Configure where the Weston plugin looks for GUI apps (*.desktop files)

[mhlr]

Is your feature request related to a problem:

A number of tools have their own package ecosystem and may install *.desktop files in alternative locations =, eg conda, R, Guix, ... The Weston plugin only looks in /usr/share/applications and does not pick up apps from these locations. To have WSLg recognise these apps the deskop files must be copied to and kept up to date in /usr/share/applications.

Describe the solution you'd like:

A way (eg config file) to specify the list of directories searched for *.desktop files.

Describe alternatives you've considered:

• manually syncing all directories to /usr/share/applications
• a cron job in wsl to sync the directories
• something OverlayFS/UnionFS/MergeFS to make /usr/share/applications look like a combination of all the desired directories

Additional context:

No response

[hideyukn88]

This is now supported by WSL version 1.1.2 (https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/releases/tag/1.1.2) by configuring .wslgconfig, like below, thanks!

C:\Users\[Your User Name]\.wslgconfig

[system-distro-env]
WESTON_RDPRAIL_SHELL_APP_LIST_PATH=/home/foo/.local/share/applications:/opt/another/path1:/opt/another/path2