path: root/docs/reference/gtk/tmpl/gtkrecentmanager.sgml

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GtkRecentManager

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Managing Recently Used Files

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<para>
#GtkRecentManager provides a facility for adding, removing and
looking up recently used files.  Each recently used file is
identified by its URI, and has meta-data associated to it, like
the names and command lines of the applications that have
registered it, the number of time each application has registered
the same file, the mime type of the file and whether the file
should be displayed only by the applications that have
registered it.
</para>

<para>
The #GtkRecentManager acts like a database of all the recently
used files.  You can create new #GtkRecentManager objects, but
it is more efficient to use the standard recent manager for
the #GdkScreen so that informations about the recently used
files is shared with other people using them.  In case the
default screen is being used, adding a new recently used
file is as simple as:
</para>

<informalexample>
  <programlisting>
GtkRecentManager *manager;

manager = gtk_recent_manager_get_default ();
gtk_recent_manager_add_item (manager, file_uri);
  </programlisting>
</informalexample>

While looking up a recently used file is as simple as:

<informalexample>
  <programlisting>
GtkRecentManager *manager;
GtkRecentInfo *info;
GError *error = NULL;

manager = gtk_recent_manager_get_default ();
info = gtk_recent_manager_lookup_item (manager, file_uri, &amp;error);
if (error)
  {
    g_warning ("Could not find the file: &percnt;s", error-&gt;message);
    g_error_free (error);
  }
else
  {
    /* Use the info object */
    gtk_recent_info_unref (info);
  }
  </programlisting>
</informalexample>

<para>
Recently used files are supported since GTK+ 2.10.
</para>

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<para>

</para>

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<!-- ##### STRUCT GtkRecentManager ##### -->
<para>
Acts as a database of information about the list of recently
used files.  Normally, you retrieve the recent manager for a
particular screen using gtk_recent_manager_get_for_screen()
and it will contain information about current recent manager
for that screen.</para>


<!-- ##### SIGNAL GtkRecentManager::changed ##### -->
<para>

</para>

@recentmanager: the object which received the signal.

<!-- ##### ARG GtkRecentManager:filename ##### -->
<para>

</para>

<!-- ##### ARG GtkRecentManager:limit ##### -->
<para>

</para>

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<para>

</para>

<!-- ##### STRUCT GtkRecentInfo ##### -->
<para>
Contains informations found when looking up an entry of the
recently used files list.
</para>


<!-- ##### STRUCT GtkRecentData ##### -->
<para>

</para>

@display_name: 
@description: 
@mime_type: 
@app_name: 
@app_exec: 
@groups: 
@is_private: 

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<para>
The #GQuark used for #GtkRecentManagerError errors.
</para>



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<para>

</para>

@GTK_RECENT_MANAGER_ERROR_NOT_FOUND: 
@GTK_RECENT_MANAGER_ERROR_INVALID_URI: 
@GTK_RECENT_MANAGER_ERROR_INVALID_ENCODING: 
@GTK_RECENT_MANAGER_ERROR_NOT_REGISTERED: 
@GTK_RECENT_MANAGER_ERROR_READ: 
@GTK_RECENT_MANAGER_ERROR_WRITE: 
@GTK_RECENT_MANAGER_ERROR_UNKNOWN: 

<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_recent_manager_new ##### -->
<para>

</para>

@void: 
@Returns: 


<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_recent_manager_get_default ##### -->
<para>

</para>

@void: 
@Returns: 


<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_recent_manager_get_for_screen ##### -->
<para>

</para>

@screen: 
@Returns: 


<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_recent_manager_set_screen ##### -->
<para>

</para>

@manager: 
@screen: 


<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_recent_manager_add_item ##### -->
<para>

</para>

@manager: 
@uri: 
@Returns: 


<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_recent_manager_add_full ##### -->
<para>

</para>

@manager: 
@uri: 
@recent_data: 
@Returns: 


<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_recent_manager_remove_item ##### -->
<para>

</para>

@manager: 
@uri: 
@error: 
@Returns: 


<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_recent_manager_lookup_item ##### -->
<para>

</para>

@manager: 
@uri: 
@error: 
@Returns: 


<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_recent_manager_has_item ##### -->
<para>

</para>

@manager: 
@uri: 
@Returns: 


<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_recent_manager_move_item ##### -->
<para>

</para>

@manager: 
@uri: 
@new_uri: 
@error: 
@Returns: 


<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_recent_manager_get_limit ##### -->
<para>

</para>

@manager: 
@Returns: 


<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_recent_manager_set_limit ##### -->
<para>

</para>

@manager: 
@limit: 


<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_recent_manager_get_items ##### -->
<para>

</para>

@manager: 
@Returns: 


<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_recent_manager_purge_items ##### -->
<para>

</para>

@manager: 
@error: 
@Returns: 


<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_recent_info_ref ##### -->
<para>

</para>

@info: 
@Returns: 


<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_recent_info_unref ##### -->
<para>

</para>

@info: 


<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_recent_info_get_uri ##### -->
<para>

</para>

@info: 
@Returns: 


<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_recent_info_get_display_name ##### -->
<para>

</para>

@info: 
@Returns: 


<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_recent_info_get_description ##### -->
<para>

</para>

@info: 
@Returns: 


<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_recent_info_get_mime_type ##### -->
<para>

</para>

@info: 
@Returns: 


<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_recent_info_get_added ##### -->
<para>

</para>

@info: 
@Returns: 


<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_recent_info_get_modified ##### -->
<para>

</para>

@info: 
@Returns: 


<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_recent_info_get_visited ##### -->
<para>

</para>

@info: 
@Returns: 


<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_recent_info_get_private_hint ##### -->
<para>

</para>

@info: 
@Returns: 


<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_recent_info_get_application_info ##### -->
<para>

</para>

@info: 
@app_name: 
@app_exec: 
@count: 
@time_: 
@Returns: 


<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_recent_info_get_applications ##### -->
<para>

</para>

@info: 
@length: 
@Returns: 


<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_recent_info_last_application ##### -->
<para>

</para>

@info: 
@Returns: 


<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_recent_info_get_groups ##### -->
<para>

</para>

@info: 
@length: 
@Returns: 


<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_recent_info_has_group ##### -->
<para>

</para>

@info: 
@group_name: 
@Returns: 


<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_recent_info_has_application ##### -->
<para>

</para>

@info: 
@app_name: 
@Returns: 


<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_recent_info_get_icon ##### -->
<para>

</para>

@info: 
@size: 
@Returns: 


<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_recent_info_get_short_name ##### -->
<para>

</para>

@info: 
@Returns: 


<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_recent_info_get_uri_display ##### -->
<para>

</para>

@info: 
@Returns: 


<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_recent_info_get_age ##### -->
<para>

</para>

@info: 
@Returns: 


<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_recent_info_is_local ##### -->
<para>

</para>

@info: 
@Returns: 


<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_recent_info_exists ##### -->
<para>

</para>

@info: 
@Returns: 


<!-- ##### FUNCTION gtk_recent_info_match ##### -->
<para>

</para>

@info_a: 
@info_b: 
@Returns: