desktop

Documentation

Overview

Package desktop opens files and folders through the desktop environment of the machine the Encore daemon runs on.

It exists for the developer dashboard's "open" and "reveal in file manager" actions.

Index

• Variables
• func Open(path string) error
• func Reveal(path string) error
• func Supported() bool

Variables

var ErrNoDesktop = errors.New("this machine has no desktop environment to open files in")

ErrNoDesktop reports that this machine has no desktop environment.

Functions

func Open

func Open(path string) error

Open launches path with the program the operating system has registered for it.

The program is detached from the daemon, so it outlives it.

func Reveal

func Reveal(path string) error

Reveal opens the file manager showing the directory holding path, with path selected. It accepts both files and directories.

Selecting the item isn't possible on every platform; see the platform files.

func Supported

func Supported() bool

Supported reports whether Open and Reveal can do anything on this machine.