Feat(create-desktop-shortcut): Initial create-desktop-shortcut

create-desktop-shortcut/desktopformat.go

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package main
+
+import "fmt"
+
+func generateDesktopFormat(name string, exec string, icon string) string {
+	desktopBaseFormat := `[Desktop Entry]
+Version=1.0
+Type=Application
+Terminal=false
+Name=%s
+GenericName=%s
+Exec=%s
+Icon=%s
+StartupNotify=true`
+	createdDesktopFormat := fmt.Sprintf(desktopBaseFormat, name, name, exec, icon)
+	return createdDesktopFormat
+}

create-desktop-shortcut/go.mod

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+module create-desktop-shortcut
+
+go 1.20
+
+require github.com/akamensky/argparse v1.4.0

create-desktop-shortcut/go.sum

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+github.com/akamensky/argparse v1.4.0 h1:YGzvsTqCvbEZhL8zZu2AiA5nq805NZh75JNj4ajn1xc=
+github.com/akamensky/argparse v1.4.0/go.mod h1:S5kwC7IuDcEr5VeXtGPRVZ5o/FdhcMlQz4IZQuw64xA=

create-desktop-shortcut/main.go

@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/akamensky/argparse"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	parser := argparse.NewParser("create-desktop-shortcut", "Create Linux desktop shortcut")
+	filepath := parser.StringPositional(nil)
+	entryName := parser.String("n", "name", &argparse.Options{Required: false, Help: "Name of the desktop entry"})
+	iconPath := parser.String("i", "icon", &argparse.Options{Required: false, Help: "Path to the icon"})
+
+	err := parser.Parse(os.Args)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println(parser.Usage(err))
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Start generating all options
+	if *entryName == "" {
+		*entryName = *filepath
+	}
+
+	currPath, err := os.Getwd()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(*filepath, "/") {
+		*filepath = currPath + "/" + *filepath
+	}
+
+	if *iconPath == "" {
+		*iconPath = *filepath
+	} else if !strings.HasPrefix(*iconPath, "/") {
+		*iconPath = currPath + "/" + *iconPath
+	}
+
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(*filepath, "/") {
+		*filepath = currPath + "/" + *filepath
+	}
+	// End generating all options
+
+	reader := bufio.NewReader(os.Stdin)
+	fmt.Printf("Confirm if the filepath is %s [Y/n]: ", *filepath)
+	userChoice, err := reader.ReadString('\n')
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if userChoice == "\n" || strings.ToUpper(userChoice) == "Y\n" {
+		fmt.Printf("Confirming the filepath (%s)...\n", *filepath)
+	} else {
+		fmt.Println("Aborted")
+		return
+	}
+
+	desktopFilepath := "/.local/share/applications/" + *entryName + ".desktop"
+	homePath, err := os.UserHomeDir()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	desktopFilepath = homePath + desktopFilepath
+
+	fmt.Printf("\n")
+	fmt.Printf("Program Path: %s\n", *filepath)
+	fmt.Printf("Program Name: %s\n", *entryName)
+	fmt.Printf("Icon Path: %s\n", *iconPath)
+	fmt.Printf("\n")
+
+	fmt.Printf("Confirm if the file should be auto-generated in %s [Y/n]: ", desktopFilepath)
+	userChoice, err = reader.ReadString('\n')
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	generatedDesktopFormat := generateDesktopFormat(*entryName, *filepath, *iconPath)
+
+	if userChoice == "\n" || strings.ToUpper(userChoice) == "Y\n" {
+		err = os.WriteFile(*&desktopFilepath, []byte(generatedDesktopFormat), 0644)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		fmt.Printf("\nFile created successfully to %s", *&desktopFilepath)
+	} else {
+		fmt.Println("\nGenerated desktop format:\n")
+		fmt.Println(generatedDesktopFormat)
+		return
+	}
+
+}

install.sh

@@ -24,3 +24,9 @@ sudo cp ./permutateText/permutateText.py /usr/local/bin/
 
 echo "Installing file2var"
 sudo cp ./file2var/file2var /usr/local/bin/
+
+echo "Installing create-desktop-shortcut"
+cd create-desktop-shortcut
+sudo go build
+sudo mv create-desktop-shortcut /usr/local/bin/
+cd ..

uninstall.sh

@@ -24,3 +24,6 @@ sudo rm /usr/local/bin/permutateText.py
 
 echo "Deleting file2var"
 sudo rm /usr/local/bin/file2var
+
+echo "Deleting create-desktop-shortcut"
+sudo rm /usr/local/bin/create-desktop-shortcut