xdg: add modules for supporting various XDG specs

5 files changed, 104 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/nixos/modules/config/system-path.nix b/nixos/modules/config/system-path.nix
index 361151665018..a07a40e86bd1 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/config/system-path.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/config/system-path.nix
@@ -107,12 +107,7 @@ in
         "/etc/gtk-3.0"
         "/lib" # FIXME: remove and update debug-info.nix
         "/sbin"
-        "/share/applications"
-        "/share/desktop-directories"
         "/share/emacs"
-        "/share/icons"
-        "/share/menus"
-        "/share/mime"
         "/share/nano"
         "/share/org"
         "/share/themes"
@@ -132,10 +127,6 @@ in
       # outputs TODO: note that the tools will often not be linked by default
       postBuild =
         ''
-          if [ -x $out/bin/update-mime-database -a -w $out/share/mime ]; then
-              XDG_DATA_DIRS=$out/share $out/bin/update-mime-database -V $out/share/mime > /dev/null
-          fi
-
           if [ -x $out/bin/gtk-update-icon-cache -a -f $out/share/icons/hicolor/index.theme ]; then
               $out/bin/gtk-update-icon-cache $out/share/icons/hicolor
           fi
@@ -144,16 +135,16 @@ in
               $out/bin/glib-compile-schemas $out/share/glib-2.0/schemas
           fi
 
-          if [ -x $out/bin/update-desktop-database -a -w $out/share/applications ]; then
-              $out/bin/update-desktop-database $out/share/applications
-          fi
-
           if [ -x $out/bin/install-info -a -w $out/share/info ]; then
             shopt -s nullglob
             for i in $out/share/info/*.info $out/share/info/*.info.gz; do
                 $out/bin/install-info $i $out/share/info/dir
             done
           fi
+        '' ++ optionalString config.xdg.mime.enable ''
+          XDG_DATA_DIRS=$out/share ${pkgs.shared-mime-info}/bin/update-mime-database -V $out/share/mime > /dev/null
+
+          ${pkgs.desktop-file-utils}/bin/update-desktop-database $out/share/applications
         '';
     };
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/config/xdg/autostart.nix b/nixos/modules/config/xdg/autostart.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0ee94fed818b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/config/xdg/autostart.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ config, lib, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+{
+  options = {
+    xdg.autostart.enable = mkOption {
+      type = types.bool;
+      default = true;
+      description = ''
+        Whether to install files to support the 
+        <link xlink:href="https://specifications.freedesktop.org/autostart-spec/autostart-spec-latest.html">XDG Autostart specification</link>.
+      '';
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = mkIf config.xdg.autostart.enable {
+    environment.pathsToLink = [ 
+      "/etc/xdg/autostart"
+    ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/nixos/modules/config/xdg/icons.nix b/nixos/modules/config/xdg/icons.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8268a3771a0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/config/xdg/icons.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ config, lib, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+{
+  options = {
+    xdg.icons.enable = mkOption {
+      type = types.bool;
+      default = true;
+      description = ''
+        Whether to install files to support the 
+        <link xlink:href="https://specifications.freedesktop.org/icon-theme-spec/icon-theme-spec-latest.html">XDG Icon Theme specification</link>.
+      '';
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = mkIf config.xdg.icons.enable {
+    environment.pathsToLink = [ 
+      "/share/icons" 
+      "/share/pixmaps" 
+    ];
+    
+    environment.profileRelativeEnvVars = {
+      XCURSOR_PATH = [ "/share/icons" ];
+    };
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/nixos/modules/config/xdg/menus.nix b/nixos/modules/config/xdg/menus.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c172692df5d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/config/xdg/menus.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ config, lib, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+{
+  options = {
+    xdg.menus.enable = mkOption {
+      type = types.bool;
+      default = true;
+      description = ''
+        Whether to install files to support the 
+        <link xlink:href="https://specifications.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/menu-spec-latest.html">XDG Desktop Menu specification</link>.
+      '';
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = mkIf config.xdg.menus.enable {
+    environment.pathsToLink = [ 
+      "/share/applications"
+      "/share/desktop-directories"
+      "/etc/xdg/menus"
+      "/etc/xdg/menus/applications-merged"
+    ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/nixos/modules/config/xdg/mime.nix b/nixos/modules/config/xdg/mime.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..db3e7c6d4c53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/config/xdg/mime.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+{
+  options = {
+    xdg.mime.enable = mkOption {
+      type = types.bool;
+      default = true;
+      description = ''
+        Whether to install files to support the 
+        <link xlink:href="https://specifications.freedesktop.org/shared-mime-info-spec/shared-mime-info-spec-latest.html">XDG Shared MIME-info specification</link> and the
+        <link xlink:href="https://specifications.freedesktop.org/mime-apps-spec/mime-apps-spec-latest.html">XDG MIME Applications specification</link>.
+      '';
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = mkIf config.xdg.mime.enable {
+    environment.pathsToLink = [ "/share/mime" ];
+
+    environment.systemPackages = [ 
+      # this package also installs some useful data, as well as its utilities 
+      pkgs.shared-mime-info 
+    ];
+  };
+
+}