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134 lines
5.3 KiB
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<chapter>
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<title>Migrating from GnomeVFS to GIO</title>
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<table id="gnome-vfs-vs-gio">
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<title>Comparison of GnomeVFS and GIO concepts</title>
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<tgroup cols="2">
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<thead>
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<row><entry>GnomeVFS</entry><entry>GIO</entry></row>
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</thead>
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<tbody>
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<row><entry>GnomeVFSURI</entry><entry>GFile</entry></row>
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<row><entry>GnomeVFSFileInfo</entry><entry>GFileInfo</entry></row>
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<row><entry>GnomeVFSResult</entry><entry>GError, with G_IO_ERROR values</entry></row>
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<row><entry>GnomeVFSHandle & GnomeVFSAsyncHandle</entry><entry>GInputStream or GOutputStream</entry></row>
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<row><entry>GnomeVFSDirectoryHandle</entry><entry>GFileEnumerator</entry></row>
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<row><entry>mime type</entry><entry>content type</entry></row>
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<row><entry>GnomeVFSMonitor</entry><entry>GFileMonitor</entry></row>
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<row><entry>GnomeVFSVolumeMonitor</entry><entry>GVolumeMonitor</entry></row>
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<row><entry>GnomeVFSVolume</entry><entry>GMount</entry></row>
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<row><entry>GnomeVFSDrive</entry><entry>GVolume</entry></row>
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<row><entry>-</entry><entry>GDrive</entry></row>
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<row><entry>GnomeVFSContext</entry><entry>GCancellable</entry></row>
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<row><entry>gnome_vfs_async_cancel</entry><entry>g_cancellable_cancel</entry></row>
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</tbody>
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</tgroup>
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</table>
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<section>
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<title>Trash handling</title>
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<para>
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The handling of trashed files has been changed in GIO, compared
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to gnome-vfs. gnome-vfs has a home-grown trash implementation that
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predates the freedesktop.org <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/trash-spec">Desktop Trash Can</ulink> specification
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that is implemented in GIO. The location for storing trashed files
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has changed from <filename>$HOME/.Trash</filename> to
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<filename>$HOME/.local/share/Trash</filename> (or more correctly
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<filename>$XDG_DATA_HOME/Trash</filename>), which means that
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there is a need for migrating files that have been trashed by
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gnome-vfs to the new location.
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</para>
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<para>
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In gnome-vfs, the <filename>trash://</filename> scheme offering a
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merged view of all trash directories was implemented in nautilus,
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and trash-handling applications had to find and monitor all trash
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directories themselves. With GIO, the <filename>trash://</filename>
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implementation has been moved to gvfs and applications can simply
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monitor that location:
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</para>
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<informalexample><programlisting>
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static void
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file_changed (GFileMonitor *file_monitor,
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GFile *child,
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GFile *other_file,
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GFileMonitorEvent event_type,
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gpointer user_data)
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{
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switch (event_type)
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{
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case G_FILE_MONITOR_EVENT_DELETED:
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g_print ("'%s' removed from trash\n", g_file_get_basename (child));
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break;
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case G_FILE_MONITOR_EVENT_CREATED:
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g_print ("'%s' added to trash\n", g_file_get_basename (child));
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break;
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default: ;
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}
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}
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static void
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start_monitoring_trash (void)
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{
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GFile *file;
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GFileMonitor *monitor;
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file = g_file_new_for_uri ("trash://");
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monitor = g_file_monitor_directory (file, 0, NULL, NULL);
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g_object_unref (file);
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g_signal_connect (monitor, "changed", G_CALLBACK (file_changed), NULL);
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/* ... */
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}
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</programlisting></informalexample>
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<para>
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GIO exposes some useful metadata about trashed files. There are
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trash::orig-path and trash::deletion-date attributes. The
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standard::icon attribute of the <filename>trash://</filename>
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itself provides a suitable icon for displaying the trash can on
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the desktop. If you are using this icon, make sure to monitor
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this attribute for changes, since the icon may be updated to
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reflect that state of the trash can.
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</para>
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<para>
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Moving a file to the trash is much simpler with GIO. Instead of
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using gnome_vfs_find_directory() with %GNOME_VFS_DIRECTORY_KIND_TRASH
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to find out where to move the trashed file, just use the g_file_trash()
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function.
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</para>
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</section>
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<section>
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<title>Operations on multiple files</title>
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<para>
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gnome-vfs has the dreaded gnome_vfs_xfer_uri_list() function which
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has tons of options and offers the equivalent of cp, mv, ln, mkdir
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and rm at the same time.
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</para>
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<para>
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GIO offers a much simpler I/O scheduler functionality instead, that
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lets you schedule a function to be called in a separate thread, or
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if threads are not available, as an idle in the mainloop.
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See g_io_scheduler_push_job().
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</para>
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</section>
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<section>
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<title>Mime monitoring</title>
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<para>
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gnome-vfs offered a way to monitor the association between mime types
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and default handlers for changes, with the #GnomeVFSMIMEMonitor object.
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GIO does not offer a replacement for this functionality at this time,
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since we have not found a compelling use case where
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#GnomeVFSMIMEMonitor was used. If you think you have such a use
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case, please report it at
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<ulink url="http://bugzilla.gnome.org">bugzilla.gnome.org</ulink>.
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</para>
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</section>
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</chapter>
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