Added desktop file generation function and desktop item for firefox

svn path=/nixpkgs/trunk/; revision=15529

1 files changed, 33 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/make-desktopitem/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/make-desktopitem/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7f3b97a33b79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/make-desktopitem/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{stdenv}:
+{ name
+, type ? "Application"
+, exec
+, icon ? ""
+, comment ? ""
+, terminal ? "false"
+, desktopName
+, genericName
+, mimeType ? ""
+, categories ? "Application;Other;"
+, encoding ? "UTF-8"
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  inherit name;
+  buildCommand = ''
+    ensureDir $out/share/applications
+    cat > $out/share/applications/$name.desktop <<EOF
+    [Desktop Entry]
+    Type=${type}
+    Exec=${exec}
+    Icon=${icon}
+    Comment=${comment}
+    Terminal=${terminal}
+    Name=${desktopName}
+    GenericName=${genericName}
+    MimeType=${mimeType}
+    Categories=${categories}
+    Encoding=${encoding}
+    EOF
+  '';
+}