4 files changed, 110 insertions, 0 deletions
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..f1b672234a34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/config/xdg/mime.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{ 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 
+    ];
+
+    environment.extraSetup = ''
+      if [ -w $out/share/mime ]; then
+        XDG_DATA_DIRS=$out/share ${pkgs.shared-mime-info}/bin/update-mime-database -V $out/share/mime > /dev/null
+      fi
+
+      if [ -w $out/share/applications ]; then
+        ${pkgs.desktop-file-utils}/bin/update-desktop-database $out/share/applications
+      fi
+    '';
+  };
+
+}