GtkRecentManager

GtkRecentManager — Managing recently used files

Synopsis

#include <gtk/gtk.h>

struct              GtkRecentManager;
                    GtkRecentInfo;
struct              GtkRecentData;
#define             GTK_RECENT_MANAGER_ERROR
enum                GtkRecentManagerError;
GtkRecentManager *  gtk_recent_manager_new              (void);
GtkRecentManager *  gtk_recent_manager_get_default      (void);
gboolean            gtk_recent_manager_add_item         (GtkRecentManager *manager,
                                                         const gchar *uri);
gboolean            gtk_recent_manager_add_full         (GtkRecentManager *manager,
                                                         const gchar *uri,
                                                         const GtkRecentData *recent_data);
gboolean            gtk_recent_manager_remove_item      (GtkRecentManager *manager,
                                                         const gchar *uri,
                                                         GError **error);
GtkRecentInfo *     gtk_recent_manager_lookup_item      (GtkRecentManager *manager,
                                                         const gchar *uri,
                                                         GError **error);
gboolean            gtk_recent_manager_has_item         (GtkRecentManager *manager,
                                                         const gchar *uri);
gboolean            gtk_recent_manager_move_item        (GtkRecentManager *manager,
                                                         const gchar *uri,
                                                         const gchar *new_uri,
                                                         GError **error);
GList *             gtk_recent_manager_get_items        (GtkRecentManager *manager);
gint                gtk_recent_manager_purge_items      (GtkRecentManager *manager,
                                                         GError **error);

GtkRecentInfo *        gtk_recent_info_ref              (GtkRecentInfo *info);
void                gtk_recent_info_unref               (GtkRecentInfo *info);
const gchar *       gtk_recent_info_get_uri             (GtkRecentInfo *info);
const gchar *       gtk_recent_info_get_display_name    (GtkRecentInfo *info);
const gchar *       gtk_recent_info_get_description     (GtkRecentInfo *info);
const gchar *       gtk_recent_info_get_mime_type       (GtkRecentInfo *info);
time_t              gtk_recent_info_get_added           (GtkRecentInfo *info);
time_t              gtk_recent_info_get_modified        (GtkRecentInfo *info);
time_t              gtk_recent_info_get_visited         (GtkRecentInfo *info);
gboolean            gtk_recent_info_get_private_hint    (GtkRecentInfo *info);
gboolean            gtk_recent_info_get_application_info
                                                        (GtkRecentInfo *info,
                                                         const gchar *app_name,
                                                         const gchar **app_exec,
                                                         guint *count,
                                                         time_t *time_);
gchar **               gtk_recent_info_get_applications (GtkRecentInfo *info,
                                                         gsize *length);
gchar *                gtk_recent_info_last_application (GtkRecentInfo *info);
gboolean            gtk_recent_info_has_application     (GtkRecentInfo *info,
                                                         const gchar *app_name);
GAppInfo *             gtk_recent_info_create_app_info  (GtkRecentInfo *info,
                                                         const gchar *app_name,
                                                         GError **error);
gchar **               gtk_recent_info_get_groups       (GtkRecentInfo *info,
                                                         gsize *length);
gboolean            gtk_recent_info_has_group           (GtkRecentInfo *info,
                                                         const gchar *group_name);
GdkPixbuf *            gtk_recent_info_get_icon         (GtkRecentInfo *info,
                                                         gint size);
GIcon *                gtk_recent_info_get_gicon        (GtkRecentInfo *info);
gchar *                gtk_recent_info_get_short_name   (GtkRecentInfo *info);
gchar *                gtk_recent_info_get_uri_display  (GtkRecentInfo *info);
gint                gtk_recent_info_get_age             (GtkRecentInfo *info);
gboolean            gtk_recent_info_is_local            (GtkRecentInfo *info);
gboolean            gtk_recent_info_exists              (GtkRecentInfo *info);
gboolean            gtk_recent_info_match               (GtkRecentInfo *info_a,
                                                         GtkRecentInfo *info_b);

Object Hierarchy

  GObject
   +----GtkRecentManager

Properties

  "filename"                 gchar*                : Read / Write / Construct Only
  "size"                     gint                  : Read

Signals

  "changed"                                        : Run First

Description

GtkRecentManager provides a facility for adding, removing and looking up recently used files. Each recently used file is identified by its URI, and has meta-data associated to it, like the names and command lines of the applications that have registered it, the number of time each application has registered the same file, the mime type of the file and whether the file should be displayed only by the applications that have registered it.

Note

The recently used files list is per user.

The GtkRecentManager acts like a database of all the recently used files. You can create new GtkRecentManager objects, but it is more efficient to use the default manager created by GTK+.

Adding a new recently used file is as simple as:

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GtkRecentManager *manager;

manager = gtk_recent_manager_get_default ();
gtk_recent_manager_add_item (manager, file_uri);

The GtkRecentManager will try to gather all the needed information from the file itself through GIO.

Looking up the meta-data associated with a recently used file given its URI requires calling gtk_recent_manager_lookup_item():

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GtkRecentManager *manager;
GtkRecentInfo *info;
GError *error = NULL;

manager = gtk_recent_manager_get_default ();
info = gtk_recent_manager_lookup_item (manager, file_uri, &error);
if (error)
  {
    g_warning ("Could not find the file: %s", error->message);
    g_error_free (error);
  }
else
 {
   /* Use the info object */
   gtk_recent_info_unref (info);
 }

In order to retrieve the list of recently used files, you can use gtk_recent_manager_get_items(), which returns a list of GtkRecentInfo structures.

A GtkRecentManager is the model used to populate the contents of one, or more GtkRecentChooser implementations.

Note

The maximum age of the recently used files list is controllable through the "gtk-recent-files-max-age" property.

Recently used files are supported since GTK+ 2.10.

Details

struct GtkRecentManager

struct GtkRecentManager;

GtkRecentManager contains only private data and should be accessed using the provided API.

Since 2.10


GtkRecentInfo

typedef struct _GtkRecentInfo GtkRecentInfo;

GtkRecentInfo is an opaque data structure whose members can only be accessed using the provided API.

GtkRecentInfo constains all the meta-data associated with an entry in the recently used files list.

Since 2.10


struct GtkRecentData

struct GtkRecentData {
  gchar *display_name;
  gchar *description;

  gchar *mime_type;

  gchar *app_name;
  gchar *app_exec;

  gchar **groups;

  gboolean is_private;
};

Meta-data to be passed to gtk_recent_manager_add_full() when registering a recently used resource.

gchar *display_name;

a UTF-8 encoded string, containing the name of the recently used resource to be displayed, or NULL;

gchar *description;

a UTF-8 encoded string, containing a short description of the resource, or NULL;

gchar *mime_type;

the MIME type of the resource;

gchar *app_name;

the name of the application that is registering this recently used resource;

gchar *app_exec;

command line used to launch this resource; may contain the "%f" and "%u" escape characters which will be expanded to the resource file path and URI respectively when the command line is retrieved;

gchar **groups;

a vector of strings containing groups names;

gboolean is_private;

whether this resource should be displayed only by the applications that have registered it or not.

GTK_RECENT_MANAGER_ERROR

#define GTK_RECENT_MANAGER_ERROR (gtk_recent_manager_error_quark ())

The GError domain for GtkRecentManager errors.

Since 2.10


enum GtkRecentManagerError

typedef enum
{
  GTK_RECENT_MANAGER_ERROR_NOT_FOUND,
  GTK_RECENT_MANAGER_ERROR_INVALID_URI,
  GTK_RECENT_MANAGER_ERROR_INVALID_ENCODING,
  GTK_RECENT_MANAGER_ERROR_NOT_REGISTERED,
  GTK_RECENT_MANAGER_ERROR_READ,
  GTK_RECENT_MANAGER_ERROR_WRITE,
  GTK_RECENT_MANAGER_ERROR_UNKNOWN
} GtkRecentManagerError;

Error codes for GtkRecentManager operations

GTK_RECENT_MANAGER_ERROR_NOT_FOUND

the URI specified does not exists in the recently used resources list.

GTK_RECENT_MANAGER_ERROR_INVALID_URI

the URI specified is not valid.

GTK_RECENT_MANAGER_ERROR_INVALID_ENCODING

the supplied string is not UTF-8 encoded.

GTK_RECENT_MANAGER_ERROR_NOT_REGISTERED

no application has registered the specified item.

GTK_RECENT_MANAGER_ERROR_READ

failure while reading the recently used resources file.

GTK_RECENT_MANAGER_ERROR_WRITE

failure while writing the recently used resources file.

GTK_RECENT_MANAGER_ERROR_UNKNOWN

unspecified error.

Since 2.10


gtk_recent_manager_new ()

GtkRecentManager *  gtk_recent_manager_new              (void);

Creates a new recent manager object. Recent manager objects are used to handle the list of recently used resources. A GtkRecentManager object monitors the recently used resources list, and emits the "changed" signal each time something inside the list changes.

GtkRecentManager objects are expensive: be sure to create them only when needed. You should use gtk_recent_manager_get_default() instead.

Returns :

A newly created GtkRecentManager object.

Since 2.10


gtk_recent_manager_get_default ()

GtkRecentManager *  gtk_recent_manager_get_default      (void);

Gets a unique instance of GtkRecentManager, that you can share in your application without caring about memory management.

Returns :

A unique GtkRecentManager. Do not ref or unref it. [transfer none]

Since 2.10


gtk_recent_manager_add_item ()

gboolean            gtk_recent_manager_add_item         (GtkRecentManager *manager,
                                                         const gchar *uri);

Adds a new resource, pointed by uri, into the recently used resources list.

This function automatically retrieves some of the needed metadata and setting other metadata to common default values; it then feeds the data to gtk_recent_manager_add_full().

See gtk_recent_manager_add_full() if you want to explicitly define the metadata for the resource pointed by uri.

manager :

a GtkRecentManager

uri :

a valid URI

Returns :

TRUE if the new item was successfully added to the recently used resources list

Since 2.10


gtk_recent_manager_add_full ()

gboolean            gtk_recent_manager_add_full         (GtkRecentManager *manager,
                                                         const gchar *uri,
                                                         const GtkRecentData *recent_data);

Adds a new resource, pointed by uri, into the recently used resources list, using the metadata specified inside the GtkRecentData structure passed in recent_data.

The passed URI will be used to identify this resource inside the list.

In order to register the new recently used resource, metadata about the resource must be passed as well as the URI; the metadata is stored in a GtkRecentData structure, which must contain the MIME type of the resource pointed by the URI; the name of the application that is registering the item, and a command line to be used when launching the item.

Optionally, a GtkRecentData structure might contain a UTF-8 string to be used when viewing the item instead of the last component of the URI; a short description of the item; whether the item should be considered private - that is, should be displayed only by the applications that have registered it.

manager :

a GtkRecentManager

uri :

a valid URI

recent_data :

metadata of the resource

Returns :

TRUE if the new item was successfully added to the recently used resources list, FALSE otherwise.

Since 2.10


gtk_recent_manager_remove_item ()

gboolean            gtk_recent_manager_remove_item      (GtkRecentManager *manager,
                                                         const gchar *uri,
                                                         GError **error);

Removes a resource pointed by uri from the recently used resources list handled by a recent manager.

manager :

a GtkRecentManager

uri :

the URI of the item you wish to remove

error :

return location for a GError, or NULL. [allow-none]

Returns :

TRUE if the item pointed by uri has been successfully removed by the recently used resources list, and FALSE otherwise.

Since 2.10


gtk_recent_manager_lookup_item ()

GtkRecentInfo *     gtk_recent_manager_lookup_item      (GtkRecentManager *manager,
                                                         const gchar *uri,
                                                         GError **error);

Searches for a URI inside the recently used resources list, and returns a structure containing informations about the resource like its MIME type, or its display name.

manager :

a GtkRecentManager

uri :

a URI

error :

a return location for a GError, or NULL. [allow-none]

Returns :

a GtkRecentInfo structure containing information about the resource pointed by uri, or NULL if the URI was not registered in the recently used resources list. Free with gtk_recent_info_unref().

Since 2.10


gtk_recent_manager_has_item ()

gboolean            gtk_recent_manager_has_item         (GtkRecentManager *manager,
                                                         const gchar *uri);

Checks whether there is a recently used resource registered with uri inside the recent manager.

manager :

a GtkRecentManager

uri :

a URI

Returns :

TRUE if the resource was found, FALSE otherwise.

Since 2.10


gtk_recent_manager_move_item ()

gboolean            gtk_recent_manager_move_item        (GtkRecentManager *manager,
                                                         const gchar *uri,
                                                         const gchar *new_uri,
                                                         GError **error);

Changes the location of a recently used resource from uri to new_uri.

Please note that this function will not affect the resource pointed by the URIs, but only the URI used in the recently used resources list.

manager :

a GtkRecentManager

uri :

the URI of a recently used resource

new_uri :

the new URI of the recently used resource, or NULL to remove the item pointed by uri in the list. [allow-none]

error :

a return location for a GError, or NULL. [allow-none]

Returns :

TRUE on success.

Since 2.10


gtk_recent_manager_get_items ()

GList *             gtk_recent_manager_get_items        (GtkRecentManager *manager);

Gets the list of recently used resources.

manager :

a GtkRecentManager

Returns :

a list of newly allocated GtkRecentInfo objects. Use gtk_recent_info_unref() on each item inside the list, and then free the list itself using g_list_free(). [element-type GtkRecentInfo][transfer full]

Since 2.10


gtk_recent_manager_purge_items ()

gint                gtk_recent_manager_purge_items      (GtkRecentManager *manager,
                                                         GError **error);

Purges every item from the recently used resources list.

manager :

a GtkRecentManager

error :

a return location for a GError, or NULL. [allow-none]

Returns :

the number of items that have been removed from the recently used resources list.

Since 2.10


gtk_recent_info_ref ()

GtkRecentInfo *        gtk_recent_info_ref              (GtkRecentInfo *info);

Increases the reference count of recent_info by one.

info :

a GtkRecentInfo

Returns :

the recent info object with its reference count increased by one.

Since 2.10


gtk_recent_info_unref ()

void                gtk_recent_info_unref               (GtkRecentInfo *info);

Decreases the reference count of info by one. If the reference count reaches zero, info is deallocated, and the memory freed.

info :

a GtkRecentInfo

Since 2.10


gtk_recent_info_get_uri ()

const gchar *       gtk_recent_info_get_uri             (GtkRecentInfo *info);

Gets the URI of the resource.

info :

a GtkRecentInfo

Returns :

the URI of the resource. The returned string is owned by the recent manager, and should not be freed.

Since 2.10


gtk_recent_info_get_display_name ()

const gchar *       gtk_recent_info_get_display_name    (GtkRecentInfo *info);

Gets the name of the resource. If none has been defined, the basename of the resource is obtained.

info :

a GtkRecentInfo

Returns :

the display name of the resource. The returned string is owned by the recent manager, and should not be freed.

Since 2.10


gtk_recent_info_get_description ()

const gchar *       gtk_recent_info_get_description     (GtkRecentInfo *info);

Gets the (short) description of the resource.

info :

a GtkRecentInfo

Returns :

the description of the resource. The returned string is owned by the recent manager, and should not be freed.

Since 2.10


gtk_recent_info_get_mime_type ()

const gchar *       gtk_recent_info_get_mime_type       (GtkRecentInfo *info);

Gets the MIME type of the resource.

info :

a GtkRecentInfo

Returns :

the MIME type of the resource. The returned string is owned by the recent manager, and should not be freed.

Since 2.10


gtk_recent_info_get_added ()

time_t              gtk_recent_info_get_added           (GtkRecentInfo *info);

Gets the timestamp (seconds from system's Epoch) when the resource was added to the recently used resources list.

info :

a GtkRecentInfo

Returns :

the number of seconds elapsed from system's Epoch when the resource was added to the list, or -1 on failure.

Since 2.10


gtk_recent_info_get_modified ()

time_t              gtk_recent_info_get_modified        (GtkRecentInfo *info);

Gets the timestamp (seconds from system's Epoch) when the resource was last modified.

info :

a GtkRecentInfo

Returns :

the number of seconds elapsed from system's Epoch when the resource was last modified, or -1 on failure.

Since 2.10


gtk_recent_info_get_visited ()

time_t              gtk_recent_info_get_visited         (GtkRecentInfo *info);

Gets the timestamp (seconds from system's Epoch) when the resource was last visited.

info :

a GtkRecentInfo

Returns :

the number of seconds elapsed from system's Epoch when the resource was last visited, or -1 on failure.

Since 2.10


gtk_recent_info_get_private_hint ()

gboolean            gtk_recent_info_get_private_hint    (GtkRecentInfo *info);

Gets the value of the "private" flag. Resources in the recently used list that have this flag set to TRUE should only be displayed by the applications that have registered them.

info :

a GtkRecentInfo

Returns :

TRUE if the private flag was found, FALSE otherwise.

Since 2.10


gtk_recent_info_get_application_info ()

gboolean            gtk_recent_info_get_application_info
                                                        (GtkRecentInfo *info,
                                                         const gchar *app_name,
                                                         const gchar **app_exec,
                                                         guint *count,
                                                         time_t *time_);

Gets the data regarding the application that has registered the resource pointed by info.

If the command line contains any escape characters defined inside the storage specification, they will be expanded.

info :

a GtkRecentInfo

app_name :

the name of the application that has registered this item

app_exec :

return location for the string containing the command line. [transfer none][out]

count :

return location for the number of times this item was registered. [out]

time_ :

return location for the timestamp this item was last registered for this application. [out]

Returns :

TRUE if an application with app_name has registered this resource inside the recently used list, or FALSE otherwise. The app_exec string is owned by the GtkRecentInfo and should not be modified or freed

Since 2.10


gtk_recent_info_get_applications ()

gchar **               gtk_recent_info_get_applications (GtkRecentInfo *info,
                                                         gsize *length);

Retrieves the list of applications that have registered this resource.

info :

a GtkRecentInfo

length :

return location for the length of the returned list. [out][allow-none]

Returns :

a newly allocated NULL-terminated array of strings. Use g_strfreev() to free it. [array length=length zero-terminated=1][transfer full]

Since 2.10


gtk_recent_info_last_application ()

gchar *                gtk_recent_info_last_application (GtkRecentInfo *info);

Gets the name of the last application that have registered the recently used resource represented by info.

info :

a GtkRecentInfo

Returns :

an application name. Use g_free() to free it.

Since 2.10


gtk_recent_info_has_application ()

gboolean            gtk_recent_info_has_application     (GtkRecentInfo *info,
                                                         const gchar *app_name);

Checks whether an application registered this resource using app_name.

info :

a GtkRecentInfo

app_name :

a string containing an application name

Returns :

TRUE if an application with name app_name was found, FALSE otherwise.

Since 2.10


gtk_recent_info_create_app_info ()

GAppInfo *             gtk_recent_info_create_app_info  (GtkRecentInfo *info,
                                                         const gchar *app_name,
                                                         GError **error);

Creates a GAppInfo for the specified GtkRecentInfo

info :

a GtkRecentInfo

app_name :

the name of the application that should be mapped to a GAppInfo; if NULL is used then the default application for the MIME type is used. [allow-none]

error :

return location for a GError, or NULL. [allow-none]

Returns :

the newly created GAppInfo, or NULL. In case of error, error will be set either with a GTK_RECENT_MANAGER_ERROR or a G_IO_ERROR. [transfer full]

gtk_recent_info_get_groups ()

gchar **               gtk_recent_info_get_groups       (GtkRecentInfo *info,
                                                         gsize *length);

Returns all groups registered for the recently used item info. The array of returned group names will be NULL terminated, so length might optionally be NULL.

info :

a GtkRecentInfo

length :

return location for the number of groups returned. [out][allow-none]

Returns :

a newly allocated NULL terminated array of strings. Use g_strfreev() to free it. [array length=length zero-terminated=1][transfer full]

Since 2.10


gtk_recent_info_has_group ()

gboolean            gtk_recent_info_has_group           (GtkRecentInfo *info,
                                                         const gchar *group_name);

Checks whether group_name appears inside the groups registered for the recently used item info.

info :

a GtkRecentInfo

group_name :

name of a group

Returns :

TRUE if the group was found.

Since 2.10


gtk_recent_info_get_icon ()

GdkPixbuf *            gtk_recent_info_get_icon         (GtkRecentInfo *info,
                                                         gint size);

Retrieves the icon of size size associated to the resource MIME type.

info :

a GtkRecentInfo

size :

the size of the icon in pixels

Returns :

a GdkPixbuf containing the icon, or NULL. Use g_object_unref() when finished using the icon. [transfer full]

Since 2.10


gtk_recent_info_get_gicon ()

GIcon *                gtk_recent_info_get_gicon        (GtkRecentInfo *info);

Retrieves the icon associated to the resource MIME type.

info :

a GtkRecentInfo

Returns :

a GIcon containing the icon, or NULL. Use g_object_unref() when finished using the icon. [transfer full]

Since 2.22


gtk_recent_info_get_short_name ()

gchar *                gtk_recent_info_get_short_name   (GtkRecentInfo *info);

Computes a valid UTF-8 string that can be used as the name of the item in a menu or list. For example, calling this function on an item that refers to "file:///foo/bar.txt" will yield "bar.txt".

info :

an GtkRecentInfo

Returns :

A newly-allocated string in UTF-8 encoding; free it with g_free().

Since 2.10


gtk_recent_info_get_uri_display ()

gchar *                gtk_recent_info_get_uri_display  (GtkRecentInfo *info);

Gets a displayable version of the resource's URI. If the resource is local, it returns a local path; if the resource is not local, it returns the UTF-8 encoded content of gtk_recent_info_get_uri().

info :

a GtkRecentInfo

Returns :

a newly allocated UTF-8 string containing the resource's URI or NULL. Use g_free() when done using it.

Since 2.10


gtk_recent_info_get_age ()

gint                gtk_recent_info_get_age             (GtkRecentInfo *info);

Gets the number of days elapsed since the last update of the resource pointed by info.

info :

a GtkRecentInfo

Returns :

a positive integer containing the number of days elapsed since the time this resource was last modified.

Since 2.10


gtk_recent_info_is_local ()

gboolean            gtk_recent_info_is_local            (GtkRecentInfo *info);

Checks whether the resource is local or not by looking at the scheme of its URI.

info :

a GtkRecentInfo

Returns :

TRUE if the resource is local.

Since 2.10


gtk_recent_info_exists ()

gboolean            gtk_recent_info_exists              (GtkRecentInfo *info);

Checks whether the resource pointed by info still exists. At the moment this check is done only on resources pointing to local files.

info :

a GtkRecentInfo

Returns :

TRUE if the resource exists

Since 2.10


gtk_recent_info_match ()

gboolean            gtk_recent_info_match               (GtkRecentInfo *info_a,
                                                         GtkRecentInfo *info_b);

Checks whether two GtkRecentInfo structures point to the same resource.

info_a :

a GtkRecentInfo

info_b :

a GtkRecentInfo

Returns :

TRUE if both GtkRecentInfo structures point to se same resource, FALSE otherwise.

Since 2.10

Property Details

The "filename" property

  "filename"                 gchar*                : Read / Write / Construct Only

The full path to the file to be used to store and read the recently used resources list

Default value: NULL

Since 2.10


The "size" property

  "size"                     gint                  : Read

The size of the recently used resources list.

Allowed values: >= G_MAXULONG

Default value: 0

Since 2.10

Signal Details

The "changed" signal

void                user_function                      (GtkRecentManager *recent_manager,
                                                        gpointer          user_data)           : Run First

Emitted when the current recently used resources manager changes its contents, either by calling gtk_recent_manager_add_item() or by another application.

recent_manager :

the recent manager

user_data :

user data set when the signal handler was connected.

Since 2.10

See Also

GBookmarkFile, GtkSettings, GtkRecentChooser