Preference Opening Specification

[Mattias Andrée]

Why would this be useful? And what about when none of
these are implemented, would that be a problem?

On Sat, 16 Jan 2016 00:28:37 +0100
Corentin Noël <corentin at elementaryos.org> wrote:

> 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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