~ken-vandine/unity-webapps-bbcnews/lp1369208

#!/usr/bin/python

from gi.repository import Gio

from gi import module

import os

import glib

import glob

import re

 

APP_ID = 'BBCNewsbbccouk'

 

def get_local_applications_path():

    GLib = module.get_introspection_module('GLib')

    user_data_dir = GLib.get_user_data_dir()

    return os.path.join(user_data_dir, 'applications')

 

def update_desktop_file_startupwmclass():

    local_applications_path = get_local_applications_path()

    if not os.path.exists(local_applications_path) or not os.path.isdir(local_applications_path):

        return

 

    desktop_filename = os.path.join(local_applications_path, '{0}.desktop'.format(APP_ID))

    if not os.path.exists(desktop_filename) or not os.path.isfile(desktop_filename):

        return

 

    try:

        desktop_file_content = open(desktop_filename).read()

        start_idx = desktop_file_content.find('[Desktop Entry]')

        if start_idx != -1 and desktop_file_content.find('StartupWMClass') == -1:

            start_idx += len('[Desktop Entry]')

            updated_desktop_file_content = desktop_file_content[:start_idx] + '\nStartupWMClass={0}'.format(APP_ID) + desktop_file_content[start_idx:]

            open(desktop_filename, "w+").write(updated_desktop_file_content)

    except Exception, e:

        print 'Error while upgrading the desktop file: ', str(e)

 

if __name__ == "__main__":

    update_desktop_file_startupwmclass()