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<h1>KDesktopFile Class Reference</h1>
<code>from PyKDE4.kdecore import *</code>
<p>
Inherits: <a href="../kdecore/KConfig.html">KConfig</a> → <a href="../kdecore/KConfigBase.html">KConfigBase</a><br />
<h2>Detailed Description</h2>
<p>\class KDesktopFile kdesktopfile.h <KDesktopFile>
</p>
<p>
KDE Desktop File Management.
This class implements %KDE's support for the freedesktop.org
<em>Desktop Entry Spec</em>.
</p>
<p>
<dl class="author" compact><dt><b>Author:</b></dt><dd> Pietro Iglio <iglio@kde.org> </dd></dl>
<dl class="see" compact><dt><b>See also:</b></dt><dd> KConfigBase KConfig
</dd></dl> <dl class="see" compact><dt><b>See also:</b></dt><dd> <a href="http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/">Desktop Entry Spec</a>
</dd></dl>
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<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td colspan="2"><br><h2>Methods</h2></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top"> </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="#KDesktopFile">__init__</a> (self, <a href="http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/static/Docs/PyQt4/html/qstring.html">QString</a> resourceType, <a href="http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/static/Docs/PyQt4/html/qstring.html">QString</a> fileName)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top"> </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="#KDesktopFile">__init__</a> (self, <a href="http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/static/Docs/PyQt4/html/qstring.html">QString</a> fileName)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top"> </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="#KDesktopFile">__init__</a> (self, <a href="../kdecore/KDesktopFile.html">KDesktopFile</a> a0)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top"><a href="../kdecore/KConfigGroup.html">KConfigGroup</a> </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="#actionGroup">actionGroup</a> (self, <a href="http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/static/Docs/PyQt4/html/qstring.html">QString</a> group)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top"><a href="../kdecore/KDesktopFile.html">KDesktopFile</a> </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="#copyTo">copyTo</a> (self, <a href="http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/static/Docs/PyQt4/html/qstring.html">QString</a> file)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top"><a href="../kdecore/KConfigGroup.html">KConfigGroup</a> </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="#desktopGroup">desktopGroup</a> (self)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top"><a href="http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/static/Docs/PyQt4/html/qstring.html">QString</a> </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="#fileName">fileName</a> (self)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">bool </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="#hasActionGroup">hasActionGroup</a> (self, <a href="http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/static/Docs/PyQt4/html/qstring.html">QString</a> group)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">bool </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="#hasApplicationType">hasApplicationType</a> (self)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">bool </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="#hasDeviceType">hasDeviceType</a> (self)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">bool </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="#hasLinkType">hasLinkType</a> (self)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">bool </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="#hasMimeTypeType">hasMimeTypeType</a> (self)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">bool </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="#isAuthorizedDesktopFile">isAuthorizedDesktopFile</a> (self, <a href="http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/static/Docs/PyQt4/html/qstring.html">QString</a> path)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">bool </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="#isDesktopFile">isDesktopFile</a> (self, <a href="http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/static/Docs/PyQt4/html/qstring.html">QString</a> path)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top"><a href="http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/static/Docs/PyQt4/html/qstring.html">QString</a> </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="#locateLocal">locateLocal</a> (self, <a href="http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/static/Docs/PyQt4/html/qstring.html">QString</a> path)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">bool </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="#noDisplay">noDisplay</a> (self)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top"><a href="http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/static/Docs/PyQt4/html/qstringlist.html">QStringList</a> </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="#sortOrder">sortOrder</a> (self)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">bool </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="#tryExec">tryExec</a> (self)</td></tr>
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<hr><h2>Method Documentation</h2><a class="anchor" name="KDesktopFile"></a>
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<div class="memdoc"><p>Constructs a KDesktopFile object.
</p>
<p>
See KStandardDirs for more information on resources.
</p>
<p>
</p><dl compact><dt><b>Parameters:</b></dt><dd>
<table border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="0">
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><em>resourceType</em> </td><td> Allows you to change what sort of resource
to search for if <b>fileName</b> is not absolute.
For instance, you might want to specify "config".
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><em>fileName</em> </td><td> The name or path of the desktop file. If it
is not absolute, it will be located
using the resource type <b>resType.</b>
</td></tr>
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<div class="memdoc"><p>Constructs a KDesktopFile object.
</p>
<p>
See KStandardDirs for more information on resources.
</p>
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</p><dl compact><dt><b>Parameters:</b></dt><dd>
<table border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="0">
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><em>fileName</em> </td><td> The name or path of the desktop file. If it
is not absolute, it will be located
using the resource type "apps"
</td></tr>
</table></dl>
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<td class="paramtype"><a href="../kdecore/KDesktopFile.html">KDesktopFile</a> </td>
<td class="paramname"><em>a0</em></td>
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<div class="memdoc"><p>Sets the desktop action group.
</p><dl compact><dt><b>Parameters:</b></dt><dd>
<table border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="0">
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><em>group</em> </td><td> the new action group
</td></tr>
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<div class="memdoc"><p>Copies all entries from this config object to a new
KDesktopFile object that will save itself to <b>file.</b>
</p>
<p>
Actual saving to <b>file</b> happens when the returned object is
destructed or when sync() is called upon it.
</p>
<p>
</p><dl compact><dt><b>Parameters:</b></dt><dd>
<table border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="0">
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><em>file</em> </td><td> the new KDesktopFile object it will save itself to.
</td></tr>
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<div class="memdoc"><p>Returns true if the action group exists, false otherwise
</p><dl compact><dt><b>Parameters:</b></dt><dd>
<table border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="0">
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><em>group</em> </td><td> the action group to test
</td></tr> </table></dl>
<p> <dl class="return" compact><dt><b>Returns:</b></dt><dd> true if the action group exists
</dd></dl>
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<div class="memdoc"><p>Checks whether there is an entry "Type=Application".
<dl class="return" compact><dt><b>Returns:</b></dt><dd> true if there is a "Type=Application" entry
</dd></dl>
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<div class="memdoc"><p>Checks whether there is an entry "Type=FSDevice".
<dl class="return" compact><dt><b>Returns:</b></dt><dd> true if there is a "Type=FSDevice" entry
</dd></dl>
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<div class="memdoc"><p>Checks whether there is a "Type=Link" entry.
</p>
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The link points to the "URL=" entry.
<dl class="return" compact><dt><b>Returns:</b></dt><dd> true if there is a "Type=Link" entry
</dd></dl>
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<div class="memdoc"><p>Checks whether there is an entry "Type=MimeType".
<dl class="return" compact><dt><b>Returns:</b></dt><dd> true if there is a "Type=MimeType" entry
</dd></dl>
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<div class="memdoc"><p>Checks whether the user is authorized to run this desktop file.
By default users are authorized to run all desktop files but
the KIOSK framework can be used to activate certain restrictions.
See README.kiosk for more information.
</p>
<p>
Note: Since KDE 4.3, there are more restrictions on authorized
desktop files to prevent users from inadvertently running trojan
desktop files. Your application launchers should have the executable
bit set to prevent issues. To see if a restriction is due to
KIOSK, see KAuthorized.
</p>
<p>
</p><dl compact><dt><b>Parameters:</b></dt><dd>
<table border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="0">
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><em>path</em> </td><td> the file to check
</td></tr> </table></dl>
<p> <dl class="return" compact><dt><b>Returns:</b></dt><dd> true if the user is authorized to run the file
</dd></dl>
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<td class="paramname"><em>path</em></td>
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<div class="memdoc"><p>Checks whether this is really a desktop file.
</p>
<p>
The check is performed looking at the file extension (the file is not
opened).
Currently, the only valid extension is ".desktop".
</p><dl compact><dt><b>Parameters:</b></dt><dd>
<table border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="0">
<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><em>path</em> </td><td> the path of the file to check
</td></tr> </table></dl>
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