# XDG stands for "Cross-Desktop Group", with X used to mean "cross". # It's a bunch of specifications from freedesktop.org intended to standardize desktops and # other GUI applications on various systems (primarily Unix-like) to be interoperable: # https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/ { config, pkgs, ... }: { home.packages = with pkgs; [ xdg-utils # provides cli tools such as `xdg-mime` `xdg-open` xdg-user-dirs ]; xdg.configFile."mimeapps.list".force = true; xdg = { enable = true; cacheHome = "${config.home.homeDirectory}/.cache"; configHome = "${config.home.homeDirectory}/.config"; dataHome = "${config.home.homeDirectory}/.local/share"; stateHome = "${config.home.homeDirectory}/.local/state"; # manage $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mimeapps.list # xdg search all desktop entries from $XDG_DATA_DIRS, check it by command: # echo $XDG_DATA_DIRS # the system-level desktop entries can be list by command: # ls -l /run/current-system/sw/share/applications/ # the user-level desktop entries can be list by command(user ryan): # ls /etc/profiles/per-user/ryan/share/applications/ mimeApps = { enable = true; # let `xdg-open` to open the url with the correct application. defaultApplications = let browser = [ "google-chrome.desktop" "firefox.desktop" ]; editor = [ "nvim.desktop" "Helix.desktop" "code.desktop" "code-insiders.desktop" ]; in { "application/json" = browser; "application/pdf" = browser; # TODO: pdf viewer "text/html" = browser; "text/xml" = browser; "text/plain" = editor; "application/xml" = browser; "application/xhtml+xml" = browser; "application/xhtml_xml" = browser; "application/rdf+xml" = browser; "application/rss+xml" = browser; "application/x-extension-htm" = browser; "application/x-extension-html" = browser; "application/x-extension-shtml" = browser; "application/x-extension-xht" = browser; "application/x-extension-xhtml" = browser; "application/x-wine-extension-ini" = editor; # define default applications for some url schemes. "x-scheme-handler/about" = browser; # open `about:` url with `browser` "x-scheme-handler/ftp" = browser; # open `ftp:` url with `browser` "x-scheme-handler/http" = browser; "x-scheme-handler/https" = browser; # https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/146408 "x-scheme-handler/vscode" = [ "code-url-handler.desktop" ]; # open `vscode://` url with `code-url-handler.desktop` "x-scheme-handler/vscode-insiders" = [ "code-insiders-url-handler.desktop" ]; # open `vscode-insiders://` url with `code-insiders-url-handler.desktop` "x-scheme-handler/zoommtg" = [ "Zoom.desktop" ]; # all other unknown schemes will be opened by this default application. # "x-scheme-handler/unknown" = editor; "x-scheme-handler/tg" = [ "org.telegram.desktop.desktop " ]; "audio/*" = [ "mpv.desktop" ]; "video/*" = [ "mpv.desktop" ]; "image/*" = [ "imv-dir.desktop" ]; "image/gif" = [ "imv-dir.desktop" ]; "image/jpeg" = [ "imv-dir.desktop" ]; "image/png" = [ "imv-dir.desktop" ]; "image/webp" = [ "imv-dir.desktop" ]; "inode/directory" = [ "yazi.desktop" ]; }; associations.removed = { # ...... }; }; userDirs = { enable = true; createDirectories = true; extraConfig = { XDG_SCREENSHOTS_DIR = "${config.xdg.userDirs.pictures}/Screenshots"; }; }; }; }