feat: add path guesses for desktop entry daemon entries #11
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[Desktop Entry Daemon](https://github.com/ryanabx/desktop-entry-daemon) is a daemon that allows you to register desktop entries and icons at runtime. There are 3 lifetimes a client can choose to use: * Process - Desktop entries and icons will be cleared when the calling process exits * Session - Desktop entries and icons will be cleared when the session is restarted OR when the daemon restarts * Persistent - Desktop entries and icons are persistent across reboots and won't be deleted unless explicitly called to do so. The directories for these lifetimes are: * Process - `/run/user/$UID/desktop-entry-daemon/process/` * Session - `/run/user/$UID/desktop-entry-daemon/session/` * Persistent - `$HOME/.cache/desktop-entry-daemon/` This PR allows for the `PathSource::guess_from()` function to identify paths from desktop-entry-daemon.
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Why not use the default paths in the daemon? |
Same reason flatpak doesn't - because it needs to be sure which desktop entries belong to the daemon Think about it - you don't want the daemon accidentally deleting your permanent entries thinking they're temporary, and vice versa, you don't want it not cleaning up temporary entries because they're in a permanent directory |
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I see, i was wondering because chrome web apps use |
Yeah, an alternative would be to save a list of managed apps from the application, which works fine, but in the event that the application quits unexpectedly or something gets messed up, it's better to know that everything there is free to delete, as it's intended to be temporary. Also removes the worry that an app will have the same ID as one that's supposed to be permanent and it gets overwritten by a temporary entry. |
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Maybe you could store them in a folder, ei |
not sure if that's how the spec works, I could be not aware though |
Desktop Entry Daemon is a daemon that allows you to register desktop entries and icons at runtime.
There are 3 lifetimes a client can choose to use:
The directories for these lifetimes are:
/run/user/$UID/desktop-entry-daemon/process//run/user/$UID/desktop-entry-daemon/session/$HOME/.cache/desktop-entry-daemon/This PR allows for the
PathSource::guess_from()function to identify paths from desktop-entry-daemon.