Get the opened file path and application via extension

blueray453 · May 15, 2023, 1:19am

I am trying to find a better solution for scripting - While working on a file in a gui application, how to quickly open the parent directory of a file in the file browser? - Unix & Linux Stack Exchange

As you can see in that post: I have to append id pid and path in a file.

For Example,

81788964 76172 file:///home/ismail/Desktop/LibreOffice%20Writer%202.odt
92274695 77296 /media/ismail/SSDWorking/book-collection/_Books/kids/How to Be a Superhero Called Self-Control Super Powers to Help Younger Children to Regulate their Emotions and Senses (Lauren Brukner).epub

I can get id and pid using. But path of the file and the application name is something i could not get.

I ran dbus-monitor --session > gnome-extension-log.txt to check whether I could get the path, and the file is attached here.

There I found lines like:

signal time=1684110883.068173 sender=:1.494 -> destination=(null destination) serial=22 path=/org/gtk/gio/DesktopAppInfo; interface=org.gtk.gio.DesktopAppInfo; member=Launched
   array of bytes "/usr/share/applications/org.gnome.Evince.desktop" + \0
   string ""
   int64 77268
   array [
      string "file:///media/ismail/SSDWorking/book-collection/_Books/kids/Riddles%20For%20Kids%20-%20Over%20300%20Riddles%20and%20Jokes%20for%20Children%20(M.%20Prefontaine)%20.pdf"
   ]

signal time=1684110909.105890 sender=:1.494 -> destination=(null destination) serial=26 path=/org/gtk/gio/DesktopAppInfo; interface=org.gtk.gio.DesktopAppInfo; member=Launched
   array of bytes "/home/ismail/.local/share/applications/mpv.desktop" + \0
   string ""
   int64 77424
   array [
      string "file:///media/ismail/8TBRaid0/_Agile/Agile%20Foundations/Understanding%20Agile.mp4"
   ]

signal time=1684110889.243135 sender=:1.494 -> destination=(null destination) serial=23 path=/org/gtk/gio/DesktopAppInfo; interface=org.gtk.gio.DesktopAppInfo; member=Launched
   array of bytes "/home/ismail/.local/share/applications/com.github.johnfactotum.Foliate.desktop" + \0
   string ""
   int64 77294
   array [
      string "file:///media/ismail/SSDWorking/book-collection/_Books/kids/How%20to%20Be%20a%20Superhero%20Called%20Self-Control%20Super%20Powers%20to%20Help%20Younger%20Children%20to%20Regulate%20their%20Emotions%20and%20Senses%20(Lauren%20Brukner).epub"
   ]

So, the file path (for example, string "file:///media/ismail/SSDWorking/book-collection/_Books/kids/How%20to%20Be%20a%20Superhero%20Called%20Self-Control%20Super%20Powers%20to%20Help%20Younger%20Children%20to%20Regulate%20their%20Emotions%20and%20Senses%20(Lauren%20Brukner).epub") and application name (For example array of bytes "/usr/share/applications/org.gnome.Evince.desktop") can be found.

Now I am looking at

https://gjs-docs.gnome.org/gio20~2.0/gio.desktopappinfo
https://gjs-docs.gnome.org/gio20~2.0-desktopappinfo/

Here is the source code of the extension i am trying to edit .

github.com

ickyicky/window-calls/blob/main/extension.js

/* extension.js
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 *
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 */

import Gio from 'gi://Gio';

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What lines shall I add?

system · June 29, 2023, 1:20am

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