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

["Tshepang Lekhonkhobe" <tshepang gmail com>]

On 1/8/07, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe <tshepang gmail com> wrote:
> 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.

My carelessness led me to think that t-s-t only needs GTK, but when
checking out the #include(s), I found it needs a whole of GNOME
(gnome-vfs, gconf, et. al). Forgive me...