LUMINA-OPEN(1)

📦 version 1.6.2, in epel 9, fedora 43, fedora 44, nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable

🌸 LUMINA-OPEN(1) — the general commands manual era 🌸

okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, because we're about to talk about lumina-open — the little graphical front-end to xdg-open that opens your files and links with the proper application. yes, THE lumina-open. she's giving ✨desktop utility✨ and she's lowkey carrying the whole desktop environment on her back. 💅

💖 NAME 💖

lumina-open — a graphical front-end to xdg-open. Opens files or links with the proper application. no cap.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

lumina-open

lumina-open [-select | -action <ActionID>] [FILE_PATH | URL]

lumina-open
            [-volumeup | -volumedown | -brightnessup | -brightnessdown | -autostart-apps | -terminal]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the vibe: you hand her a file with an absolute pathway or a URL, and lumina-open goes and finds the appropriate application to open that file with. she's basically your group chat's most organized friend who always knows which app to use for everything. 🫶

and if the file happens to be a *.desktop application shortcut? she doesn't even ask — she just starts the application automatically. main character energy fr fr. 👑

she can also perform specific system operations. here are ALL the flags and descriptions, and yes, we're listing every single one, because we don't skip parts in this house:

  • lumina-open — with no flags at all, she just displays the description and usage for lumina-open. a little self-introduction moment. adorable.
  • lumina-open -select — bypasses any default application settings to display the application selector window. so when the default app is being messy, this lets you pick. 💅
  • lumina-open -action ActionID — runs the specified ActionID that is listed in a .desktop registration file rather than the main command. iykyk.
  • lumina-open -volumeup — increase system audio volume by 5%. turn it UP. 🔊
  • lumina-open -volumedown — decrease system audio volume by 5%. ok fine, turn it down. 🔉
  • lumina-open -brightnessup — increase screen brightness by 5%. ☀️
  • lumina-open -brightnessdown — decrease screen brightness by 5%. 🌙
  • lumina-open -autostart-apps — launches all applications registered with the XDG autostart application. typically run by the desktop instead of manually launched, so like… don't just do this for funsies, bestie.
  • lumina-open -terminal — open the default terminal. that's it, that's the whole thing. iconic.

🎀 EXAMPLES 🎀

okay these are literally so helpful, watch:

  • lumina-open sample.txt — lumina-open finds the default program for .txt files and opens sample.txt with the appropriate application. she ate and left no crumbs.
  • lumina-open ~/Documents — lumina-open launches the default file manager pointed to the current Documents directory. 📁
  • lumina-open http://lumina-desktop.org — launches the default web browser pointed to the Lumina website. 🌐

🌈 FILES 🌈

  • %{XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/mimeapps.list — default file that saves mimetype to application associations. this is where she keeps the receipts. 🧾
  • %{XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/${XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP}-mimeapps.list — default file that saves mimetype to application associations for the current desktop session. this file is used before the generic associations file, so like… she checks this one first, bestie. order matters. ⭐

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

🍓 REFERENCES 🍓

for .desktop entry specifications and formatting, refer to these websites:

👑 AUTHORS 👑

Tim Moore and Aaron St. John ⟨timmoore88@gmail.com⟩ — absolute legends, we love them for this. 💖

not me reading the entire manpage and then still typing the flag wrong. 😭 anyway. go forth and open things, queen. 💅

version 1.3.3 · November 7, 2017 — and that's the whole page, bestie, thanks for coming to my TED talk, mwah 🫶✨🌙

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