Re: [gthumb-list] Gthumb help system versus FreeBSD -- some progress made

["Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak" <mjc avtechpulse com>]

> Please do direct me to any documentation that would spell out the
> functionality that the developers intended should be provided by any or
> all of the following functions:
>
>      gtk_show_uri
http://developer.gnome.org/gtk/stable/gtk-Filesystem-utilities.html#gtk-show-uri

>      g_app_info_launch_default_for_uri
http://developer.gnome.org/gio/stable/GAppInfo.html#g-app-info-launch-default-for-uri

>      g_file_new_for_uri
http://developer.gnome.org/gio/2.32/GFile.html#g-file-new-for-uri

>      g_vfs_get_file_for_uri
http://developer.gnome.org/gio/stable/GVfs.html#g-vfs-get-file-for-uri

>      g_local_vfs_get_file_for_uri
well, that's a private internal function - you'd have to read the source 
code

>      g_filename_from_uri
http://developer.gnome.org/glib/2.30/glib-URI-Functions.html#g-filename-from-uri

>      g_file_query_default_handler
http://developer.gnome.org/gio/2.32/GFile.html#g-file-query-default-handler

>      g_app_info_get_default_for_uri_scheme
http://developer.gnome.org/gio/stable/GAppInfo.html#g-app-info-get-default-for-uri-scheme

>      g_app_info_get_default_for_type
http://developer.gnome.org/gio/stable/GAppInfo.html#g-app-info-get-default-for-type

>      get_all_desktop_entries_for_mime_type
>      mime_info_cache_init
>      mime_info_cache_init_dir_lists
>      get_applications_search_path
>      search_path_init
>      mime_info_cache_dir_init_mimeapps_list
private internal functions, read the source

>      g_get_system_data_dirs
http://developer.gnome.org/glib/2.28/glib-Miscellaneous-Utility-Functions.html#g-get-system-data-dirs


It sounds like your minimalist window manager is not implementing the 
default application and mime type handling specified by freedesktop 
standards (like 
http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/mime-actions-spec). It's 
not a gnome-specific thing.

gThumb is a gnome-based application, and it does rely heavily on 
gio/gfile/g_app and all that.


- Mike