#!/bin/bash
# This script will generate a directory and symlink structure which
# can be used with the wm-gen-desktop-menu script to create a wmaker
# menu on the fly for installed progams with a *.desktop file
# In order to keep this database up-to-date, this script should be run
# after installing new software, or it can be included in your startup

if [ $1 ] ; then
	DESKTOP_FILES_PATH=$1
else
	DESKTOP_FILES_PATH=~/GNUstep/DesktopMenus
fi

# if you already have xdg menus, then you probably have desktop files here:
if [ -d ~/.local/share/applications ] ; then
 DESKTOP_APPS=~/.local/share/applications
else
 # otherwise, use the ones installed in the system directory
 DESKTOP_APPS=/usr/share/applications
fi

for DSK in $(ls -1 $DESKTOP_APPS/*.desktop) ; do
	CATEGORIES=$(grep Categories $DSK |cut -f2 -d'=')
	OLDIFS=$IFS
	IFS=';'
	for CATEGORY in $CATEGORIES ; do
		  if ! [ -d $DESKTOP_FILES_PATH/$CATEGORY ] ; then
			mkdir -p $DESKTOP_FILES_PATH/$CATEGORY
		  fi
		  if ! [ -e $DESKTOP_FILES_PATH/$CATEGORY/$(basename $DSK) ] ; then
			# if you want to save space you can create links to the desktop files
			#ln -sf $DSK $DESKTOP_FILES_PATH/$CATEGORY/$(basename $DSK)
			# It's probably better to copy the files so they can be altered by the user
			cp $DSK $DESKTOP_FILES_PATH/$CATEGORY/$(basename $DSK)
		  fi
	done
	IFS=$OLDIFS
done