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1 ;;; xdg.el --- XDG specification and standard support -*- lexical-binding: t -*-
3 ;; Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 ;; Author: Mark Oteiza <mvoteiza@udel.edu>
6 ;; Created: 27 January 2017
7 ;; Keywords: files, data
9 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
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24 ;;; Commentary:
26 ;; Library providing some convenience functions for the following XDG
27 ;; standards and specifications
29 ;; - XDG Base Directory Specification
30 ;; - Thumbnail Managing Standard
31 ;; - xdg-user-dirs configuration
32 ;; - Desktop Entry Specification
34 ;;; Code:
36 (eval-when-compile
37 (require 'subr-x))
40 ;; XDG Base Directory Specification
41 ;; https://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html
43 (defmacro xdg--dir-home (environ default-path)
44 (declare (debug (stringp stringp)))
45 (let ((env (make-symbol "env")))
46 `(let ((,env (getenv ,environ)))
47 (if (or (null ,env) (not (file-name-absolute-p ,env)))
48 (expand-file-name ,default-path)
49 ,env))))
51 (defun xdg-config-home ()
52 "Return the base directory for user specific configuration files."
53 (xdg--dir-home "XDG_CONFIG_HOME" "~/.config"))
55 (defun xdg-cache-home ()
56 "Return the base directory for user specific cache files."
57 (xdg--dir-home "XDG_CACHE_HOME" "~/.cache"))
59 (defun xdg-data-home ()
60 "Return the base directory for user specific data files."
61 (xdg--dir-home "XDG_DATA_HOME" "~/.local/share"))
63 (defun xdg-runtime-dir ()
64 "Return the value of $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR."
65 (getenv "XDG_RUNTIME_DIR"))
67 (defun xdg-config-dirs ()
68 "Return the config directory search path as a list."
69 (let ((env (getenv "XDG_CONFIG_DIRS")))
70 (if (or (null env) (string= env ""))
71 '("/etc/xdg")
72 (parse-colon-path env))))
74 (defun xdg-data-dirs ()
75 "Return the data directory search path as a list."
76 (let ((env (getenv "XDG_DATA_DIRS")))
77 (if (or (null env) (string= env ""))
78 '("/usr/local/share/" "/usr/share/")
79 (parse-colon-path env))))
82 ;; Thumbnail Managing Standard
83 ;; https://specifications.freedesktop.org/thumbnail-spec/thumbnail-spec-latest.html
85 (defun xdg-thumb-uri (filename)
86 "Return the canonical URI for FILENAME.
87 If FILENAME has absolute file name /foo/bar.jpg, its canonical URI is
88 file:///foo/bar.jpg"
89 (concat "file://" (expand-file-name filename)))
91 (defun xdg-thumb-name (filename)
92 "Return the appropriate thumbnail filename for FILENAME."
93 (concat (md5 (xdg-thumb-uri filename)) ".png"))
95 (defun xdg-thumb-mtime (filename)
96 "Return modification time of FILENAME as integral seconds from the epoch."
97 (floor (float-time (nth 5 (file-attributes filename)))))
100 ;; XDG User Directories
101 ;; https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/xdg-user-dirs/
103 (defconst xdg-line-regexp
104 (eval-when-compile
105 (rx "XDG_"
106 (group-n 1 (or "DESKTOP" "DOWNLOAD" "TEMPLATES" "PUBLICSHARE"
107 "DOCUMENTS" "MUSIC" "PICTURES" "VIDEOS"))
108 "_DIR=\""
109 (group-n 2 (or "/" "$HOME/") (*? (or (not (any "\"")) "\\\"")))
110 "\""))
111 "Regexp matching non-comment lines in xdg-user-dirs config files.")
113 (defvar xdg-user-dirs nil
114 "Alist of directory keys and values.")
116 (defun xdg--substitute-home-env (str)
117 (if (file-name-absolute-p str) str
118 (save-match-data
119 (and (string-match "^$HOME/" str)
120 (replace-match "~/" t nil str 0)))))
122 (defun xdg--user-dirs-parse-line ()
123 "Return pair of user-dirs key to directory value in LINE, otherwise nil.
124 This should be called at the beginning of a line."
125 (skip-chars-forward "[:blank:]")
126 (when (and (/= (following-char) ?#)
127 (looking-at xdg-line-regexp))
128 (let ((k (match-string 1))
129 (v (match-string 2)))
130 (when (and k v) (cons k (xdg--substitute-home-env v))))))
132 (defun xdg--user-dirs-parse-file (filename)
133 "Return alist of xdg-user-dirs from FILENAME."
134 (let (elt res)
135 (when (file-readable-p filename)
136 (with-temp-buffer
137 (insert-file-contents filename)
138 (goto-char (point-min))
139 (while (not (eobp))
140 (setq elt (xdg--user-dirs-parse-line))
141 (when (consp elt) (push elt res))
142 (forward-line))))
143 res))
145 (defun xdg-user-dir (name)
146 "Return the directory referred to by NAME."
147 (when (null xdg-user-dirs)
148 (setq xdg-user-dirs
149 (xdg--user-dirs-parse-file
150 (expand-file-name "user-dirs.dirs" (xdg-config-home)))))
151 (let ((dir (cdr (assoc name xdg-user-dirs))))
152 (when dir (expand-file-name dir))))
155 ;; Desktop Entry Specification
156 ;; https://specifications.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/desktop-entry-spec-1.1.html
158 (defconst xdg-desktop-group-regexp
159 (rx "[" (group-n 1 (+? (in " -Z\\^-~"))) "]")
160 "Regexp matching desktop file group header names.")
162 ;; TODO Localized strings left out intentionally, as Emacs has no
163 ;; notion of l10n/i18n
164 (defconst xdg-desktop-entry-regexp
165 (rx (group-n 1 (+ (in "A-Za-z0-9-")))
166 ;; (? "[" (group-n 3 (+ nonl)) "]")
167 (* blank) "=" (* blank)
168 (group-n 2 (* nonl)))
169 "Regexp matching desktop file entry key-value pairs.")
171 (defun xdg-desktop-read-group ()
172 "Return hash table of group of desktop entries in the current buffer."
173 (let ((res (make-hash-table :test #'equal)))
174 (while (not (or (eobp) (looking-at xdg-desktop-group-regexp)))
175 (skip-chars-forward "[:blank:]")
176 (cond
177 ((eolp))
178 ((= (following-char) ?#))
179 ((looking-at xdg-desktop-entry-regexp)
180 (puthash (match-string 1) (match-string 2) res))
181 ;; Filter localized strings
182 ((looking-at (rx (group-n 1 (+ (in alnum "-"))) (* blank) "[")))
183 (t (error "Malformed line: %s"
184 (buffer-substring (point) (point-at-eol)))))
185 (forward-line))
186 res))
188 (defun xdg-desktop-read-file (filename &optional group)
189 "Return group contents of desktop file FILENAME as a hash table.
190 Optional argument GROUP defaults to the string \"Desktop Entry\"."
191 (with-temp-buffer
192 (insert-file-contents-literally filename)
193 (goto-char (point-min))
194 (while (and (skip-chars-forward "[:blank:]" (line-end-position))
195 (or (eolp) (= (following-char) ?#)))
196 (forward-line))
197 (unless (looking-at xdg-desktop-group-regexp)
198 (error "Expected group name! Instead saw: %s"
199 (buffer-substring (point) (point-at-eol))))
200 (when group
201 (while (and (re-search-forward xdg-desktop-group-regexp nil t)
202 (not (equal (match-string 1) group)))))
203 (forward-line)
204 (xdg-desktop-read-group)))
206 (defun xdg-desktop-strings (value)
207 "Partition VALUE into elements delimited by unescaped semicolons."
208 (let (res)
209 (setq value (string-trim-left value))
210 (dolist (x (split-string (replace-regexp-in-string "\\\\;" "\0" value) ";"))
211 (push (replace-regexp-in-string "\0" ";" x) res))
212 (when (null (string-match-p "[^[:blank:]]" (car res))) (pop res))
213 (nreverse res)))
215 (provide 'xdg)
217 ;;; xdg.el ends here