls -l ~/.gnome/apps/gthumb....
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xdg-open on debian 9 fails to open browser
I decided to try lxdm (was using fluxbox and xfce), and discovered that for many programs the url handler was failing, producing this error message;
Quite strange as you can see, it's prepending the ...
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Switching user with gdmflexiserver from i3
Apparently, when using gdm3 (the default of Ubuntu 18.04) we should be able to run gdmflexiserver to get a new greeter and log in with resp. switch to another user.
When running the command in my i3 ...
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Is there a home directory location for overriding icons?
There are a few home directory locations that complement /usr locations. Files in these locations override their /usr counterparts. For example:
~/.local/bin complements /usr/bin
~/.local/share/...
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