GNU/Linux |
Debian 7.2.0(Wheezy) |
amd64 |
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xdg-settings(1) |
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xdg-settings − get various settings from the desktop environment
xdg−settings {get | check | set} {property} [subproperty] [value] | |
xdg−settings {−−help | −−list | −−manual | −−version} |
xdg−settings gets various settings from the desktop environment. For instance, desktop environments often provide proxy configuration and default web browser settings. Using xdg−settings these parameters can be extracted for use by applications that do not use the desktop environment's libraries (which would use the settings natively).
xdg−settings is for use inside a desktop session only. It is not recommended to use xdg−settings as root.
−−help
Show command synopsis.
−−list
List all properties xdg−settings knows about.
−−manual
Show this manual page.
−−version
Show the xdg−utils version information.
When using xdg−settings to get, check or set a destkop setting, properties and possibly sub−properties are used to specify the setting to be changed.
Some properties (such as default−web−browser) fully describe the setting to be changed. Other properties (such as default−url−scheme−handler) require more information (in this case the actual scheme to set the default handler for) which must be provided in a sub−property.
An exit code of 0 indicates success while a non−zero exit code indicates failure. The following failure codes can be returned:
1
Error in command line syntax.
2
One of the files passed on the command line did not exist.
3
A required tool could not be found.
4
The action failed.
Get the desktop file name of the current default web browser
xdg−settings get default−web−browser
Check whether the default web browser is firefox.desktop, which can be false even if "get default−web−browser" says that is the current value (if only some of the underlying settings actually reflect that value)
xdg−settings check default−web−browser firefox.desktop
Set the default web browser to google−chrome.desktop
xdg−settings set default−web−browser google−chrome.desktop
Set the default mailto URL scheme handler to be evolution.desktop
xdg−settings set default−url−scheme−handler mailto evolution.desktop
Mike Mammarella
Author.
Copyright © 2009-2011
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