[Thunar-dev] Thunarx API changes

[Adam Plumb]

Hi Andre, I will probably need to update thunarx-python. I think rabbitvcs
might be the only project using it though so it's not too big a deal.

On Oct 23, 2017 11:02 PM, "André Miranda" <andre42m at gmail.com> wrote:

> I would like to announce that the *experimental* work on Thunar Extension
> Framework (thunarx) has been completed [1].
> As previously explained, besides updating to gtk3, I wanted to clean the
> API from deprecated widgets (GtkAction).
> This is the last Request For Comments before I push to master.
>
> New abstraction class:
> ThunarxMenuItem
> obs1: based on Nemo and Nautilus extension libs, not sure if its name make
> much sense, specially from ThunarxRenamers
> obs2: maybe ThunarxAction would make more sense, maybe not, but of course
> the "breakage" would be smaller.
>
> Provider interfaces affected:
> - ThunarxMenuProvider — The interface to extensions that provide
> additional menu items
> - ThunarxPreferencesProvider — The interface to extensions that provide
> preferences
> - ThunarxRenamerProvider — The interface to extensions that provide
> additional bulk renamers
>
> Methods changed:
> - thunarx_menu_provider_get_file_actions -> thunarx_menu_provider_get_file
> _menu_items
> - thunarx_menu_provider_get_folder_actions ->
> thunarx_menu_provider_get_folder_menu_items
> - thunarx_menu_provider_get_dnd_actions -> thunarx_menu_provider_get_dnd_
> menu_items
> - thunarx_preferences_provider_get_actions ->
> thunarx_preferences_provider_get_menu_items
> - thunarx_renamer_get_actions -> thunarx_renamer_get_menu_items
>
> Plugins/components TODO list (marked items are updated):
> [X] thunar-advanced-properties ("apr", bundled with thunar)
> [X] thunar-simple-builtin-renamers ("sbr", bundled with thunar)
> [X] thunar-sendto-email (bundled with thunar)
> [X] thunar-trash-panel-applet ("tpa, bundled with thunar)
> [X] thunar-user-customizable-actions ("uca", bundled with thunar)
> [X] thunar-wallpaper-plugin (bundled with thunar)
> [ ] thunar-actions-plugin
> [X] thunar-archive-plugin (WIP available in [2])
> [ ] thunar-media-tags-plugin
> [ ] thunar-shares-plugin
> [ ] thunar-vcs-plugin
> [ ] xfdesktop
> [ ] anything else depends on thunarx?
>
> What I ask:
> - review the API changes and how things were renamed
> - review how ThunarxMenuItem are internally translated into GtkAction
> (thunar-util.c:thunar_util_action_from_menu_item)
> - test!
>
> 1 - https://github.com/andreldm/thunar/tree/gtkaction-replacement
> 2 - https://github.com/andreldm/thunar-archive-plugin
>
> Cheers,
> Andre Miranda
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