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  | #!/usr/bin/gjs | |
| // SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT | |
| // usage: gjs shell_object_sample.js | |
| const { GIRepository, GLib, Gio } = imports.gi; | |
| function findLib(path, prefix) { | |
| const libdir = Gio.File.new_for_path(path); | |
| const files = libdir.enumerate_children('', Gio.FileQueryInfoFlags.NONE, null); | |
| for (; ;) { | |
| const finfo = files.next_file(null); | |
| if (!finfo) break; | |
| if (finfo.get_file_type() == Gio.FileType.DIRECTORY && finfo.get_name().startsWith(prefix)) { | |
| return GLib.build_filenamev([path, finfo.get_name()]); | |
| } | |
| } | |
| return null; | |
| } | |
| GIRepository.Repository.prepend_library_path('/usr/lib64/gnome-shell') | |
| GIRepository.Repository.prepend_search_path('/usr/lib64/gnome-shell'); | |
| GIRepository.Repository.prepend_library_path(findLib('/usr/lib64', 'mutter-')); | |
| GIRepository.Repository.prepend_search_path(findLib('/usr/lib64', 'mutter-')); | |
| const { Shell } = imports.gi; | |
| const appSys = Shell.AppSystem.get_default(); | |
| print(appSys.get_installed().map(x => x.get_name()).join('\n')); | 
The output is r(0) = Firefox Alacritty ..... I mean the command works if i run this way.
  
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Shell.AppSystem.get_default().get_running().map(x => x.get_name()).join('\n')inlg(alt+F2 then typelg), is there output?