Configuration Files


This chapter will describe the usage of all of deskypplets configfiles, except deskypplet.conf , which is described here

General Syntax

All configfiles have the same simple syntax in common, where each line is one function:
Name = function ( + optonal @ )
Name is the name used inside of Deskypplet, and the function is the function that is expected.
For example: in the bookmarkfile there is a line with the text userspace=\home\ then the name shown in deskypplet will be userspace , while the directory it will go to is \home\
Sometimes a function need a filename or a directory as a parameter, then that is inserted where a @ is found

mimehandling.conf

Normally MaemoOS will take care of the files, but sometimes it can be convenient or even necessary to define a action inside deskypplet that is different from what maemo normally does.
If a fileextension is found in this file, then it will replace the N900s normal action with this action instead.
name - the extension to look for
function - the commandline that should be executed
@ - filename including its path
For example: .gnumeric=gnumeric @ will make deskypplet to be aware of files with the extension gnumeric, and when a file with that extension is tapped then deskypplet will execute gnumeric with the path+filename as a parameter.

ypplet-bookmarks.conf

This is where all the bookmarks are stored.
name - the name of the bookmark shown in the bookmarkview
function - the directory to which the bookmark will go For example: mydir=/home/user/ will show the name mydir in the bookmarkview, and when it is tapped, it will go to the directory /home/user/

yppletactions.conf
fileactions.conf
folderactions.conf

These files are the userconfigurable part of the three menus in deskypplet.
yppletactions.conf populates the menu that shows up when you press or
While the other two are the ones that shows up when you tap a icon in advanced mode, fileactions.conf is for files and directoryactions.conf is for directorys.
name - the name shown in the menu
function - the executed commandline
@ - for yppletactios.conf then @ will be replaced with the current path.
for folderactions.conf then @ will be replaced with the path to the tapped directory.
for fileactions.conf then @ will be replaced with the filename including the path of the tapped file.
For all these files a command must be ended with a & for multitasking, but if you omit it then deskypplet will wait for it to finish which is good if you do a change in the directory.

Help index

index.html - Main helpfile

file list All the files in deskypplets directory

Deskypplet.conf - Deskypplets main configuration file

Other config files - Other config files

Features - tips and tricks and features in deskypplet