[Thunar-dev] Thunarx API changes

[André Miranda]

Hello Adam,
That would be of great help, let me know if you need anything.

Cheers,
Andre Miranda

On 10/24/2017 09:01 AM, Adam Plumb wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto: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
>     <https://github.com/andreldm/thunar/tree/gtkaction-replacement>
>     2 - https://github.com/andreldm/thunar-archive-plugin
>     <https://github.com/andreldm/thunar-archive-plugin>
>
>     Cheers,
>     Andre Miranda
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