GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 321211
Implement XDS (Direct Save Protocol) at GTK+ level
Last modified: 2018-04-15 00:22:11 UTC
Some discussion have happened on the ML [1], and code was written, both for GIMP [2] and Nautilus [3]. Xfce also has code, though it is written in python. It is very important to have this implemented, since it heavily simplifies drag operations between Nautilus and other applications (file-roller, panel, gedit, ...). The most challenging task is to develop an API that is generic enough for the applications. It would be great if we had a callback-based API. [1] http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-devel-list/2005-November/msg00017.html [2] http://cvs.gnome.org/viewcvs/gimp/app/widgets/gimpdnd-xds.c [3] bug 171655
Needs a concrete api proposal
Needs a concrete api proposal, rather than just references to gimp code.
See bug #138260; this has been proposed for GtkFileChooser a few times before. I don't think an XDS icon belongs in the file chooser, but a working patch could convince me to do it...
I don't think the proposal is to add XDS to the file chooser; that would in fact not make sense. The proposal is to have an api in GTK+ which makes it easy to e.g. turn the tab labels of gedit documents into xds drag sources
*** Bug 324789 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Btw, the GIMP code is now at http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/gimp/trunk/app/widgets/gimpdnd-xds.c .
*** Bug 503763 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
FYI, the GIMP code is now at https://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/tree/app/widgets/gimpdnd-xds.c .
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