Run a .desktop from a python script

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Hi all,

I'm trying to write a python script that includes the ability to list all programmes in the gnome menu and allow the user to run them. By using the source code of other programs, I've managed to work out how to list all the programs (unfortunately I haven't been able to find any good documentation for the api). However I haven't yet managed to work out how to execute programs on this list.

I've put the relevant bits of code together to make a little program that finds the first launcher on the menu and runs it:



import gmenu

def run(launcher):
# TODO: run program here
pass

def run_first_launcher(parent):
for item in parent.get_contents():
if item.get_type() == gmenu.TYPE_DIRECTORY:
run_first_launcher(item)
else:
print "Executing " + item.name + "..."
run(item)
break

tree = gmenu.lookup_tree("applications.menu")
run_first_launcher(tree.root)

[ssam]

might be a better way, but this seems to work


os.system("xdg-open /usr/share/applications/gedit.desktop")