Strange differences in GtkFileChooserDialog

[MochiMoppel]

I need help. I noticed a strange difference in the behavior of GtkFileChooserDialog, depending on Puppy version.

GtkFileChooserDialog is the building block for the 'Open' or 'Save as' dialogs in many applications, e.g. Geany.

After booting Slacko 5.6 (or Precise 5.7.1) from USB stick and mounting the stick the left 'Places' pane shows

• Search
  Recently Used
  ----------------
  root
  File System
  sdb1
  ----------------

When mounting additional partitions they show immediately below sdb1. When unmouting a partition, the entry is immediately removed from the list.

Not so in Tahrpup 6.05 or Lucid 5.2.8. In these Puppies the mounted partitions seem to be missing, the monitoring doesn't seem to work.

But: This difference may be related to another difference, showing in gtkdialog's chooser widget, and here Tahrpup shines where Slacko fails. When hiding and then unhiding a chooser widget, in Slacko the selected file list will not "stick", i.e. after unhiding the dialog reverts to the "Recently Used" list. In MMview this would make temporary hiding of the chooser ( to extend the viewer paner to the complete window width) useless.

Surprisingly hiding/unhiding in Tahrpup/Lucid works without problems. The display reverts to the original state. Perfect.

I now need to know how to distinguish and detect these 2 different behaviors from the command line. Depending on the result my script would then offer different options. How can I detect a specific GTK built?

Below is a demo script. The button of top hides/unhides the chooser, which by default starts in /root. After unhiding it should revert to /root (or any other directory that has been selected). In which Puppy does this work correctly and which Puppy fails?

Code: Select all

#!/bin/sh
echo '
<vbox>
<togglebutton label="Hide/Unhide chooser">
	<action> if true hide:vCHOOSER</action>
	<action> if false show:vCHOOSER</action>
</togglebutton>
<chooser width-request="600" height-request="400">
	<variable>vCHOOSER</variable>
	<default>"/root"</default>
	
</chooser>
</vbox>' | gtkdialog -s

[tallboy]

I applaud your initiative to make this work as intended, I have always just thought of it as a bug, it did not influence on the way I work anyway.
Example from Geany's Open command:
I have never had any use for Recently used, because until Lucid 5.2.8.7, it never worked in any puppy I have used! Now it makes a list of recently opened files of all kinds, that have to be filtered from a massive list of source files (58 to be exact) to be of any use, but only if you look for a specific source. There is no entry for simple 'text-files'. Oh, and I have set encoding and filetype to be detected from file extension in More Options. I miss some sort of dialog between the Open script and the program that use the Open feature, that will restrict the filtering to files that actually can be read/viewed by the program in question, Geany don't open .jpg-files anyway!
I have had to make some entries of directories I often use, like my puppylinux dir by clicking the Add button, and those entries are permanently visible, whether the drive or partition is mounted or not. No mounts have ever been detected at all.

Mochi, clicking the Hide/Unhide chooser button from your script in Lucid 5.2.8.7, hides/unhides absolutely everything, except for the chooser button itself.

tallboy

[tallboy]

BTW, may I draw your attention to the Save dialog, where the Name window never seem to be in focus when I try to enter a file name, after finding the directory where I want to save the file in question, even if the temporary filename untitled is marked as selected. Very annoying.
Could the reason be related to the problems in the Open dialog?

tallboy

[step]

Works as described in Fatdog-710.

[greengeek]

My result in Slacko 5.6 derivative:

EDIT : If the animated gif fails to display it may be that image animation is turned off in your browser.

[belham2]

My result in Slacko 5.6 derivative:

Whoa, fancy-schmancy gif post, greengeek!! Me like Any chance by all graciousness of whim that you could do a short tutorial (in "How-To' section on murga) on how you make/put a "gif-post-on-murga" together so us mere mortals stuck in 2D can bring alive our posts when sometimes needed?

Would be greatly appreciated

[jamesbond]

@belham:

http://smokey01.com/newsletters/2017/Ap ... 17.html#19

One more reason to read and subscribe to Puppy News Letter

[MochiMoppel]

I've checked now Slacko 6.3.2 and found that the script works as in Tahrpup.
Working: Tahrpup 6.05, Lucid 5.2.8, Slacko 6.3.2
Not working: Slacko 5.6, Precise 5.7.1

Maybe an indication of the cause: Command geany -v in Slacko 6.3.2 outputs
Geany-INFO: GTK 2.24.20, GLib 2.36.4
Same command in Slacko 5.6:
Geany-INFO: GTK 2.24.10, GLib 2.32.4
I can't think of any other reason than the GTK version.

@tallboy: I find nothing wrong with Recently Used or the Open/Save dialogs. The only thing that confuses me is that mounted partitions are not showing in Places.

@step: "Works as described" means what? I described 2 different behaviors. Only 1 can apply to Fatdog. Which one?

@greengeek: I couldn't make sense of your screenshot until belham2 posted. In my browser animated images are disabled by default. Question: The screenshot shows no mounted partitions, maybe there aren't any. Would they show if you mounted a device?

@ belham2: Check out SFR's Take a Shot!. I know that you know it since you posted in the TAS thread. In my version the feature is a bit hidden in extra options.

[greengeek]

...tutorial (in "How-To' section on murga) on how you make/put a "gif-post-on-murga" together

Mochi is right about TAS - it makes it very easy to capture a series of frames in animated gif form. Takes a bit of practice to set the parameters so that the result is small enough to post. I suspect the extra bandwidth of such gifs could pose a problem for the forum but I think that is justified occasionally.

Question: The screenshot shows no mounted partitions, maybe there aren't any. Would they show if you mounted a device?

Yes they do show once mounted:

[step]

My intention for "as described" was your last paragraph:

...
Below is a demo script. The button of top hides/unhides the chooser, which by default starts in /root. After unhiding it should revert to /root (or any other directory that has been selected). ...

Indeed that is the way your demo script works for Fatdog64. The button hides/unhides the chooser. Unhiding reveals the folder that was selected before hiding.

[disciple]

Hi guys, have you compared which gvfs packages are included in each of these puppies?

[disciple]

And which gvfs processes are running?