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# Custom app menu entries
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These can be used for either `~/.local/share/applications` or
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`/usr/local/share/applications` which are read by graphical desktop
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environments for their app menus and default applications selections.
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Additionally `~/.config/autostart` or `/etc/xdg/autostart` could symlink here
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so graphical desktop environments started the apps on login.
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- [`a-*.desktop`](#a-desktop)
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- [Refreshing the menus](#refreshing-the-menus)
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- [Default applications](#default-applications)
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## `a-*.desktop`
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These files are companions to my script repos `bash/usr-local-bin/*` belonging
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to `/usr/local/share/applications` and are named so to
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avoid masking package manager. They have clearly different names such as using
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all caps.
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Apparently one can also have subdirectories in `/usr/local/share/applications/`
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and `~/.local/share/applications/` making life easier.
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## Refreshing the menus
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```bash
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update-desktop-database -v ~/.local/share/applications
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sudo update-desktop-database -v /usr/local/share/applications
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```
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## Default applications
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[Codium documentation](https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/blob/1.89.1.24130/docs/index.md#how-do-i-fix-the-default-file-manager-linux)
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points out the existence of `~/.config/mimeapps.list` and gives these two
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examples:
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```toml
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[Default Applications]
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inode/directory=org.gnome.Nautilus.desktop;
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```
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```bash
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% grep directory /usr/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache
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inode/directory=codium.desktop;org.gnome.Nautilus.desktop;
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```
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TODO: I wonder if it needs an `update-desktop-database` or similar though.
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