Update GNOME Applications Menu

update-gnome-applications-menu.js

#! /usr/bin/env node
'use strict'

const {join} = require('path')
const {readdirSync} = require('fs')
const {env: {HOME}} = require('process')
const jtry = require('just-try')
const {ConcatIterable} = require('x-iterable')

const gsettingsArray = ([...array]) =>
  '"[' + array.map(string => `'${String(string)}'`).join(', ') + ']"'

const addMsg = msg =>
  output.push(`echo '\x1B[1m\x1B[33m${msg}\x1B[0m'`)

const addCmd = cmd =>
  output.push(`echo '\x1B[1m\$\x1B[0m \x1B[94m${cmd}\x1B[0m'`, cmd)

const tryReadDir = dirname =>
  jtry(() => readdirSync(dirname), () => [])

const folders = [
  'Programming',
  'Utilities',
  'Sundry',
  'Office',
  'Network',
  'Graphics',
  'Media',
  'Math',
  'System',
  'Games',
  'Editor',
  'Terminal',
  'Recorder',
  'Player',
  'Video',
  'Audio',
  'Settings',
  'Emulator',
  'Core',
  'GTK',
  'Qt',
  'Chrome',
  'Android',
  'Wine',
  'NonNative',
  'All'
]

const folderNames = {
  Math: 'Mathematics',
  GTK: 'GTK+ Apps',
  Qt: 'Qt Apps',
  Chrome: 'Chrome Apps',
  Android: 'Android Apps',
  Wine: 'Win32 Apps',
  NonNative: 'Non-native Apps',
  All: 'All Apps'
}

const folderCategoriesMap = {
  Programming: ['Development', 'DevTools', 'Debug', 'Debugger', 'Compiler', 'IDE', 'Editor', 'Terminal', 'Console'],
  Network: ['Internet', 'Browser', 'Web'],
  Media: ['Player', 'Audio', 'Video', 'AudioVideo'],
  Graphics: ['Paint', 'Photo', 'Image', '3D'],
  Math: ['Mathematics', 'Algebra', 'Geometry', 'Spreadsheet', 'Calc', 'Calculator'],
  Utilities: ['Utility', 'X-GNOME-Utility', 'X-GNOME-Utilities'],
  Games: ['Game'],
  Editor: ['TextEditor', 'IDE', 'GUIDesigner'],
  Terminal: ['Console', 'TerminalEmulator'],
  Debugger: ['Debug'],
  Recorder: ['VideoRecorder', 'ScreenRecorder', 'AudioRecorder'],
  Video: ['AudioVideo'],
  Audio: ['AudioVideo', 'Sound'],
  Settings: ['Configuration'],
  Archiving: ['Compression', 'Archive', 'Compress'],
  GTK: ['GNOME'],
  Qt: ['KDE'],
  Chrome: ['Chromium'],
  Android: ['Shashlik'],
  NonNative: ['Emulated', 'DOS', 'Web', 'Chrome', 'Android', 'Wine']
}

const foldersString = gsettingsArray(folders)

const output = []

addMsg('FOLDER CHILDREN')
addCmd(`gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.app-folders folder-children ${foldersString}`)

for (const folder of folders) {
  addMsg(`CATEGORIES TO FOLDER: ${folder}`)
  const name = folderNames[folder] || folder
  addCmd(
    `gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.app-folders.folder:/org/gnome/desktop/app-folders/folders/${folder}/ name '${name}'`
  )
  const categories = gsettingsArray([folder, ...folderCategoriesMap[folder] || []])
  addCmd(
    `gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.app-folders.folder:/org/gnome/desktop/app-folders/folders/${folder}/ categories ${categories}`
  )
}

const appdirs = [
  '/usr/share/applications',
  join(HOME, '.local/share/applications'),
  join(HOME, '.gnome/apps'),
  join(HOME, '.local/share/flatpak/exports/share/applications')
]

const apps = new ConcatIterable(...appdirs.map(tryReadDir))
  .filter(appName => /\.desktop$/.test(appName))

const chromeApps = apps
  .filter(appName => /^chrome-/.test(appName))

const androidApps = apps
  .filter(appName => /^(android|shashlik)-/.test(appName))

const wineApps = apps
  .filter(appName => /^wine-/.test(appName))

const nonNativeApps = new ConcatIterable(chromeApps, androidApps, wineApps)

addMsg('APPS TO FOLDER: All')
addCmd(
  `gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.app-folders.folder:/org/gnome/desktop/app-folders/folders/All/ apps ${gsettingsArray(apps)}`
)

addMsg('APPS TO FOLDER: Chrome')
addCmd(
  `gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.app-folders.folder:/org/gnome/desktop/app-folders/folders/Chrome/ apps ${gsettingsArray(chromeApps)}`
)

addMsg('APPS TO FOLDER: Android')
addCmd(
  `gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.app-folders.folder:/org/gnome/desktop/app-folders/folders/Android/ apps ${gsettingsArray(androidApps)}`
)

addMsg('APPS TO FOLDER: Wine')
addCmd(
  `gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.app-folders.folder:/org/gnome/desktop/app-folders/folders/Wine/ apps ${gsettingsArray(wineApps)}`
)

addMsg('APPS TO FOLDER: NonNative')
addCmd(
  `gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.app-folders.folder:/org/gnome/desktop/app-folders/folders/NonNative/ apps ${gsettingsArray(nonNativeApps)}`
)

const outputString = output.map(cmd => '(' + cmd + ') || exit $?').join('\n')

console.log(outputString)

user-manual.md

Manual

Requirements

• GNOME 3.22

• Node.js v6.0.0 or later

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