Preference Opening Specification

[Corentin Noël]

Hi everyone,
Many desktop environments have their own System Settings applications, 
but there is no clear way for developers to call settings from within 
their applications  without resorting to hardcoding in commands for 
each and every Settings app.
I propose a new specification that similar to other scheme handling in 
Desktop files, through a new settings:// URI. With this, developers 
could call on Settings applications, without resorting to hardcoding, 
provided a desktop environment supports it. For example, an application 
calling settings://bluetooth would open Bluetooth settings for a given 
desktop environment.

Here is the specification I propose:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1N0uqNtVXEFn3cLgNMeN75mP_dpMpCco-7uw5PKow-_Q/edit?usp=sharing

I'm of course open to changes and feedbacks,
Corentin Noël
elementary OS Developer
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