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/****************************************************************************
**
** Copyright (C) 2019 Alberto Mardegan
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**
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/*!
    \qmltype freedesktop
    \inqmlmodule QbsModules
    \since Qbs 1.16

    \brief Provides support for some freedesktop.org specifications.

    The \c freedesktop module contains properties and rules for building and working with
    applications compliant to freedesktop.org specifications on UNIX platforms.
    The areas in which this module can be of use include:

    \list
        \li Creation or post-processing of
            \l{https://specifications.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/}{\c{.desktop}
            files}
        \li Installation of \l{https://www.freedesktop.org/software/appstream/docs/chap-Metadata.html}{AppStream} metadata
        \li Defining the location for
            \l{https://specifications.freedesktop.org/icon-theme-spec/icon-theme-spec-latest.html#directory_layout}
            {application icons}
    \endlist

    This module is available on all platforms but is currently only useful on UNIX platforms.

    \section2 Example usage
    \target example-freedesktop

    \code
    Application {
        ...
        Depends { name: "freedesktop" }

        Group {
            files: [
                ...

                // Declare the desktop and appstream files
                "data/my-app.desktop",
                "data/my-app.metainfo.xml",
            ]
        }

        // Add/change some fields in the desktop file
        freedesktop.desktopKeys: ({
            'Exec': FileInfo.joinPaths(qbs.installPrefix,
                                       product.installDir,
                                       product.targetName) + ' --argument',
            'X-Application-Version': product.version,
        })

        // Declare the application icon
        Group {
            files: "icons/my-application.svg"
            fileTags: "freedesktop.appIcon"
        }
    }
    \endcode

    \section2 Relevant File Tags
    \target filetags-freedesktop

    \table
    \header
        \li Tag
        \li Auto-tagged File Names
        \li Since
        \li Description
    \row
        \li \c{"freedesktop.desktopfile_source"}
        \li \c{*.desktop}
        \li 1.16
        \li A source file with this tag is a \c{.desktop} file or fragment that
            will be merged into the application's final \c{.desktop} file.
    \row
        \li \c{"freedesktop.desktopfile"}
        \li -
        \li 1.16
        \li Attached to the output artifacts of the rule that produces the
            merged \c{.desktop} file.
    \row
        \li \c{"freedesktop.appstream"}
        \li \c{*.metainfo.xml}, \c{*.appdata.xml}
        \li 1.16
        \li Source files with this tag are AppStream metadata files which will
            be installed under \l{qbs::}{installPrefix}\c{/share/metainfo}
    \row
        \li \c{"freedesktop.appIcon"}
        \li -
        \li 1.16
        \li Source files with this tag are application icons and will be
            installed under \l{qbs::}{installPrefix}\c{/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps}
    \endtable
*/

/*!
    \qmlproperty string freedesktop::appName

    The display name of the application which will be stored in the \c{.desktop} file.

    \defaultvalue \l{Product::name}{product.name}
*/

/*!
    \qmlproperty var freedesktop::desktopKeys

    A dictionary of key-value pairs to add to the application's \c{.desktop}
    file.

    The contents of this property will be aggregated with the values from any
    \c{.desktop} file. If this property and any \c{.desktop} files contain the
    same key, this property will take precedence.

    \nodefaultvalue
*/