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Created February 11, 2017 04:42
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Create a desktop entry for a webapp using Chromium --app and Nix
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.nixpkgs.config.nix
with import <nixpkgs> {};
let
webApp = { name, title, url }: stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
inherit name;
src = pkgs.writeText "src" ''
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Name=${title}
Exec=chromium --app=${url}
NoDisplay=false
StartupWMClass=${name}
'';
phases = [ "installPhase" ];
installPhase = ''
mkdir -p $out/share/applications/
cat $src >> $out/share/applications/${name}.desktop
'';
};
in
{
packageOverrides = pkgs: {
litewrite = webApp {
name = "litewrite";
url = "https://litewrite.net";
title = "LiteWrite";
};
}
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gistfile1.txt
$ nix-env -i litewrite
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