package File::MimeInfo::Applications; use strict; use warnings; use Carp; use File::Spec; use File::BaseDir qw/config_home config_dirs data_home data_dirs data_files/; use File::MimeInfo qw/mimetype_canon mimetype_isa/; use File::DesktopEntry; require Exporter; our $VERSION = '0.30'; our @ISA = qw(Exporter); our @EXPORT = qw( mime_applications mime_applications_all mime_applications_set_default mime_applications_set_custom ); print STDERR << 'EOT' unless data_files(qw/applications mimeinfo.cache/); WARNING: You don't seem to have any mimeinfo.cache files. Try running the update-desktop-database command. If you don't have this command you should install the desktop-file-utils package. This package is available from http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/desktop-file-utils/ EOT sub mime_applications { croak "usage: mime_applications(MIMETYPE)" unless @_ == 1; my $mime = mimetype_canon(shift @_); local $Carp::CarpLevel = $Carp::CarpLevel + 1; return wantarray ? (_default($mime), _others($mime)) : _default($mime); } sub mime_applications_all { croak "usage: mime_applications(MIMETYPE)" unless @_ == 1; my $mime = shift; return mime_applications($mime), grep defined($_), map mime_applications($_), mimetype_isa($mime); } sub mime_applications_set_default { croak "usage: mime_applications_set_default(MIMETYPE, APPLICATION)" unless @_ == 2; my ($mimetype, $desktop_file) = @_; (undef, undef, $desktop_file) = File::Spec->splitpath($desktop_file->{file}) if ref $desktop_file; croak "missing desktop entry filename for application" unless length $desktop_file; $desktop_file .= '.desktop' unless $desktop_file =~ /\.desktop$/; _write_list($mimetype, $desktop_file); } sub mime_applications_set_custom { croak "usage: mime_applications_set_custom(MIMETYPE, COMMAND)" unless @_ == 2; my ($mimetype, $command) = @_; $command =~ /(\w+)/; my $word = $1 or croak "COMMAND does not contain a word !?"; # Algorithm to generate name copied from other implementations my $i = 1; my $desktop_file = data_home('applications', $word.'-usercreated-'.$i.'.desktop'); while (-e $desktop_file) { $i++; $desktop_file = data_home('applications', $word.'-usercreated-'.$i.'.desktop'); } my $object = File::DesktopEntry->new(); $object->set( Type => 'Application', Name => $word, NoDisplay => 'true', Exec => $command, ); my (undef, undef, $df) = File::Spec->splitpath($desktop_file); _write_list($mimetype, $df); # creates dir if needed $object->write($desktop_file); return $object; } sub _default { my $mimetype = shift; my $user = config_home(qw/mimeapps.list/); my $system = config_dirs(qw/mimeapps.list/); my $deprecated = data_home(qw/applications mimeapps.list/); my $distro = data_dirs(qw/applications mimeapps.list/); my $legacy = data_home(qw/applications defaults.list/); unless ( ( -f $user || ($system && -f $system) || ($deprecated && -f $deprecated) || ($distro && -f $distro) || ($legacy && -f $legacy) ) && -r _ ) { return undef; } $Carp::CarpLevel++; my @list = _read_list($mimetype, $user, $system, $deprecated, $distro, $legacy); my $desktop_file = _find_file(reverse @list); $Carp::CarpLevel--; return $desktop_file; } sub _others { my $mimetype = shift; $Carp::CarpLevel++; my (@list, @done); for my $dir (data_dirs('applications')) { my $cache = File::Spec->catfile($dir, 'mimeinfo.cache'); next if grep {$_ eq $cache} @done; push @done, $cache; next unless -f $cache and -r _; for (_read_list($mimetype, $cache)) { my $file = File::Spec->catfile($dir, $_); next unless -f $file and -r _; push @list, File::DesktopEntry->new($file); } } $Carp::CarpLevel--; return @list; } sub _read_list { # read list with "mime/type=foo.desktop;bar.desktop" format my $mimetype = shift; my @list; my $succeeded; for my $file (@_) { if (open LIST, '<', $file) { $succeeded = 1; while (<LIST>) { /^\Q$mimetype\E=(.*)$/ or next; push @list, grep defined($_), split ';', $1; } close LIST; } } unless ($succeeded) { croak "Could not read any defaults, tried:\n" . join("\t\n", @_); } return @list; } sub _write_list { my ($mimetype, $desktop_file) = @_; my $file = config_home(qw/mimeapps.list/); my $text; if (-f $file) { open LIST, '<', $file or croak "Could not read file: $file"; while (<LIST>) { $text .= $_ unless /^\Q$mimetype\E=/; } close LIST; $text =~ s/[\n\r]?$/\n/; # just to be sure } else { _mkdir($file); $text = "[Default Applications]\n"; } open LIST, '>', $file or croak "Could not write file: $file"; print LIST $text; print LIST "$mimetype=$desktop_file;\n"; close LIST or croak "Could not write file: $file"; } sub _find_file { my @list = shift; for (@list) { my $file = data_files('applications', $_); return File::DesktopEntry->new($file) if $file; } return undef; } sub _mkdir { my $dir = shift; return if -d $dir; my ($vol, $dirs, undef) = File::Spec->splitpath($dir); my @dirs = File::Spec->splitdir($dirs); my $path = File::Spec->catpath($vol, shift @dirs); while (@dirs) { mkdir $path; # fails silently $path = File::Spec->catdir($path, shift @dirs); } die "Could not create dir: $path\n" unless -d $path; } 1; __END__ =head1 NAME File::MimeInfo::Applications - Find programs to open a file by mimetype =head1 SYNOPSIS use File::MimeInfo::Magic; use File::MimeInfo::Applications; my $file = '/foo/bar'; my $mimetype = mimetype($file) || die "Could not find mimetype for $file\n"; my ($default, @other) = mime_applications($mimetype); if (defined $default) { $default->system($file) } else { # prompt user with choice from @others # ... } =head1 DESCRIPTION This module tries to find applications that can open files with a certain mimetype. This is done in the way suggested by the freedesktop Desktop Entry specification. This module is intended to be compatible with file managers and other applications that implement this specification. This module depends on L<File::DesktopEntry> being installed. To use this module effectively you need to have the desktop-file-utils package from freedesktop and run update-desktop-database after installing new .desktop files. See L<http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/desktop-file-utils>. At the moment of writing this module is compatible with the way Nautilus (Gnome) and with Thunar (XFCE) handle applications for mimetypes. I understand KDE is still working on implementing the freedesktop mime specifications but will follow. At the very least all perl applications using this module are using the same defaults. =head1 EXPORT All methods are exported by default. =head1 METHODS =over 4 =item C<mime_applications(MIMETYPE)> Returns an array of L<File::DesktopEntry> objects. The first is the default application for this mimetype, the rest are applications that say they can handle this mimetype. If the first result is undefined there is no default application and it is good practice to ask the user which application he wants to use. =item C<mime_applications_all(MIMETYPE)> Like C<mime_applications()> but also takes into account applications that can open mimetypes from which MIMETYPE inherits. Parent mimetypes tell something about the data format, all code inherits from text/plain for example. =item C<mime_applications_set_default(MIMETYPE, APPLICATION)> Save a default application for this mimetype. This action will affect other applications using the same mechanism to find a default application. APPLICATION can either be a File::DesktopEntry object or the basename of a .desktop file. =item C<mime_applications_set_custom(MIMETYPE, COMMAND)> Save a custom shell command as default application. Generates a DesktopEntry file on the fly and calls C<mime_applications_set_custom>. Returns the DesktopEntry object. No checks are done at all on COMMAND. It should however contain at least one word. =back =head1 NOTES This module looks for associations files in the order specified in version 1.0 of the MIME applications specification. It will also attempt a last-resort fallback to the legacy file F<$XDG_DATA_HOME/applications/defaults.list>. In all cases, it will only write to the recommended per-user defaults file located at F<$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mimeapps.list>. =head1 AUTHOR Jaap Karssenberg E<lt>pardus@cpan.orgE<gt> Maintained by Michiel Beijen E<lt>michiel.beijen@gmail.comE<gt> =head1 COPYRIGHT Copyright (c) 2005, 2012 Jaap G Karssenberg. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. =head1 SEE ALSO L<File::DesktopEntry>, L<File::MimeInfo>, L<File::MimeInfo::Magic>, L<File::BaseDir> L<http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/desktop-file-utils/> L<http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/mime-apps-spec/> =cut