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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 -> [[https://paste.ubuntu.com/25862428/|WIP Patch]] | + | * [X] xfdesktop (merged, will be available in 4.13.2) |
| - | * [ ] thunarx-python | + | * [X] thunarx-python |
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| + | ==== Compatibility Matrix ==== | ||
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| + | ^ 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/ | ||