[Gambas-user] Speaking of using common linux tools

[Bruce Steers]

Also gb.desktop DesktopFile has the NoDisplay property if you want to do it
with gambas.
http://gambaswiki.org/wiki/comp/gb.desktop/desktopfile

Dim df As New DesktopFile(sPath)
df.NoDisplay = True
df.Save()


BruceS

On Sun, 11 Dec 2022, 11:10 Fabien Bodard, <gambas.fr at gmail.com> wrote:

> so what do really want to achieve ... I don't understand.
>
> If I want to hide an icon it is what I use ... because it's the common
> linux distrib way based on the freedesktop specifications.
>
> By the way I know zenity and I was using it before we have been able to
> access to dbus directly and before dbus was so commonly used.
>
> I add to this mail a class that is able to read the .desktop files(but not
> write).
>
> Le dim. 11 déc. 2022 à 11:17, Bruce Steers <bsteers4 at gmail.com> a écrit :
>
>> zenity is easy , Zenity Manual
>> <https://help.gnome.org/users/zenity/stable/index.html.en>
>> I wouldn't call it a scripter though, it's just a requester GUI tiool
>>
>> On Sun, 11 Dec 2022 at 07:25, BB <adamnt42 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Has anyone got an idea of using "common" linux screen "scripters" like
>>> zenity etc.
>>>
>>> I have always shied away from these as they look sooo distro dependant.
>>> However suddenly an obtuse use case has arisen (where I want to
>>> temporarily de-activate but not delete a .desktop icon).
>>>
>>> tia
>>>
>>> bruce
>>>
>>>
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>
> --
> Fabien Bodard
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