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releng:4.14:roadmap:thunar:thunarx-cleanup [2017/10/26 04:54] – created andreldmreleng:4.14:roadmap:thunar:thunarx-cleanup [2019/08/29 18:35] (current) – [Thunarx API clean-up] Fix link andreldm
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 ====== Thunarx API clean-up ====== ====== Thunarx API clean-up ======
  
-Since the API soname had to bumped to 3 to avoid conflicts with GTK3 symbols, it's an appropriate opportunity to remove deprecated Widgets from the Thunar Extension Framework (thunarx), specifically [[https://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/stable/GtkAction.html|GtkAction]]. +Since the API soname had to bumped to avoid conflicts with GTK3 symbols, it's an appropriate opportunity to remove deprecated Widgets from the Thunar Extension Framework (thunarx), specifically [[https://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/stable/GtkAction.html|GtkAction]].
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-Considering the effort it would that take replace all GtkAction/GtkUiManager related code with [[https://wiki.gnome.org/HowDoI/GAction|GAction]]/GtkBuilder/[[https://wiki.gnome.org/HowDoI/GMenu|GMenu]], and realising this is [[https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GTK+/Menus#Comments|not a straightforward task]], we decided to keep these deprecated internally and deal with them by the time of the gtk4 port. Based on [[https://github.com/linuxmint/nemo/tree/master/libnemo-extension|Nemo's approach]], the **ThunarxMenuItem** class was designed as a drop-in replacement for GtkAction yield by providers, hence updating plugins should be an easy task. +
  
 +Considering the effort it would that take replace all GtkAction/GtkUiManager related code with [[https://wiki.gnome.org/HowDoI/GAction|GAction]]/GtkBuilder/[[https://wiki.gnome.org/HowDoI/GMenu|GMenu]], and realising this is [[https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GTK/Menus#Comments|not a straightforward task]], we decided to keep these deprecated widget internally and deal with them by the time of the GTK4 port. Based on [[https://github.com/linuxmint/nemo/tree/master/libnemo-extension|Nemo's approach]], the **ThunarxMenuItem** and **ThunarxMenu** classes were designed as drop-in replacements for GtkAction yielded by providers, hence updating plugins should be an easy task.
 ==== Provider interfaces affected ==== ==== Provider interfaces affected ====
   * ThunarxMenuProvider - The interface to extensions that provide additional menu items   * ThunarxMenuProvider - The interface to extensions that provide additional menu items
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   * [X] thunar-user-customizable-actions ("uca", bundled with thunar)   * [X] thunar-user-customizable-actions ("uca", bundled with thunar)
   * [X] thunar-wallpaper-plugin (bundled with thunar)   * [X] thunar-wallpaper-plugin (bundled with thunar)
-  * [  ] thunar-actions-plugin+  * [X] <del>thunar-actions-plugin</del> (unmaintained, moved to archive)
   * [X] thunar-archive-plugin   * [X] thunar-archive-plugin
-  * [  ] thunar-media-tags-plugin +  * [X] thunar-media-tags-plugin 
-  * [  ] thunar-shares-plugin +  * [X] thunar-shares-plugin 
-  * [  ] thunar-vcs-plugin +  * [X] thunar-vcs-plugin 
-  * [  ] xfdesktop +  * [X] xfdesktop (merged, will be available in 4.13.2) 
-  * [  ] thunarx-python+  * [X] thunarx-python 
 + 
 +==== Compatibility Matrix ==== 
 + 
 +^ Component ^ Thunar 1.6.x ^ Thunar 1.7.x+ ^ Works with both ^ 
 +| xfdesktop | 4.12 | 4.13.2+ | No | 
 +| thunar-archive-plugin | 0.3.1 | 0.4.0 | No | 
 +| thunar-media-tags-plugin | 0.2.1 | 0.3.0 | No | 
 +| thunar-shares-plugin | 0.2.0 | 0.3.0 | No | 
 +| thunar-vcs-plugin | 0.1.5 | 0.2.0 | No | 
 +| thunarx-python | 0.3.0 | 0.5.0 | No |
  
-==== WIP Repositories ==== 
-  * https://github.com/andreldm/thunar/tree/gtkaction-replacement 
-  * https://github.com/andreldm/thunar-archive-plugin/