Re: [Nautilus-list] Re: gnocam camera:// moniker and thumbnailing

[John Sullivan <sullivan eazel com>]

I checked in the fix for this -- now all thumbnails will be created in the
centralized location ~/.nautilus/thumbnails if at Advanced user level you
change "Make Folder Appearance Details Public" (in Speed Tradeoffs) to
Never.

John

on 5/10/01 6:02 PM, John Sullivan at sullivan eazel com wrote:

> Hi Michael,
> 
> the preferred diff format is described in the HACKING file in Nautilus
> sources. The short form is: 'cvs diff -pu >patch'.
> 
> My first reaction to your patch was that re-using the USE_PUBLIC_METADATA
> preference for the thumbnails was conceptually wrong. But it grew on me, and
> I now think that it's not only sensible but better than having a separate
> preference for this. (If a user wants to avoid scattering
> .nautilus-metafile.xml files around their disk, then they probably want to
> avoid scattering both .thumbnails directories for the same reason;
> conversely, if they're working in a shared environment where it's useful to
> share the metafile data among multiple users, then it's an advantage to
> share the thumbnails as well.)
> 
> Your patch will work, but is not the most efficient way to write this.
> There's a mechanism to access preferences repeatedly that's quicker than
> calling get_preference (or get_integer_preference or whatever); you set up
> an "auto-storage" variable for the preference and then just use that
> variable. You can search the code for "eel_preferences_add_auto_integer" for
> examples.
> 
> I think this is a good change to make and I'll try to finish the idea by
> using the auto_storage mechanism in the next few days. If I'm not getting to
> it quickly enough, you are welcome to redo your patch using the auto-storage
> mechanism and post it again.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> John
> 
> on 5/9/01 11:46 AM, Michael Rothwell at rothwell holly-springs nc us wrote:
> 
>> Here's a diff to make thumbnailing follow the "metadata" preferences. Now I
>> have to figure out how to get gnocam's bonobo module to preview the images on
>> the camera.
>> 
>> -M
>> 
>> p.s.. what's the preferred patch format?
>> 
>> RCS file: /cvs/gnome/nautilus/libnautilus-private/nautilus-thumbnails.c,v
>> retrieving revision 1.19
>> diff -r1.19 nautilus-thumbnails.c
>> 31a32,33
>>> #include "nautilus-global-preferences.h"
>>> #include "nautilus-metadata.h"
>> 97a100
>>> NautilusSpeedTradeoffValue preference_value;
>> 104a108,114
>>> /*  make thumbnails in central location according to setting of
>>> NAUTILUS_PREFERENCES_USE_PUBLIC_METADATA -- thumbnails are metadata, right?
>>> */
>>> preference_value = eel_preferences_get_integer
>>> (NAUTILUS_PREFERENCES_USE_PUBLIC_METADATA);
>>> if (preference_value == NAUTILUS_SPEED_TRADEOFF_NEVER) {
>>> use_local_directory = FALSE;
>>> } 
>>> 
>> 296a307
>>> 
>> 576a588
>>> 
>> 586a599
>>> 
>> 
>> On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 01:06:30PM -0400, Michael Rothwell wrote:
>>> 
>>> In nautilus/libnautilus-private/nautilus-thumbnails.c, I found this:
>>> 
>>> if (use_local_directory && is_local) {
>>> thumbnail_uri = g_strdup_printf ("%s/.thumbnails", directory_name);
>>> } else  {
>>> GnomeVFSResult result;
>>> GnomeVFSURI *thumbnail_directory_uri;
>>> 
>>> ... is there a place to set the use_local_directory flag to false via the
>>> GUI
>>> preferences?
>>> 
>>> -M
>>> 
>>> On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 12:38:59PM -0400, Michael Rothwell wrote:
>>>> Hmm.. I just opened Nautilus by right-clicking on my "home" directory and
>>>> choosing "open." I then opened the preferences menu. Then I opened it
>>>> again.
>>>> Then I thought to look on another desktop. :) Perhaps Nautilus could be
>>>> taught to open its dialogs in the same place as teh current window. And is
>>>> there a wy to make Nautilus open a new window if there's not already a
>>>> window with that view when opening desktop items?
>>>> 
>>>> I'll look at the thumbnails problem.
>>>> 
>>>> -M
>>>> 
>>>> On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 08:32:49AM -0700, John Sullivan wrote:
>>>>> on 5/9/01 5:20 AM, David Megginson at david megginson com wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Michael Rothwell writes:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Another problem is, Nautilus cannot make a ".thumbnails" directory
>>>>>>> on the camera, so it cannot display thumbnails at all. It might be
>>>>>>> nice to have nautilus use a substitute directory in my home dir for
>>>>>>> read-only media like cameras and CDROMs, so that it can still show
>>>>>>> thumbnails for images on read-only media. Maybe
>>>>>>> ~.thumbnails/proxy/camera:__previews s20/IMG_0336.JPG.png"
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I think it would be a good idea to use a substitute directory
>>>>>> *always*.  As a basic principle, Nautilus shouldn't pollute any
>>>>>> directories it doesn't own, except for the standard configuration
>>>>>> points ($HOME, $HOME/gnome, $HOME/.gnome-desktop).  With Nautilus 1.0,
>>>>>> I had the very unpleasant experience of burning a CD-ROM and finding
>>>>>> unwanted .nautilus-metafile.xml files all over it afterwards.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> All the best,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> David
>>>>> 
>>>>> You can set a preference so that Nautilus puts all the nautilus-metafiles
>>>>> into a single directory. The preference is the confusingly-named "Make
>>>>> Folder Appearance Details Public" and is found only at the Advanced user
>>>>> level in the Speed Tradeoffs pane. If you set this to Never then Nautilus
>>>>> will put all the nautilus-metafiles into a single directory.
>>>>> 
>>>>> (You can also turn off thumbnailing, but there's not currently an option
>>>>> to
>>>>> leave thumbnailing on but have all the thumbnails stored in a single
>>>>> directory. Perhaps some enterprising hacker would like to add that
>>>>> feature.)
>>>>> 
>>>>> John
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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