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FR3141
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 Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2019 12:56 pm Post subject: Configure GTK+ File Chooser |
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Is there a way to configure the GTK+ file chooser?
Consider the following image:
https://i.postimg.cc/pLVrG7jW/chooser.png
On the left side there is a panel called "Places" and within this panel there are several unwanted directory entries (usr, sys, proc, shm, pts, etc.). How they even got there in the first place is unknown to me.
There are "+/-" buttons to add and delete entries but these buttons are non-functional (grayed out) for the entries that I want to eliminate.
This chooser shows up everywhere and always brings up those unwanted directory entries.
How do I get rid of these entries? Is there a config file somewhere?
But I have searched and found nothing.
Maybe I will have to modify the source code. |
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Jaglover
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Location: Saint Amant, Acadiana
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FR3141
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| Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2019 4:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Jaglover wrote: | | I opened a bug about this upstream. The answer was: you are using GTK+ wrong, they way you use it (standalone without Gnome) is not supported. Typical Red Hat style attitude, I'd say, user is always wrong. I have a patch for GTK+:3 if you want it. Download here. |
Thank you very much for the patch. I have added it portage.
However, the patch cannot be applied to GTK+2, and most of my programs use GTK+2 rather than GTK+3.
But I did manage to make a patch for GTK+2. The details:
In the file gtkfilechooserdefault.c, at line 1973, there is a function called shortcuts_add_volumes(). This function automatically populates the "Places" pane with scanned volumes. I simply commented out the innards and replaced them with a do-nothing single instruction. The function is void and hence there is no return value. Now I am free of the distraction of unwanted directories.
The patch is here: http://s000.tinyupload.com/?file_id=10527330706376874926
Also, it seems that Linux is headed into a dangerous direction. GTK+ is supposed to be a general purpose GUI toolkit that can be utilized anywhere. But RedHat is apparently attempting to limit its scope to the GNOME DE only. Thus we see more narrowing of user choice. |
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