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| -rw-r--r-- | libmate-desktop/mate-desktop-utils.c | 47 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | libmate-desktop/mate-desktop-utils.h | 5 |
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diff --git a/libmate-desktop/mate-desktop-utils.c b/libmate-desktop/mate-desktop-utils.c index 4d6d170..e434f84 100644 --- a/libmate-desktop/mate-desktop-utils.c +++ b/libmate-desktop/mate-desktop-utils.c @@ -163,6 +163,53 @@ mate_desktop_prepend_terminal_to_vector (int *argc, char ***argv) #endif } +#if GTK_CHECK_VERSION (3, 0, 0) +/** + * mate_gdk_spawn_command_line_on_screen: + * @screen: a GdkScreen + * @command: a command line + * @error: return location for errors + * + * This is a replacement for gdk_spawn_command_line_on_screen, removed + * in GTK3. + * + * gdk_spawn_command_line_on_screen is like g_spawn_command_line_async(), + * except the child process is spawned in such an environment that on + * calling gdk_display_open() it would be returned a GdkDisplay with + * screen as the default screen. + * + * This is useful for applications which wish to launch an application + * on a specific screen. + * + * Returns: TRUE on success, FALSE if error is set. + * + * Since: 1.7.1 + **/ +gboolean +mate_gdk_spawn_command_line_on_screen (GdkScreen *screen, const gchar *command, GError **error) +{ + GAppInfo *appinfo = NULL; + GdkAppLaunchContext *context = NULL; + + appinfo = g_app_info_create_from_commandline (command, NULL, G_APP_INFO_CREATE_NONE, &error); + + if (!error) { + context = gdk_app_launch_context_new (); + gdk_app_launch_context_set_screen (context, screen); + g_app_info_launch (appinfo, NULL, G_APP_LAUNCH_CONTEXT (context), &error); + g_object_unref (context); + } + + if (appinfo != NULL) + g_object_unref (appinfo); + + if (!error) + return TRUE; + else + return FALSE; +} +#endif + void _mate_desktop_init_i18n (void) { static gboolean initialized = FALSE; diff --git a/libmate-desktop/mate-desktop-utils.h b/libmate-desktop/mate-desktop-utils.h index f2e659f..dd6921b 100644 --- a/libmate-desktop/mate-desktop-utils.h +++ b/libmate-desktop/mate-desktop-utils.h @@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ extern "C" { /* prepend the terminal command to a vector */ void mate_desktop_prepend_terminal_to_vector (int *argc, char ***argv); +#if GTK_CHECK_VERSION (3, 0, 0) +/* replace gdk_spawn_command_line_on_screen, not available in GTK3 */ +gboolean mate_gdk_spawn_command_line_on_screen (GdkScreen *screen, const gchar *command, GError **error); +#endif + #ifdef __cplusplus } #endif |