Desktop Environment Configuration: garcon Reference Manual

Desktop Environment Configuration

Desktop Environment Configuration — Desktop Environment Configuration

Functions

void	garcon_set_environment ()
const gchar *	garcon_get_environment ()
void	garcon_set_environment_xdg ()

Types and Values

#define

GARCON_ENVIRONMENT_XFCE

Includes

#include <garcon/garcon.h>

Description

Set the desktop environment used by the OnlyShowIn and NotShowIn desktop files keys.

Functions

garcon_set_environment ()

void
garcon_set_environment (const gchar *env);

Sets (or unsets) the desktop environment for which menus will generated. Menus and menu items belonging to other desktop environments will be ignored. If set to NULL, all menu items are used.

Parameters

env

Name of the desktop environment for which menus will be generated (e.g. XFCE, KDE, GNOME or NULL).

garcon_get_environment ()

const gchar *
garcon_get_environment (void);

Get the environment set with garcon_set_environment().

Returns

Name of the desktop environment (e.g. XFCE, KDE, GNOME) which is used or NULL.

garcon_set_environment_xdg ()

void
garcon_set_environment_xdg (const gchar *fallback_env);

Set the desktop environment to the envvar XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP. If this variables is not set, it falls back to default_env .

For fallback_env you can use for example GARCON_ENVIRONMENT_XFCE.

Parameters

fallback_env

fallback value

Since: 0.3.0

Types and Values

GARCON_ENVIRONMENT_XFCE

#define GARCON_ENVIRONMENT_XFCE "XFCE"

Macro for garcon_set_environment or garcon_set_environment_xdg to set the Xfce Desktop Environment.

Since: 0.3.0