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...

I am using generator-angular-fullstack. On my local machine its working fine, I run grunt serve it starts server but in VPS it's failing Warning: Command failed: xdg-open: no method availabl...

I use the command xdg-open quite a lot in my Ubuntu Linux terminal. However, two things irk me: Is it possible to suppress the error messages? Is it possible to get the command to always complet...

I am planning to develop a cross-platform script. On Linux and other operating systems, it will store configuration in XDG_CONFIG_HOME and data files (specifically, downloaded plugins) in XDG_DATA_...

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

I used to open text files with sublime, and for Read-only files, I used to do : sudo sublime. But now just suddenly the sudo sublime command gives the following error : (sublime:3931): Gtk-WARNING...

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 try to create a new message with several attachments via command line, but this does not work: thunderbird -compose "attachment='/etc/mtab',attachment='/etc/fstab'" Only the first file gets at...

I am using ubuntu 15.04 and chrome. When i click on any html link with mailto protocol e.g. <a href="mailto:[email protected]">Click to send me email!</a> It opens my default em...

I wrote a simple native GUI script with python-gtk. Now I want to give the user a button to send an email with an attachment. The script runs on Linux desktops. Is there a way to open the user's p...