1 <html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><title>gio.AppInfo</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.76.1"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="PyGObject Reference Manual"><link rel="up" href="gio-class-reference.html" title="PyGio Class Reference"><link rel="prev" href="gio-class-reference.html" title="PyGio Class Reference"><link rel="next" href="class-gioapplaunchcontext.html" title="gio.AppLaunchContext"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">gio.AppInfo</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="gio-class-reference.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">PyGio Class Reference</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="class-gioapplaunchcontext.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="refentry" title="gio.AppInfo"><a name="class-gioappinfo"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>gio.AppInfo</h2><p>gio.AppInfo — Information about an installed application and methods to launch it (with file arguments).</p></div><div class="refsect1" title="Synopsis"><a name="id509673"></a><h2>Synopsis</h2><table bgcolor="#D0E0F0" width="100%"><tr><td><pre class="classsynopsis">class <span class="ooclass"><span class="classname">gio.AppInfo</span></span>(<span class="ooclass"><span class="classname"><a class="link" href="class-gobjectginterface.html" title="gobject.GInterface">gobject.GInterface</a></span></span>):
2 <code class="constructorsynopsis"> <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-gioappinfo.html#constructor-gioappinfo" title="Constructor">gio.AppInfo</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>commandline</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>application_name</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.APP_INFO_CREATE_NONE</span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis"> def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-gioappinfo.html#method-gioappinfo--add-supports-type" title="gio.AppInfo.add_supports_type">add_supports_type</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>content_type</code></strong></span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis"> def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-gioappinfo.html#method-gioappinfo--can-delete" title="gio.AppInfo.can_delete">can_delete</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis"> def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-gioappinfo.html#method-gioappinfo--can-remove-supports-type" title="gio.AppInfo.can_remove_supports_type">can_remove_supports_type</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis"> def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-gioappinfo.html#method-gioappinfo--delete" title="gio.AppInfo.delete">delete</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis"> def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-gioappinfo.html#method-gioappinfo--dup" title="gio.AppInfo.dup">dup</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis"> def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-gioappinfo.html#method-gioappinfo--equal" title="gio.AppInfo.equal">equal</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>appinfo2</code></strong></span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis"> def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-gioappinfo.html#method-gioappinfo--get-commandline" title="gio.AppInfo.get_commandline">get_commandline</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis"> def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-gioappinfo.html#method-gioappinfo--get-description" title="gio.AppInfo.get_description">get_description</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis"> def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-gioappinfo.html#method-gioappinfo--get-executable" title="gio.AppInfo.get_executable">get_executable</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis"> def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-gioappinfo.html#method-gioappinfo--get-icon" title="gio.AppInfo.get_icon">get_icon</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis"> def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-gioappinfo.html#method-gioappinfo--get-id" title="gio.AppInfo.get_id">get_id</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis"> def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-gioappinfo.html#method-gioappinfo--get-name" title="gio.AppInfo.get_name">get_name</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis"> def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-gioappinfo.html#method-gioappinfo--launch" title="gio.AppInfo.launch">launch</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>files</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>launch_context</code></strong></span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis"> def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-gioappinfo.html#method-gioappinfo--launch-uris" title="gio.AppInfo.launch_uris">launch_uris</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>uris</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>launch_context</code></strong></span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis"> def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-gioappinfo.html#method-gioappinfo--remove-supports-type" title="gio.AppInfo.remove_supports_type">remove_supports_type</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>content_type</code></strong></span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis"> def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-gioappinfo.html#method-gioappinfo--set-as-default-for-extension" title="gio.AppInfo.set_as_default_for_extension">set_as_default_for_extension</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>extension</code></strong></span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis"> def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-gioappinfo.html#method-gioappinfo--set-as-default-for-type" title="gio.AppInfo.set_as_default_for_type">set_as_default_for_type</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>content_type</code></strong></span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis"> def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-gioappinfo.html#method-gioappinfo--should-show" title="gio.AppInfo.should_show">should_show</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis"> def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-gioappinfo.html#method-gioappinfo--supports-files" title="gio.AppInfo.supports_files">supports_files</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis"> def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-gioappinfo.html#method-gioappinfo--supports-uris" title="gio.AppInfo.supports_uris">supports_uris</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"></span>)</code><br></pre></td></tr></table><pre class="programlisting">
3 <span class="bold"><strong>Functions</strong></span>
5 <code class="methodsynopsis"> def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-gioappinfo.html#function-gio--app-info-get-all" title="gio.app_info_get_all">gio.app_info_get_all</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis"> def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-gioappinfo.html#function-gio--app-info-get-all-for-type" title="gio.app_info_get_all_for_type">gio.app_info_get_all_for_type</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>content_type</code></strong></span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis"> def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-gioappinfo.html#function-gio--app-info-get-default-for-type" title="gio.app_info_get_default_for_type">gio.app_info_get_default_for_type</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>content_type</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>must_support_uris</code></strong></span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis"> def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-gioappinfo.html#function-gio--app-info-get-default-for-uri-scheme" title="gio.app_info_get_default_for_uri_scheme">gio.app_info_get_default_for_uri_scheme</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>uri_scheme</code></strong></span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis"> def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-gioappinfo.html#function-gio--app-info-reset-type-association" title="gio.app_info_reset_type_association">gio.app_info_reset_type_association</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>content_type</code></strong></span></span>)</code></pre></div><div class="refsect1" title="Ancestry"><a name="id509140"></a><h2>Ancestry</h2><pre class="synopsis">+-- <a class="link" href="class-gobjectginterface.html" title="gobject.GInterface">gobject.GInterface</a>
6 +-- <a class="link" href="class-gioappinfo.html" title="gio.AppInfo">gio.AppInfo</a>
7 </pre></div><div class="refsect1" title="Known Implementation"><a name="id509121"></a><h2>Known Implementation</h2><p>
8 <a class="link" href="class-gioappinfo.html" title="gio.AppInfo"><code class="classname">gio.AppInfo</code></a> is implemented by
9 <PYGTKDOCLINK HREF="class-giodesktopappinfo"><code class="classname">gio.DesktopAppInfo</code></PYGTKDOCLINK>
10 </p></div><div class="refsect1" title="Description"><a name="id509100"></a><h2>Description</h2><p>
11 <a class="link" href="class-gioappinfo.html" title="gio.AppInfo"><code class="classname">gio.AppInfo</code></a>
12 and <a class="link" href="class-gioapplaunchcontext.html" title="gio.AppLaunchContext"><code class="classname">gio.AppLaunchContext</code></a>
13 are used for describing and launching applications installed on the system.
15 As of GLib 2.20, URIs will always be converted to POSIX paths (using
16 <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--get-path" title="gio.File.get_path">gio.File.get_path</a></code>()) when using
17 <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-gioappinfo.html#method-gioappinfo--launch" title="gio.AppInfo.launch">gio.AppInfo.launch</a></code>()
18 even if the application requested an URI and not a POSIX path. For example for an desktop-file
19 based application with Exec key totem %U and a single URI, sftp://foo/file.avi, then /home/user/.gvfs/sftp
20 on foo/file.avi will be passed. This will only work if a set of suitable GIO extensions (such as gvfs 2.26
21 compiled with FUSE support), is available and operational; if this is not the case, the URI will be passed
22 unmodified to the application. Some URIs, such as mailto:, of course cannot be mapped to a POSIX path
23 (in gvfs there's no FUSE mount for it); such URIs will be passed unmodified to the application.
25 Specifically for gvfs 2.26 and later, the POSIX URI will be mapped back to the GIO URI in the
26 <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a> constructors
27 (since gvfs implements the GVfs extension point). As such, if the application needs to examine the URI,
29 <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--get-uri" title="gio.File.get_uri">gio.File.get_uri</a></code>()
31 <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a>.
32 In other words, an application cannot assume that the URI passed to e.g.
33 <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#constructor-giofile" title="Constructor">gio.File</a></code>() constructor
34 is equal to the result of
35 <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-giofile.html#method-giofile--get-uri" title="gio.File.get_uri">gio.File.get_uri</a></code>().
36 </p></div><div class="refsect1" title="Constructor"><a name="constructor-gioappinfo"></a><h2>Constructor</h2><pre class="programlisting"><code class="constructorsynopsis"> <span class="methodname">gio.AppInfo</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>commandline</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>application_name</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=None</span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>flags</code></strong></span><span class="initializer">=gio.APP_INFO_CREATE_NONE</span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>commandline</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>the commandline to use
37 </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>application_name</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>the application name, or <code class="literal">None</code> to use commandline.
38 </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>flags</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>flags that can specify details of the created,
39 from <a class="xref" href="gio-constants.html#gio-app-info-constants" title="Gio AppInfo Create Flags Constants">Gio AppInfo Create Flags Constants</a>
40 </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td>a new
41 <a class="link" href="class-gioappinfo.html" title="gio.AppInfo"><code class="classname">gio.AppInfo</code></a>
43 </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
44 Creates a new <a class="link" href="class-gioappinfo.html" title="gio.AppInfo"><code class="classname">gio.AppInfo</code></a>
45 from the given information.
46 </p></div><div class="refsect1" title="Methods"><a name="id508887"></a><h2>Methods</h2><div class="refsect2" title="gio.AppInfo.add_supports_type"><a name="method-gioappinfo--add-supports-type"></a><h3>gio.AppInfo.add_supports_type</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis"> def <span class="methodname">add_supports_type</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>content_type</code></strong></span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>content_type</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>A string.</td></tr></tbody></table><p>
47 The <code class="methodname">add_supports_type</code>() method adds a content type
48 to the application information to indicate the application is capable of
49 opening files with the given content type.
50 </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.AppInfo.can_delete"><a name="method-gioappinfo--can-delete"></a><h3>gio.AppInfo.can_delete</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis"> def <span class="methodname">can_delete</span>(<span class="methodparam"></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td><code class="literal">True</code> if appinfo can be deleted.
51 </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
52 The <code class="methodname">can_delete</code>() method obtains the information
53 whether the <a class="link" href="class-gioappinfo.html" title="gio.AppInfo"><code class="classname">gio.AppInfo</code></a>
55 <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-gioappinfo.html#method-gioappinfo--delete" title="gio.AppInfo.delete">gio.AppInfo.delete</a></code>().
56 </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.AppInfo.can_remove_supports_type"><a name="method-gioappinfo--can-remove-supports-type"></a><h3>gio.AppInfo.can_remove_supports_type</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis"> def <span class="methodname">can_remove_supports_type</span>(<span class="methodparam"></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td><code class="literal">True</code> if it is possible to remove
57 supported content types from a given appinfo, <code class="literal">False</code>
58 if not. </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
59 The <code class="methodname">can_remove_supports_type</code>() method checks if a
60 supported content type can be removed from an application.
61 </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.AppInfo.delete"><a name="method-gioappinfo--delete"></a><h3>gio.AppInfo.delete</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis"> def <span class="methodname">delete</span>(<span class="methodparam"></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td><code class="literal">True</code> if appinfo has been deleted.
62 </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
63 The <code class="methodname">delete</code>() method tries to delete an
64 <a class="link" href="class-gioappinfo.html" title="gio.AppInfo"><code class="classname">gio.AppInfo</code></a>.
66 On some platforms, there may be a difference between user-defined
67 <a class="link" href="class-gioappinfo.html" title="gio.AppInfo"><code class="classname">gio.AppInfo</code></a>s
68 which can be deleted, and system-wide ones which cannot. See
69 <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-gioappinfo.html#method-gioappinfo--can-delete" title="gio.AppInfo.can_delete">gio.AppInfo.can_delete</a></code>().
70 </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.AppInfo.dup"><a name="method-gioappinfo--dup"></a><h3>gio.AppInfo.dup</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis"> def <span class="methodname">dup</span>(<span class="methodparam"></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td>A duplicate of appinfo.</td></tr></tbody></table><p>
71 The <code class="methodname">dup</code>() method creates a duplicate of a
72 <a class="link" href="class-gioappinfo.html" title="gio.AppInfo"><code class="classname">gio.AppInfo</code></a>.
73 </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.AppInfo.equal"><a name="method-gioappinfo--equal"></a><h3>gio.AppInfo.equal</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis"> def <span class="methodname">equal</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>icon2</code></strong></span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>appinfo2</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>the second
74 <a class="link" href="class-gioappinfo.html" title="gio.AppInfo"><code class="classname">gio.AppInfo</code></a>
75 </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td><code class="literal">True</code> if appinfo1 is equal to appinfo2.
76 <code class="literal">False</code> otherwise.</td></tr></tbody></table><p>
77 The <code class="methodname">equal</code>() method checks if two
78 <a class="link" href="class-gioappinfo.html" title="gio.AppInfo"><code class="classname">gio.AppInfo</code></a>s are equal.
79 </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.AppInfo.get_commandline"><a name="method-gioappinfo--get-commandline"></a><h3>gio.AppInfo.get_commandline</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis"> def <span class="methodname">get_commandline</span>(<span class="methodparam"></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td>a string containing the appinfo's commandline, or
80 <code class="literal">None</code> if this information is not available.
81 </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
82 The <code class="methodname">get_commandline</code>() method gets the
83 commandline with which the application will be started.
84 </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.AppInfo.get_description"><a name="method-gioappinfo--get-description"></a><h3>gio.AppInfo.get_description</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis"> def <span class="methodname">get_description</span>(<span class="methodparam"></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td>A string containing a description of the application
85 appinfo, or <code class="literal">None</code> if none.</td></tr></tbody></table><p>
86 The <code class="methodname">get_description</code>() method gets a human-readable
87 description of an installed application.
88 </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.AppInfo.get_executable"><a name="method-gioappinfo--get-executable"></a><h3>gio.AppInfo.get_executable</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis"> def <span class="methodname">get_executable</span>(<span class="methodparam"></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td>a string containing the appinfo's application
90 </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
91 The <code class="methodname">get_description</code>() method gets the executable's
92 name for the installed application.
93 </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.AppInfo.get_icon"><a name="method-gioappinfo--get-icon"></a><h3>gio.AppInfo.get_icon</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis"> def <span class="methodname">get_icon</span>(<span class="methodparam"></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td>the default
94 <a class="link" href="class-gioicon.html" title="gio.Icon"><code class="classname">gio.Icon</code></a> for appinfo.
95 </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
96 The <code class="methodname">get_icon</code>() method gets the icon for the application.
97 </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.AppInfo.get_id"><a name="method-gioappinfo--get-id"></a><h3>gio.AppInfo.get_id</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis"> def <span class="methodname">get_id</span>(<span class="methodparam"></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td>a string containing the application's ID.
98 </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
99 The <code class="methodname">get_id</code>() method gets the ID of an application.
100 An id is a string that identifies the application. The exact format of the
101 id is platform dependent. For instance, on Unix this is the desktop file id
102 from the xdg menu specification.
104 Note that the returned ID may be <code class="literal">None</code>, depending on
105 how the appinfo has been constructed.
106 </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.AppInfo.get_name"><a name="method-gioappinfo--get-name"></a><h3>gio.AppInfo.get_name</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis"> def <span class="methodname">get_name</span>(<span class="methodparam"></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td>the name of the application for appinfo.
107 </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
108 The <code class="methodname">get_name</code>() method gets the installed
109 name of the application.
110 </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.AppInfo.launch"><a name="method-gioappinfo--launch"></a><h3>gio.AppInfo.launch</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis"> def <span class="methodname">launch</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>files</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>launch_context</code></strong></span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>files</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a list of <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a> objects.
111 </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>launch_context</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a <a class="link" href="class-gioapplaunchcontext.html" title="gio.AppLaunchContext"><code class="classname">gio.AppLaunchContext</code></a>
112 or <code class="literal">None</code>.</td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td><code class="literal">True</code> on successful launch,
113 <code class="literal">False</code> otherwise.
114 </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
115 The <code class="methodname">launch</code>() method launches the application.
116 Passes files to the launched application as arguments, using the optional
117 launch_context to get information about the details of the launcher
118 (like what screen it is on). On error, error will be set accordingly.
120 To lauch the application without arguments pass a <code class="literal">None</code> for files list.
122 Note that even if the launch is successful the application launched can fail
123 to start if it runs into problems during startup. There is no way to detect this.
125 Some URIs can be changed when passed through a
126 <a class="link" href="class-giofile.html" title="gio.File"><code class="classname">gio.File</code></a>
127 (for instance unsupported uris with strange formats like mailto:), so
128 if you have a textual uri you want to pass in as argument, consider using
129 <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-gioappinfo.html#method-gioappinfo--launch-uris" title="gio.AppInfo.launch_uris">gio.File.launch_uris</a></code>()
131 </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.AppInfo.launch_uris"><a name="method-gioappinfo--launch-uris"></a><h3>gio.AppInfo.launch_uris</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis"> def <span class="methodname">launch_uris</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>uris</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>launch_context</code></strong></span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>uris</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a list containing URIs to launch.
132 </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>launch_context</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a <a class="link" href="class-gioapplaunchcontext.html" title="gio.AppLaunchContext"><code class="classname">gio.AppLaunchContext</code></a>
133 or <code class="literal">None</code>.</td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td><code class="literal">True</code> on successful launch,
134 <code class="literal">False</code> otherwise.
135 </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
136 The <code class="methodname">launch_uris</code>() method launches the application.
137 Passes uris to the launched application as arguments, using the optional
138 launch_context to get information about the details of the launcher
139 (like what screen it is on). On error, error will be set accordingly.
141 To lauch the application without arguments pass a <code class="literal">None</code> for files list.
143 Note that even if the launch is successful the application launched can fail
144 to start if it runs into problems during startup. There is no way to detect this.
145 </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.AppInfo.remove_supports_type"><a name="method-gioappinfo--remove-supports-type"></a><h3>gio.AppInfo.remove_supports_type</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis"> def <span class="methodname">remove_supports_type</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>content_type</code></strong></span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>content_type</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>A string.</td></tr></tbody></table><p>
146 The <code class="methodname">remove_supports_type</code>() method removes a
147 supported type from an application, if possible.
148 </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.AppInfo.set_as_default_for_extension"><a name="method-gioappinfo--set-as-default-for-extension"></a><h3>gio.AppInfo.set_as_default_for_extension</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis"> def <span class="methodname">set_as_default_for_extension</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>extension</code></strong></span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>extension</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>A string containing the file extension (without the dot).
149 </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
150 The <code class="methodname">set_as_default_for_extension</code>() method sets the
151 application as the default handler for the given file extention.
152 </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.AppInfo.set_as_default_for_type"><a name="method-gioappinfo--set-as-default-for-type"></a><h3>gio.AppInfo.set_as_default_for_type</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis"> def <span class="methodname">set_as_default_for_type</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>content_type</code></strong></span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>content_type</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>The content type.
153 </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
154 The <code class="methodname">set_as_default_for_type</code>() method sets the
155 application as the default handler for a given type.
156 </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.AppInfo.should_show"><a name="method-gioappinfo--should-show"></a><h3>gio.AppInfo.should_show</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis"> def <span class="methodname">should_show</span>(<span class="methodparam"></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td><code class="literal">True</code> if the appinfo should be shown,
157 <code class="literal">False</code> otherwise.
158 </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
159 The <code class="methodname">should_show</code>() method checks if the application
160 info should be shown in menus that list available applications.
161 </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.AppInfo.supports_files"><a name="method-gioappinfo--supports-files"></a><h3>gio.AppInfo.supports_files</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis"> def <span class="methodname">supports_files</span>(<span class="methodparam"></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td><code class="literal">True</code> if the appinfo supports files.
162 </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
163 The <code class="methodname">supports_files</code>() method checks if the application
164 accepts files as arguments.
165 </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.AppInfo.supports_uris"><a name="method-gioappinfo--supports-uris"></a><h3>gio.AppInfo.supports_uris</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis"> def <span class="methodname">supports_uris</span>(<span class="methodparam"></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td><code class="literal">True</code> if the appinfo supports uris.
166 </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
167 The <code class="methodname">supports_uris</code>() method checks if the application
168 accepts uris as arguments.
169 </p></div></div><div class="refsect1" title="Functions"><a name="id507387"></a><h2>Functions</h2><div class="refsect2" title="gio.app_info_get_all"><a name="function-gio--app-info-get-all"></a><h3>gio.app_info_get_all</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis"> def <span class="methodname">app_info_get_all</span>(<span class="methodparam"></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td>A list of <a class="link" href="class-gioappinfo.html" title="gio.AppInfo"><code class="classname">gio.AppInfo</code></a>s.
170 </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
171 The <code class="methodname">app_info_get_all</code>() function gets a list of all of
172 the applications currently registered on this system.
174 For desktop files, this includes applications that have NoDisplay=true set or are
175 excluded from display by means of OnlyShowIn or NotShowIn. See
176 <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-gioappinfo.html#method-gioappinfo--should-show" title="gio.AppInfo.should_show">gio.AppInfo.should_show</a></code>().
177 The returned list does not include applications which have the Hidden key set.
178 </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.app_info_get_all_for_type"><a name="function-gio--app-info-get-all-for-type"></a><h3>gio.app_info_get_all_for_type</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis"> def <span class="methodname">app_info_get_all_for_type</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>content_type</code></strong></span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>content_type</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>the content type to find a
179 <a class="link" href="class-gioappinfo.html" title="gio.AppInfo"><code class="classname">gio.AppInfo</code></a>
180 for.</td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td>A list of <a class="link" href="class-gioappinfo.html" title="gio.AppInfo"><code class="classname">gio.AppInfo</code></a>s
181 for a given content type or <code class="literal">None</code> on error.
182 </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
183 The <code class="methodname">app_info_get_all_for_type</code>() function gets a list of all
184 <a class="link" href="class-gioappinfo.html" title="gio.AppInfo"><code class="classname">gio.AppInfo</code></a>s
185 for a given content type.
186 </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.app_info_get_default_for_type"><a name="function-gio--app-info-get-default-for-type"></a><h3>gio.app_info_get_default_for_type</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis"> def <span class="methodname">app_info_get_default_for_type</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>content_type</code></strong></span></span>, <span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>must_support_uris</code></strong></span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>content_type</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>the content type to find a
187 <a class="link" href="class-gioappinfo.html" title="gio.AppInfo"><code class="classname">gio.AppInfo</code></a>
188 for.</td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>must_support_uris</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>if <code class="literal">True</code>, the
189 <a class="link" href="class-gioappinfo.html" title="gio.AppInfo"><code class="classname">gio.AppInfo</code></a>
190 is expected to support URIs </td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td><a class="link" href="class-gioappinfo.html" title="gio.AppInfo"><code class="classname">gio.AppInfo</code></a>
191 for given content_type or <code class="literal">None</code> on error.
192 </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
193 The <code class="methodname">app_info_get_default_for_type</code>() function gets the
194 <a class="link" href="class-gioappinfo.html" title="gio.AppInfo"><code class="classname">gio.AppInfo</code></a>
195 that correspond to a given content type.
196 </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.app_info_get_default_for_uri_scheme"><a name="function-gio--app-info-get-default-for-uri-scheme"></a><h3>gio.app_info_get_default_for_uri_scheme</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis"> def <span class="methodname">app_info_get_default_for_uri_scheme</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>uri_scheme</code></strong></span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>uri_scheme</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a string containing a URI scheme.</td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td><a class="link" href="class-gioappinfo.html" title="gio.AppInfo"><code class="classname">gio.AppInfo</code></a>
197 for given uri_scheme or <code class="literal">None</code> on error.
198 </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
199 The <code class="methodname">app_info_get_default_for_uri_scheme</code>() function gets
200 the default application for launching applications using this URI scheme. A URI
201 scheme is the initial part of the URI, up to but not including the
202 ':', e.g. "http", "ftp" or "sip".
203 </p></div><div class="refsect2" title="gio.app_info_reset_type_association"><a name="function-gio--app-info-reset-type-association"></a><h3>gio.app_info_reset_type_association</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis"> def <span class="methodname">app_info_reset_type_association</span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><strong class="parameter"><code>content_type</code></strong></span></span>)</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>content_type</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>a content type</td></tr></tbody></table><p>
204 The <code class="methodname">app_info_reset_type_association</code>() function
205 removes all changes to the type associations done by
206 <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-gioappinfo.html#method-gioappinfo--set-as-default-for-type" title="gio.AppInfo.set_as_default_for_type">set_as_default_for_type</a></code>(),
207 <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-gioappinfo.html#method-gioappinfo--set-as-default-for-extension" title="gio.AppInfo.set_as_default_for_extension">set_as_default_for_extension</a></code>(),
208 <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-gioappinfo.html#method-gioappinfo--add-supports-type" title="gio.AppInfo.add_supports_type">add_supports_type</a></code>() or
209 <code class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-gioappinfo.html#method-gioappinfo--remove-supports-type" title="gio.AppInfo.remove_supports_type">remove_supports_type</a></code>().
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