[Tracker] Fwd: suggestion: get rid of open_file_with_nautilus function in t-s-t

["Tshepang Lekhonkhobe" <tshepang gmail com>]

I am fixing the mistake of having sent only to the respondent:

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Tshepang Lekhonkhobe <tshepang gmail com>
Date: Jan 8, 2007 1:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Tracker] suggestion: get rid of open_file_with_nautilus
function in t-s-t
To: Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen <mikkel kamstrup gmail com>


On 1/8/07, Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen <mikkel kamstrup gmail com> wrote:
> 2007/1/8, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe <tshepang gmail com>:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Shouldn't we get rid of open_file_with_nautilus functionality in t-s-t
> > and  therefore have xdg-utils as a required dependency. This would
> > help reduce t-s-t code. Besides, this code seems only reachable only
> > when xdg-utils isn't installed, hence the required dependency on
> > xdg-utils...
> >
> > In this case, open_file_with_xdg_open should suffice for opening folders.
> >
> > I'd rather ask before supplying a patch because I saw some
> > considerable amount of code in that function whose use is mysterious
> > to me, so am seeking advice from the t-s-t hackers...
> >
>
> I admit I haven't looked at the code, but isn't gnome_url_show the one
> to use generally? It also adds files to the gtk.RecentManager if
> appropriate. After all t-s-t is a Gnome front end to tracker? Or is it
> only gtk?

I don't really know what gtk.RecentManager but I think (need more
verification) that t-s-t doesn't need any part of GNOME, just GTK.