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Using shell object in gjs
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#!/usr/bin/gjs | |
// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT | |
// usage: gjs shell_object_sample.js | |
const { GIRepository, GLib, Gio } = imports.gi; | |
function findLib(path, prefix) { | |
const libdir = Gio.File.new_for_path(path); | |
const files = libdir.enumerate_children('', Gio.FileQueryInfoFlags.NONE, null); | |
for (; ;) { | |
const finfo = files.next_file(null); | |
if (!finfo) break; | |
if (finfo.get_file_type() == Gio.FileType.DIRECTORY && finfo.get_name().startsWith(prefix)) { | |
return GLib.build_filenamev([path, finfo.get_name()]); | |
} | |
} | |
return null; | |
} | |
GIRepository.Repository.prepend_library_path('/usr/lib64/gnome-shell') | |
GIRepository.Repository.prepend_search_path('/usr/lib64/gnome-shell'); | |
GIRepository.Repository.prepend_library_path(findLib('/usr/lib64', 'mutter-')); | |
GIRepository.Repository.prepend_search_path(findLib('/usr/lib64', 'mutter-')); | |
const { Shell } = imports.gi; | |
const appSys = Shell.AppSystem.get_default(); | |
print(appSys.get_installed().map(x => x.get_name()).join('\n')); |
Yes. I opened many apps including gnome specific apps. Nothing.
Running Shell.AppSystem.get_default().get_running().map(x => x.get_name()).join('\n')
in lg
(alt+F2 then type lg
), is there output?
The output is r(0) = Firefox Alacritty ....
. I mean the command works if i run this way.
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Do you have any apps with at least one window running while you run your script?