Re: [gedit-list] How determine file path of currently open document

[Doug McNutt <douglist macnauchtan com>]

> On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 5:18 PM, Peter Bittner <peter bittner gmx net
> <mailto:peter bittner gmx net>> wrote:
>
>     I'm working on a Gedit plugin that needs to determine the file path of
>     the currently open document (if the content of the document is already
>     saved as a file). In addition (for unsaved documents) I need to figure
>     out Gedit's "working directory" (the one displayed with the `Save
>     As...` dialog).
>
>     Is there any API documentation that helps me with that? It seems
>     surprisingly hard to find anything about this using a Web search. --
>     Alternatively, where can I find Gedit's source code?

The following 4 lines are a gedit tool that might be helpful.

#!/bin/bash
echo "# asking for GEDIT environment variables"
env | grep GEDIT
echo "# end of environment list"

On my machine it puts the following into "untitled document" when I call 
it.

# asking for GEDIT environment variables
GEDIT_CURRENT_DOCUMENT_TYPE=text/plain
GEDIT_DOCUMENTS_PATH=/home/doug/ScratchPad 
/home/doug/Finance/Finance.txt /home/doug/Finance/FromJupiter 
/home/doug/.^/chats
GEDIT_CURRENT_LINE=
GEDIT_CURRENT_DOCUMENT_SCHEME=file
GEDIT_CURRENT_DOCUMENT_NAME=FromJupiter
GEDIT_CURRENT_WORD=
GEDIT_CURRENT_DOCUMENT_DIR=/home/doug/Finance
GEDIT_CURRENT_LINE_NUMBER=29
GEDIT_FILE_BROWSER_ROOT=/home/doug
GEDIT_CURRENT_DOCUMENT_PATH=/home/doug/Finance/FromJupiter
GEDIT_CWD=/home/doug
GEDIT_CURRENT_DOCUMENT_URI=file:///home/doug/Finance/FromJupiter
GEDIT_DOCUMENTS_URI=file:///home/doug/ScratchPad 
file:///home/doug/Finance/Finance.txt 
file:///home/doug/Finance/FromJupiter file:///home/doug/.%5E/chats
# end of environment list