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Bug 440213 - Replace GtkSearchEngineSimple with a non-threaded implementation
Replace GtkSearchEngineSimple with a non-threaded implementation
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: gtk+
Classification: Platform
Component: Widget: GtkFileChooser
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: gtk-bugs
Federico Mena Quintero
Depends on: 157076
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2007-05-21 16:12 UTC by Emmanuele Bassi (:ebassi)
Modified: 2012-03-27 23:49 UTC
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Description Emmanuele Bassi (:ebassi) 2007-05-21 16:12:53 UTC 
currently, GtkSearchEngineSimple uses threads to call nftw() without blocking. this makes the search functionality of the file chooser not work if the application didn't call g_thread_init() first.

in bug #157076 there's a proposal for a ftw()-like API in GLib. if such API would be made available to GTK+, GtkSearchEngineSimple should be switched from nftw().

as an alternative, either GLib or GTK+ should have a GSource to walk a file tree without blocking the UI and without using threads.
Comment 1 Emmanuele Bassi (:ebassi) 2012-03-26 21:45:58 UTC 
given that g_thread_init() has been deprecated, we may just close this bug.

alternatively, we could repurpose it for an implementation fo GtkSearchEngineSimple that uses GFileEnumerator instead.
Comment 2 Matthias Clasen 2012-03-27 23:49:14 UTC 
Lets open a new bug for that, if we still want it