Re: Gtk.RecentManager doesn't flush updates

[Colomban Wendling <lists ban herbesfolles org>]

Le 21/12/2012 16:02, Kerrick Staley a écrit :
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to modify the recent files list from a Vala program. I construct
> a Gtk.RecentManager and call its remove_item() and add_full() methods, but
> neither has any effect; the recent files list is unchanged (and
> ~/.local/share/recently-used.xbel is unmodified). I notice in strace that
> it opens ~.local/share/recently-used.xbel as read-only:
>     open("/home/kerrick/.local/share/recently-used.xbel", O_RDONLY) = 8
> meaning it can't possibly modify the file. What am I doing wrong?
>
> My code follows:
> using Gtk;
>
> void main(string[] args)
> {
>     var rm = RecentManager.get_default();
>
>     string uri = "file://" + Environment.get_current_dir();
>     Gtk.RecentData data = Gtk.RecentData();
>     data.mime_type = "inode/directory";
>     data.app_name = "gnome-terminal";
>     data.app_exec = "gnome-terminal";
>     rm.add_full(uri, data);
> }

GTK3 delays recent list writing for performance reason, so I guess the
behavior you see is not that surprising.

2 points here I guess:

1) question: is GtkRecentManager supposed to work without a main loop?
It probably would be convenient, and useful if GIO/GLib doesn't provide
the feature.

2) GtkRecentManager should make sure to flush any remaining updates when
quitting time, so none gets lost.

Regards,
Colomban

> Thanks,
> Kerrick
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