lumina-open - Man Page
a graphical front-end to xdg-open. Opens files or links with the proper application.
Synopsis
| lumina-open |
| lumina-open | [-select | -action <ActionID>] [FILE_PATH | URL] |
| lumina-open | [-volumeup | -volumedown | -brightnessup | -brightnessdown | -autostart-apps | -terminal] |
Description
Given a file with an absolute pathway or URL, the lumina-open utility finds the appropriate application to open the file. If the file is a *.desktop application shortcut, lumina-open starts the application automatically. lumina-open can also perform specific system operations. Here are all flags and descriptions:
- lumina-open
Displays the description and usage for lumina-open.
- lumina-open -select
Bypasses any default application settings to display the application selector window.
- lumina-open -action ActionID
Runs the specified ActionID that is listed in a .desktop registration file rather than the main command.
- lumina-open -volumeup
Increase system audio volume by 5%.
- lumina-open -volumedown
Decrease system audio volume by 5%.
- lumina-open -brightnessup
Increase screen brightness by 5%.
- lumina-open -brightnessdown
Decrease screen brightness by 5%.
- lumina-open -autostart-apps
Launches all applications registered with the XDG autostart application. Typically run by the desktop instead of manually launched.
- lumina-open -terminal
Open the default terminal.
Examples
- lumina-open sample.txt
lumina-open finds the default program for .txt files and opens sample.txt with the appropriate application.
- lumina-open ~/Documents
lumina-open launches the default file manager pointed to the current Documents directory.
- lumina-open http://lumina-desktop.org
Launches the default web browser pointed to the Lumina website.
Files
- %{XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/mimeapps.list
Default file that saves mimetype to application associations.
- %{XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/${XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP}-mimeapps.list
Default file that saves mimetype to application associations for the current desktop session. This file is used before the generic associations file.
See Also
XDG-OPEN(1)
References
For .desktop entry specifications and formatting, refer to these websites:
https://specifications.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/
Specifications for .desktop files.
https://specifications.freedesktop.org/mime-apps-spec/latest/
Details how default applications are registered.
https://specifications.freedesktop.org/autostart-spec/latest/
Used in the -autostart-apps action. Determines which applications are automatically started.
Authors
Tim Moore and Aaron St. John ⟨timmoore88@gmail.com⟩