#!/usr/bin/python from gi.repository import Gio import sys import dbus def main(myname, desktop, *files): launcher = Gio.DesktopAppInfo.new_from_filename(desktop) activatable = launcher.get_boolean('DBusActivatable') if activatable: bus = dbus.SessionBus() service_id = launcher.get_id() # cut the .desktop suffix service_id = service_id[:-8] bus.start_service_by_name(service_id) launcher.launch(files, None) if __name__ == "__main__": main(*sys.argv)