disk volumes under "places" in file manager

[Joe Marcus Clarke]

On 12/29/11 10:36 PM, R Skinner wrote:
> On 12/30/11 12:19, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
>> On 12/28/11 8:20 PM, R Skinner wrote:
>>> On 12/29/11 02:26, Denise H. G. wrote:
>>>> On 2011/12/27 at 15:44, R Skinner<rocky at herveybayaustralia.com.au>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> I've been advised to try this list for these specifics, and as it is
>>>>> only transient I'm not subscribed; so if you could ensure to cc me in
>>>>> the replies it would be appreciated.
>>>>>
>>>>> I've searched high and low to find an answer to this, but just keep
>>>>> getting wound up in knots. I would like to know how to add "places" to
>>>>> the sidebar of the file manager (nautilus or whatever)- how is it
>>>>> done? Is there a config file for it like bookmarks? A dbus call?
>>>>> GConf?
>>>> Through bookmarking, I think. Nautilus can remember bookmarks as www
>>>> browsers do. And bookmars will be displayed in the sidebar of the
>>>> nautilus.
>>> Afraid not. I've tried that, and yes, it is displayed in the sidebar but
>>> it is a permanent fixture and not dynamically added. I have found the
>>> bookmarks config too. I'm speaking of the "places" menu in the sidebar
>>> which shows the home dir, filesystem root, desktop dir, etc- and the
>>> volumes that are added through the hal/dbus system. How is it done?
>>> Where is this config info for added volumes stored? Its not in GConf.
>>>
>>> Seems this one is a real mystery...
>> I think what you want is the
>> /apps/nautilus/preferences/always_use_browser setting.  When true, you
>> get the old non-spacial Nautilus view.
>>
>> This setting has nothing to do with the mounted volumes, though.  Those
>> are maintained by hal.  Nautilus is notified when a new volume becomes
>> available and will show an icon for it.
> So essentially what you're telling me is that hal maintains a database
> and notifies nautilus (via dbus?)- so how does it notify it? Don't
> forget also that this is not just nautilus- its *every* file manager
> display (in apps, pcmanfm, etc).

I'm not sure how other file managers do it, but hal does advertise
changes via dbus.  Nautilus picks these up via gvfs.

> 
> And what happens now with no hal (linux udev, that is)?

Linux will use udev, but FreeBSD still uses hal for the time being.

Joe

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