On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 1:16 PM Kalev Lember <kalevlember@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 7:11 PM Germano Massullo <germano.massullo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> I am working on implementing a piece of code that allows BOINC client >> [1] to detect the desktop environment used by the user (mainly GNOME, >> KDE Plasma, XFCE, LXDE/LXQT). >> This feature will be needed for various reason that are off topic. >> >> One idea is to use GDBus to scan DBus to detect the running d.e. >> What do you think about? >> Thank you > > > I would suggest reading the XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP env variable. AFAIK all major desktops support it and set it correctly for their sessions. > I realize you said that the reasons are off-topic, but in general I'd recommend not making desktop-specific decisions at a high-level and instead base your decisions off of availability of particular functionality. For example, if your application needs to manage software updates, have it check for whether PackageKit or dnf-daemon are available. If it needs to store something in a password wallet, check for GNOME Keyring or KWallet, etc. Among other things, it means that alternative desktops that share some tools with the popular ones don't have to get special code to work with your project. _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
