enable activation of applications that do not have d-bus service

[simple-launcher] / utils.cc

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+// This file is a part of Simple Launcher
+//
+// Copyright (C) 2006, 2007, Mikhail Sobolev
+//
+// Simple Launcher is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+// under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+// ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+// FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for
+// more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+// this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51
+// Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+
+#include <glib/gerror.h>
+#include <glib/gutils.h>
+#include <glib/gshell.h>
+#include <glib/gspawn.h>
+#include <glib/gmem.h>
+
+#include "utils.h"
+
+void runApplication(const std::string& whatToRun) {
+  if (!whatToRun.empty()) {
+    GError *error = NULL;
+    std::string::size_type pos;
+    std::string app, args;
+
+    if ((pos = whatToRun.find(' ')) != std::string::npos) {
+      app = whatToRun.substr(0, pos);
+      args = whatToRun.substr(pos);
+    } else {
+      app = whatToRun;
+    }
+
+    {
+      gchar *fullPath = g_find_program_in_path(app.c_str());
+
+      app = std::string(fullPath);
+
+      g_free(fullPath);
+    }
+
+    if (!args.empty()) {
+      app += args;
+    }
+
+    if (!app.empty()) {
+      gint argc;
+      gchar **argv;
+      GPid pid;
+
+      if (g_shell_parse_argv (app.c_str(), &argc, &argv, &error)) {
+        g_spawn_async(NULL, argv, NULL, (GSpawnFlags)0, NULL, NULL, &pid, &error);
+      }
+
+      if (error != NULL) {
+        g_error_free(error);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}