scan_directories.lua

-- functions related to scanning directories in the users PATH for applications that have
-- been specified in the menubuilder.conf file, or for any .desktop files

-- scan a directory for applications
function ScanDir(dir)
local config, files, curr, name

files=filesys.GLOB(dir.."/*")
curr=files:next()
while curr ~= nil
do
	name=filesys.basename(curr)
	--directories have no name, so ignore those
	if strutil.strlen(name) > 0
	then
	config=AppConfigFind(name)
	if config ~= nil and config.group ~=nil
	then
		-- is it a dialog app, like XDialog, Zenity or Qarma? If so then add it to the dialog_apps table
		if config.group == "DialogApp"
		then
			--do nothing for now, one day we hope to automagically find qarma, zenity, xdialog etc
		else
			--it's a normal app, so add it to it's menu group
		MenuAddItem(config.group, config)
		if config.implies ~= nil then ProcessImpliedApps(config.implies) end
		end
	end
	end

	curr=files:next()
end

end


function ScanDirectoriesInPath()
local toks, dir, prefix, PATH

PATH=process.getenv("PATH")
toks=strutil.TOKENIZER(PATH,":")
dir=toks:next()
while dir ~= nil
do
	ScanDir(dir)
	prefix=string.gsub(dir, "/bin$", "")
	LoadDesktopFiles(prefix)
	IconPathAdd(prefix)

	dir=toks:next()
end
end