[Thunar-dev] Recent document support

[Aaron Fineman]

On 6/28/06, Jannis Pohlmann <info at sten-net.de> wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 17:09:43 -0400, Aaron Fineman wrote:
>
> > On 6/28/06, Jannis Pohlmann <info at sten-net.de> wrote:
> > > On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 14:05:09 -0400, Aaron Fineman wrote:
> > > > On 6/28/06, Stephan Arts <psybsd at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > I wanted to submit a feature request for this, but i do not
> > > > > know if this is a thunar-, thunar-plugin-, libexo-feature or
> > > > > none/all of the above.
> > > > >
> > > > > I would like to see an interface to find out which documents
> > > > > have been opened recently.
> > > > >
> > > > > I have found a gnome-discussion about this:
> > > > >
> > > > > http://live.gnome.org/RecentFilesAndBookmarks
> > > > >
> > > > > and there is a freedesktop-spec for it:
> > > > > http://standards.freedesktop.org/recent-file-spec/recent-file-spec-latest.html
> > > > >
> > > > > Is it something to put on the roadmap for Thunar?
> > > > >
> > > > > regards,
> > > > >
> > > > > Stephan
> > >
> > > > i would say thats more a xfce, xfdesktop menu type thing that
> > > > anyone can access, but just my 2.53 cents...
> > >
> > > Yes, this is something which could be used a) in the menu and b) in
> > > a documents:// special URI handled by a Thunar plugin (in the
> > > future).
> > >
> > > Concerning the menu, some already might know that I plan to
> > > implement the XDG menu spec properly after 4.4. This also includes
> > > a panel plugin as an alternative (or replacement?) for the current
> > > Xfce menu. This menu widget might include recently opened
> > > Documents, recently started Apps and even a "Run..."-like command
> > > input field.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Jannis
> >
> > personally, i would advise against packing input widgets into the
> > menu. it sounds like a good idea, but it really slows it down on older
> > computers. on the other hand, an option to use the default light
> > menu, or the new fancy pimped out one would fix that.
>
> Yeah, that's true. It was just an idea because I hate "Run..." buttons.
>
> > also, in recently opened documents, i would include websites, but that
> > might be a problem intergrating with every browser in existance. is
> > there an easy way to do that?
>
> Normally, people browse through websites so fast that it would be
> stupid to include websites in the list of recently openend documents.
> They are already listed in the browser history and IMHO that's where
> they belong.
>
> - Jannis

i would have to agree with that, it would have to only include things
specificly clicked on or entered into the address bar. but that would
be a pita to track, and quite proc expensive...