I'm trying to follow XDG directory specification on my Java application. I have already used it for application data: protected String getDefaultDataDir() { String rootPath = System.getenv("XDG...

Let's say I'm writing a program, and I want it to follow the XDG Base Directory Specification for where it puts its files (app foo uses $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/foo as the directory for configuration files...

What's the best way to open a file in the default application from Vala? A bit like how xdg-open works.

How can I get a list of applications that are capable to open a specific filetype / MIME-type? I'm searching for a desktop-environment independent solution on Linux. I found the possibilty to get ...

I would like to send desktop notifications through D-BUS using https://crates.io/crates/dbus. My current approach is: let c = Connection::get_private(BusType::Session).unwrap(); //let m = Messa...

I am working on a project where I need to inhibit power management (e.g. suspend) programatically. I am able to do so perfectly from Python: import dbus pm = dbus.SessionBus().get_object("org.free...

My program requires an environment variable as part of one of its parameters: myprogram --folder=$HOME/.special However, if I put this into a .desktop file's exec line, it doesn't work: Exec=my...