mintmenu/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintMenu/plugins/execute.py

#!/usr/bin/python2

import os
from gi.repository import Gio, GLib


def RemoveArgs(Execline):
    if isinstance(Execline, list):
        Execline = ' '.join(Execline)

    Specials = ["%f", "%F", "%u", "%U", "%d", "%D", "%n", "%N", "%i", "%c", "%k", "%v", "%m", "%M",
                "STARTED_FROM_MENU=yes"]
    for spec in Specials:
        if spec in Execline:
            Execline = Execline.replace(spec, "")

    return Execline

def dummy_child_watch (pid, status, data):
  # Do nothing, this is just to ensure we don't double fork
  # and break pkexec: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=675789
  pass

def gather_pid_callback(appinfo, pid, data):
    GLib.child_watch_add(pid, dummy_child_watch, None)

# Actually execute the command
def Execute(cmd , commandCwd=None, desktopFile=None):
    if desktopFile:
        launcher = Gio.DesktopAppInfo.new_from_filename(desktopFile)
        retval = launcher.launch_uris_as_manager(uris=[], launch_context=None, spawn_flags=GLib.SpawnFlags.SEARCH_PATH|GLib.SpawnFlags.DO_NOT_REAP_CHILD, \
            user_setup=None, user_setup_data=None, pid_callback=gather_pid_callback, pid_callback_data=None)
        return retval

    cwd = os.path.expanduser("~")

    if commandCwd:
        tmpCwd = os.path.expanduser(commandCwd)
        if (os.path.exists(tmpCwd)):
            cwd = tmpCwd

    cmd = RemoveArgs(cmd)

    try:
        os.chdir(cwd)
        os.system(cmd + " &")
        return True
    except Exception as e:
        print(e)
        return False