Changed code that uses g_list_append to use g_list_prepend in all the

	* components/help/hyperbola-filefmt.c:
	(prepend_help_dir_if_exists), (fmt_help_populate_tree):
	* components/mozilla/nautilus-mozilla-content-view.c:
	(mozilla_view_create_charset_encoding_submenu),
	(mozilla_new_window_callback),
	(should_uri_navigate_bypass_nautilus),
	(should_mozilla_load_uri_directly):
	* components/music/fileinfo.c: (mpg123_file_info_box):
	* components/music/nautilus-music-view.c:
	(nautilus_music_view_update):
	* components/notes/nautilus-notes.c: (notes_load_metainfo):
	* components/throbber/nautilus-throbber.c:
	(nautilus_throbber_load_images):
	* components/tree/nautilus-tree-node.c:
	(nautilus_tree_node_set_parent):
	* libnautilus-private/nautilus-directory-background.c:
	(nautilus_connect_background_to_file_metadata):
	* libnautilus-private/nautilus-directory.c:
	(nautilus_self_check_directory):
	* libnautilus-private/nautilus-file-changes-queue.c:
	(nautilus_file_changes_consume_changes):
	* libnautilus-private/nautilus-file-dnd.c:
	(nautilus_drag_file_receive_dropped_keyword):
	* libnautilus-private/nautilus-file-operations.c:
	(handle_transfer_ok), (nautilus_file_operations_new_folder):
	* libnautilus-private/nautilus-file.c: (nautilus_self_check_file):
	* libnautilus-private/nautilus-icon-container.c:
	(lay_down_icons_tblr):
	* libnautilus-private/nautilus-mime-actions.c:
	(nautilus_do_component_query):
	* libnautilus-private/nautilus-search-uri.c: (tokenize_uri):
	* libnautilus-private/nautilus-theme.c: (theme_list_prepend),
	(theme_get_themes_for_location), (theme_get_default_themes),
	(nautilus_theme_remove_user_theme):
	* libnautilus-private/nautilus-thumbnails.c:
	(nautilus_get_thumbnail_uri):
	* libnautilus-private/nautilus-trash-monitor.c:
	(nautilus_trash_monitor_initialize), (add_one_volume_trash):
	* libnautilus-private/nautilus-volume-monitor.c:
	(get_removable_volumes), (build_volume_list_delta),
	(get_mount_list), (get_current_mount_list),
	(mount_volume_prepend_filesystem):
	* src/file-manager/fm-directory-view.c: (prepend_uri_one),
	(fm_directory_view_create_links_for_files),
	(fm_directory_view_duplicate_selection):
	* src/file-manager/fm-properties-window.c:
	(property_button_toggled):
	* src/nautilus-window-manage-views.c:
	(determined_initial_view_callback):
	Changed code that uses g_list_append to use g_list_prepend in all
	the cases where it was simple enough.

24 files changed, 190 insertions, 141 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 07ebe767c..6b6d8796a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,59 @@
 2001-05-10  Darin Adler  <darin@eazel.com>
 
+	* components/help/hyperbola-filefmt.c:
+	(prepend_help_dir_if_exists), (fmt_help_populate_tree):
+	* components/mozilla/nautilus-mozilla-content-view.c:
+	(mozilla_view_create_charset_encoding_submenu),
+	(mozilla_new_window_callback),
+	(should_uri_navigate_bypass_nautilus),
+	(should_mozilla_load_uri_directly):
+	* components/music/fileinfo.c: (mpg123_file_info_box):
+	* components/music/nautilus-music-view.c:
+	(nautilus_music_view_update):
+	* components/notes/nautilus-notes.c: (notes_load_metainfo):
+	* components/throbber/nautilus-throbber.c:
+	(nautilus_throbber_load_images):
+	* components/tree/nautilus-tree-node.c:
+	(nautilus_tree_node_set_parent):
+	* libnautilus-private/nautilus-directory-background.c:
+	(nautilus_connect_background_to_file_metadata):
+	* libnautilus-private/nautilus-directory.c:
+	(nautilus_self_check_directory):
+	* libnautilus-private/nautilus-file-changes-queue.c:
+	(nautilus_file_changes_consume_changes):
+	* libnautilus-private/nautilus-file-dnd.c:
+	(nautilus_drag_file_receive_dropped_keyword):
+	* libnautilus-private/nautilus-file-operations.c:
+	(handle_transfer_ok), (nautilus_file_operations_new_folder):
+	* libnautilus-private/nautilus-file.c: (nautilus_self_check_file):
+	* libnautilus-private/nautilus-icon-container.c:
+	(lay_down_icons_tblr):
+	* libnautilus-private/nautilus-mime-actions.c:
+	(nautilus_do_component_query):
+	* libnautilus-private/nautilus-search-uri.c: (tokenize_uri):
+	* libnautilus-private/nautilus-theme.c: (theme_list_prepend),
+	(theme_get_themes_for_location), (theme_get_default_themes),
+	(nautilus_theme_remove_user_theme):
+	* libnautilus-private/nautilus-thumbnails.c:
+	(nautilus_get_thumbnail_uri):
+	* libnautilus-private/nautilus-trash-monitor.c:
+	(nautilus_trash_monitor_initialize), (add_one_volume_trash):
+	* libnautilus-private/nautilus-volume-monitor.c:
+	(get_removable_volumes), (build_volume_list_delta),
+	(get_mount_list), (get_current_mount_list),
+	(mount_volume_prepend_filesystem):
+	* src/file-manager/fm-directory-view.c: (prepend_uri_one),
+	(fm_directory_view_create_links_for_files),
+	(fm_directory_view_duplicate_selection):
+	* src/file-manager/fm-properties-window.c:
+	(property_button_toggled):
+	* src/nautilus-window-manage-views.c:
+	(determined_initial_view_callback):
+	Changed code that uses g_list_append to use g_list_prepend in all
+	the cases where it was simple enough.
+
+2001-05-10  Darin Adler  <darin@eazel.com>
+
 	Integrated a patch from peter@ximian.com to move the
 	MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME-setting code from the main Nautilus program
 	(where it does no good) to the Mozilla component (which is a nicer
diff --git a/components/help/hyperbola-filefmt.c b/components/help/hyperbola-filefmt.c
index 6a0f92ee3..54ebbda8f 100644
--- a/components/help/hyperbola-filefmt.c
+++ b/components/help/hyperbola-filefmt.c
@@ -837,7 +837,7 @@ fmt_help_populate_tree_from_subdir (HyperbolaDocTree * tree,
 
 #ifndef ENABLE_SCROLLKEEPER_SUPPORT
 static GList *
-append_help_dir_if_exists (GList *list,
+prepend_help_dir_if_exists (GList *list,
 			   char  *prefix)
 {
 	char *help_dir;
@@ -845,7 +845,7 @@ append_help_dir_if_exists (GList *list,
 	help_dir = g_concat_dir_and_file (prefix, "share/gnome/help");
 
 	if (g_file_test (help_dir, G_FILE_TEST_ISDIR)) {
-		list = g_list_append (list, help_dir);
+		list = g_list_prepend (list, help_dir);
 	} else {
 		g_free (help_dir);
 	}
@@ -872,10 +872,10 @@ fmt_help_populate_tree (HyperbolaDocTree * tree)
 	dirname = gnome_datadir_file ("gnome/help");
 
 	if (dirname != NULL) {
-		help_directories = g_list_append (help_directories, dirname);
+		help_directories = g_list_prepend (help_directories, dirname);
 	}
 
-	help_directories = append_help_dir_if_exists (help_directories, PREFIX);
+	help_directories = prepend_help_dir_if_exists (help_directories, PREFIX);
 
 	gnome_path = g_getenv ("GNOME_PATH");
 
@@ -883,12 +883,14 @@ fmt_help_populate_tree (HyperbolaDocTree * tree)
 		pathdirs = g_strsplit (gnome_path, ":", INT_MAX);
 
 		for (i = 0; pathdirs[i] != NULL; i++) {
-			help_directories = append_help_dir_if_exists (help_directories, 
+			help_directories = prepend_help_dir_if_exists (help_directories, 
 								      pathdirs[i]);
 		}
 		g_strfreev (pathdirs);
 	}
 
+	help_directories = g_list_reverse (help_directories);
+
 	for (node = help_directories; node != NULL; node = node->next) {
 		fmt_help_populate_tree_from_subdir (tree, node->data, app_path);
 	}
diff --git a/components/mozilla/nautilus-mozilla-content-view.c b/components/mozilla/nautilus-mozilla-content-view.c
index 89c39b36d..d56873c4a 100644
--- a/components/mozilla/nautilus-mozilla-content-view.c
+++ b/components/mozilla/nautilus-mozilla-content-view.c
@@ -29,45 +29,42 @@
  * widget to display and munge html.
  */
 
-#define nopeDEBUG_ramiro 1
-#define nopeDEBUG_mfleming 1
-#define nopeDEBUG_pepper 1
-
-#ifdef DEBUG_mfleming
-#define DEBUG_MSG(x)	g_print x
-#else
-#define DEBUG_MSG(x)
-#endif
-
 #include <config.h>
 #include "nautilus-mozilla-content-view.h"
 
+#include "bonobo-extensions.h"
 #include "gtkmozembed.h"
-
-#include "mozilla-preferences.h"
 #include "mozilla-components.h"
 #include "mozilla-events.h"
+#include "mozilla-preferences.h"
 #include "nautilus-mozilla-embed-extensions.h"
-#include "bonobo-extensions.h"
-
-#include <bonobo/bonobo-ui-util.h>
 #include <bonobo/bonobo-control.h>
+#include <bonobo/bonobo-ui-util.h>
+#include <eel/eel-glib-extensions.h>
+#include <eel/eel-gtk-extensions.h>
+#include <eel/eel-gtk-macros.h>
+#include <eel/eel-stock-dialogs.h>
 #include <gtk/gtksignal.h>
 #include <libgnome/gnome-i18n.h>
+#include <libgnomeui/gnome-dialog-util.h>
+#include <libgnomeui/gnome-dialog.h>
 #include <libgnomeui/gnome-stock.h>
 #include <libgnomevfs/gnome-vfs.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
-#include <libgnomeui/gnome-dialog.h>
-#include <libgnomeui/gnome-dialog-util.h>
-
-#include <eel/eel-stock-dialogs.h>
-#include <eel/eel-gtk-macros.h>
 
 #ifdef HAVE_AMMONITE
 #include <libtrilobite/libammonite-gtk.h>
 #endif
 
-#define NUM_ELEMENTS_IN_ARRAY(_a) (sizeof (_a) / sizeof ((_a)[0]))
+#define nopeDEBUG_ramiro 1
+#define nopeDEBUG_mfleming 1
+#define nopeDEBUG_pepper 1
+
+#ifdef DEBUG_mfleming
+#define DEBUG_MSG(x)	g_print x
+#else
+#define DEBUG_MSG(x)
+#endif
 
 /* Code-copied from nsGUIEvent.h */
 
@@ -525,12 +522,13 @@ mozilla_view_create_charset_encoding_submenu (NautilusMozillaContentView *mozill
 		/* Add new encodings to the list only once */
 		if (encoding_group != NULL) {
 			if (!g_list_find_custom	(groups, encoding_group, (GCompareFunc) strcoll)) {
-				groups = g_list_append (groups, encoding_group);
+				groups = g_list_prepend (groups, encoding_group);
 			}
 		}
 		
 		g_free (encoding_title);
 	}
+	groups = g_list_reverse (groups);
 	
 	/* Create the encoding group submenus */
 	node = groups;
@@ -757,32 +755,20 @@ mozilla_title_changed_callback (GtkMozEmbed *mozilla, gpointer user_data)
 	DEBUG_MSG (("-%s\n", __FUNCTION__));
 }
 
-static GtkWindow *
-mozilla_get_containing_window (GtkMozEmbed *mozilla)
-{
-	GtkWidget *window;
-
-	window = gtk_widget_get_ancestor (GTK_WIDGET (mozilla), GTK_TYPE_WINDOW);
-	if (window == NULL) {
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	return GTK_WINDOW (window);
-}
-
 static void
 mozilla_new_window_callback (GtkMozEmbed *mozilla)
 {
-	GnomeDialog     *dialog;
-
-#ifdef DEBUG_pepper
-	g_warning ("Nautilus does not support JavaScript spawning of new windows!\n");
-#endif
-
-	dialog = eel_show_warning_dialog (_("A JavaScript function (small software program) on this page tried to open a new window, but nautilus does not support the opening of new windows by JavaScript.\n\nTry viewing the page in a different web browser, such as Mozilla or Netscape."),
-					     _("Nautilus Mozilla View Warning"),
-					     mozilla_get_containing_window (mozilla));
-
+	static GnomeDialog *dialog;
+
+	if (dialog == NULL) {
+		dialog = eel_show_warning_dialog (_("A JavaScript function (small software program) on this page "
+						    "tried to open a new window, but Nautilus does not support the "
+						    "opening new windows by JavaScript.\n\n"
+						    "Try viewing the page in a different web browser, such as Mozilla."),
+						  _("Nautilus JavaScript Warning"),
+						  NULL);
+		eel_nullify_when_destroyed (&dialog);
+	}
 }
 
 static void
@@ -1820,7 +1806,7 @@ should_uri_navigate_bypass_nautilus (const char *uri)
 
 	g_return_val_if_fail (uri != NULL, FALSE);
 	
-	return string_list_get_index_of_string (handled_by_nautilus, NUM_ELEMENTS_IN_ARRAY (handled_by_nautilus),
+	return string_list_get_index_of_string (handled_by_nautilus, EEL_N_ELEMENTS (handled_by_nautilus),
 						uri) != STRING_LIST_NOT_FOUND;
 }
 
@@ -1837,7 +1823,7 @@ should_mozilla_load_uri_directly (const char *uri)
 		"eazel-services"
 	};
 
-	return string_list_get_index_of_string (handled_by_mozilla, NUM_ELEMENTS_IN_ARRAY (handled_by_mozilla),
+	return string_list_get_index_of_string (handled_by_mozilla, EEL_N_ELEMENTS (handled_by_mozilla),
 						uri) != STRING_LIST_NOT_FOUND;
 }
 
diff --git a/components/music/fileinfo.c b/components/music/fileinfo.c
index 654467ba3..421331c99 100644
--- a/components/music/fileinfo.c
+++ b/components/music/fileinfo.c
@@ -292,8 +292,8 @@ void mpg123_file_info_box(char *filename)
 		if (!genre_list)
 		{
 			for (i = 0; i < GENRE_MAX; i++)
-				genre_list = g_list_append(genre_list, (gchar *) mpg123_id3_genres[i]);
-			genre_list = g_list_append(genre_list, "");
+				genre_list = g_list_prepend(genre_list, (gchar *) mpg123_id3_genres[i]);
+			genre_list = g_list_prepend(genre_list, "");
 			genre_list = g_list_sort(genre_list, genre_comp_func);
 		}
 		gtk_combo_set_popdown_strings(GTK_COMBO(genre_combo), genre_list);
diff --git a/components/music/nautilus-music-view.c b/components/music/nautilus-music-view.c
index e74119fb4..06c902d89 100644
--- a/components/music/nautilus-music-view.c
+++ b/components/music/nautilus-music-view.c
@@ -1720,7 +1720,7 @@ nautilus_music_view_update (NautilusMusicView *music_view)
 		if (info) {
 			info->path_uri = path_uri;
 			file_index += 1;
-                        song_list = g_list_append (song_list, info);
+                        song_list = g_list_prepend (song_list, info);
 		} else {
 		        /* it's not an mp3 file, so see if it's an image */
         		const char *mime_type = gnome_vfs_file_info_get_mime_type (current_file_info);		        	
@@ -1737,6 +1737,8 @@ nautilus_music_view_update (NautilusMusicView *music_view)
 		
 	}
 	gnome_vfs_file_info_list_free (list);	
+
+        song_list = g_list_reverse (song_list);
 	
 	/* populate the clist */	
 	gtk_clist_clear (GTK_CLIST (music_view->details->song_list));
diff --git a/components/notes/nautilus-notes.c b/components/notes/nautilus-notes.c
index aa9590e41..4bbedda80 100644
--- a/components/notes/nautilus-notes.c
+++ b/components/notes/nautilus-notes.c
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ notes_load_metainfo (Notes *notes)
 		return;
         }
 
-        attributes = g_list_append (NULL, NAUTILUS_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_METADATA);
+        attributes = g_list_prepend (NULL, NAUTILUS_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_METADATA);
         nautilus_file_monitor_add (notes->file, notes, attributes);
 
 	if (nautilus_file_check_if_ready (notes->file, attributes)) {
diff --git a/components/throbber/nautilus-throbber.c b/components/throbber/nautilus-throbber.c
index 24132ac39..4580654d6 100644
--- a/components/throbber/nautilus-throbber.c
+++ b/components/throbber/nautilus-throbber.c
@@ -563,6 +563,7 @@ nautilus_throbber_load_images (NautilusThrobber *throbber)
 	int index;
 	char *throbber_frame_name, *image_theme, *frames;
 	GdkPixbuf *pixbuf;
+	GList *image_list;
 	
 	nautilus_throbber_unload_images (throbber);
 
@@ -578,9 +579,9 @@ nautilus_throbber_load_images (NautilusThrobber *throbber)
 	} else {
 		throbber->details->max_frame = 16;
 	}
-	
-	index = 1;
-	while (index <= throbber->details->max_frame) {
+
+	image_list = NULL;
+	for (index = 1; index <= throbber->details->max_frame; index++) {
 		throbber_frame_name = make_throbber_frame_name (index);
 		pixbuf = load_themed_image (throbber_frame_name, image_theme, throbber->details->small_mode);
 		g_free (throbber_frame_name);
@@ -588,9 +589,10 @@ nautilus_throbber_load_images (NautilusThrobber *throbber)
 			throbber->details->max_frame = index - 1;
 			break;
 		}
-		throbber->details->image_list = g_list_append (throbber->details->image_list, pixbuf);
-		index += 1;
-	}	
+		image_list = g_list_prepend (image_list, pixbuf);
+	}
+	throbber->details->image_list = g_list_reverse (image_list);
+
 	g_free (image_theme);
 }
 
diff --git a/components/tree/nautilus-tree-node.c b/components/tree/nautilus-tree-node.c
index 6f843262a..f2a3a5520 100644
--- a/components/tree/nautilus-tree-node.c
+++ b/components/tree/nautilus-tree-node.c
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ nautilus_tree_node_set_parent (NautilusTreeNode   *node,
 	g_return_if_fail (node->details->parent == NULL);
 
 	node->details->parent = parent;
-	parent->details->children = g_list_append (parent->details->children, node);
+	parent->details->children = g_list_prepend (parent->details->children, node);
 }
 
 gboolean
diff --git a/libnautilus-private/nautilus-directory-background.c b/libnautilus-private/nautilus-directory-background.c
index 9a28b6fdf..980f5cf19 100644
--- a/libnautilus-private/nautilus-directory-background.c
+++ b/libnautilus-private/nautilus-directory-background.c
@@ -996,7 +996,7 @@ nautilus_connect_background_to_file_metadata (GtkWidget    *widget,
                                     background);
         	
 		/* arrange to receive file metadata */
-                attributes = g_list_append (NULL, NAUTILUS_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_METADATA);
+                attributes = g_list_prepend (NULL, NAUTILUS_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_METADATA);
 		nautilus_file_monitor_add (file,
                                            background,
                                            attributes);					     
diff --git a/libnautilus-private/nautilus-directory.c b/libnautilus-private/nautilus-directory.c
index a5ca85168..9d68a2d04 100644
--- a/libnautilus-private/nautilus-directory.c
+++ b/libnautilus-private/nautilus-directory.c
@@ -1541,7 +1541,7 @@ nautilus_self_check_directory (void)
 
 	got_metadata_flag = FALSE;
 
-	attributes = g_list_append (NULL, NAUTILUS_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_METADATA);
+	attributes = g_list_prepend (NULL, NAUTILUS_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_METADATA);
 	nautilus_directory_call_when_ready (directory, attributes,
 					    got_metadata_callback, &data_dummy);
 	g_list_free (attributes);
@@ -1592,7 +1592,7 @@ nautilus_self_check_directory (void)
 	directory = nautilus_directory_get ("file:///etc");
 
 	got_metadata_flag = FALSE;
-	attributes = g_list_append (NULL, NAUTILUS_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_METADATA);
+	attributes = g_list_prepend (NULL, NAUTILUS_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_METADATA);
 	nautilus_directory_call_when_ready (directory, attributes,
 					    got_metadata_callback, &data_dummy);
 	g_list_free (attributes);
diff --git a/libnautilus-private/nautilus-file-changes-queue.c b/libnautilus-private/nautilus-file-changes-queue.c
index 6af48e1db..7fd5a9118 100644
--- a/libnautilus-private/nautilus-file-changes-queue.c
+++ b/libnautilus-private/nautilus-file-changes-queue.c
@@ -430,41 +430,49 @@ nautilus_file_changes_consume_changes (gboolean consume_all)
 			 */
 			
 			if (deletions != NULL) {
+				deletions = g_list_reverse (deletions);
 				nautilus_directory_notify_files_removed (deletions);
 				eel_g_list_free_deep (deletions);
 				deletions = NULL;
 			}
 			if (moves != NULL) {
+				moves = g_list_reverse (moves);
 				nautilus_directory_notify_files_moved (moves);
 				pairs_list_free (moves);
 				moves = NULL;
 			}
 			if (additions != NULL) {
+				additions = g_list_reverse (additions);
 				nautilus_directory_notify_files_added (additions);
 				eel_g_list_free_deep (additions);
 				additions = NULL;
 			}
 			if (changes != NULL) {
+				changes = g_list_reverse (changes);
 				nautilus_directory_notify_files_changed (changes);
 				eel_g_list_free_deep (changes);
 				changes = NULL;
 			}
 			if (metadata_copy_requests != NULL) {
+				metadata_copy_requests = g_list_reverse (metadata_copy_requests);
 				nautilus_directory_schedule_metadata_copy (metadata_copy_requests);
 				pairs_list_free (metadata_copy_requests);
 				metadata_copy_requests = NULL;
 			}
 			if (metadata_move_requests != NULL) {
+				metadata_move_requests = g_list_reverse (metadata_move_requests);
 				nautilus_directory_schedule_metadata_move (metadata_move_requests);
 				pairs_list_free (metadata_move_requests);
 				metadata_move_requests = NULL;
 			}
 			if (metadata_remove_requests != NULL) {
+				metadata_remove_requests = g_list_reverse (metadata_remove_requests);
 				nautilus_directory_schedule_metadata_remove (metadata_remove_requests);
 				eel_g_list_free_deep (metadata_remove_requests);
 				metadata_remove_requests = NULL;
 			}
 			if (position_set_requests != NULL) {
+				position_set_requests = g_list_reverse (position_set_requests);
 				nautilus_directory_schedule_position_set (position_set_requests);
 				position_set_list_free (position_set_requests);
 				position_set_requests = NULL;
@@ -479,40 +487,40 @@ nautilus_file_changes_consume_changes (gboolean consume_all)
 		/* add the new change to the list */
 		switch (change->kind) {
 		case CHANGE_FILE_ADDED:
-			additions = g_list_append (additions, change->from_uri);
+			additions = g_list_prepend (additions, change->from_uri);
 			break;
 
 		case CHANGE_FILE_CHANGED:
-			changes = g_list_append (changes, change->from_uri);
+			changes = g_list_prepend (changes, change->from_uri);
 			break;
 
 		case CHANGE_FILE_REMOVED:
-			deletions = g_list_append (deletions, change->from_uri);
+			deletions = g_list_prepend (deletions, change->from_uri);
 			break;
 
 		case CHANGE_FILE_MOVED:
 			pair = g_new (URIPair, 1);
 			pair->from_uri = change->from_uri;
 			pair->to_uri = change->to_uri;
-			moves = g_list_append (moves, pair);
+			moves = g_list_prepend (moves, pair);
 			break;
 
 		case CHANGE_METADATA_COPIED:
 			pair = g_new (URIPair, 1);
 			pair->from_uri = change->from_uri;
 			pair->to_uri = change->to_uri;
-			metadata_copy_requests = g_list_append (metadata_copy_requests, pair);
+			metadata_copy_requests = g_list_prepend (metadata_copy_requests, pair);
 			break;
 
 		case CHANGE_METADATA_MOVED:
 			pair = g_new (URIPair, 1);
 			pair->from_uri = change->from_uri;
 			pair->to_uri = change->to_uri;
-			metadata_move_requests = g_list_append (metadata_move_requests, pair);
+			metadata_move_requests = g_list_prepend (metadata_move_requests, pair);
 			break;
 
 		case CHANGE_METADATA_REMOVED:
-			metadata_remove_requests = g_list_append (metadata_remove_requests, 
+			metadata_remove_requests = g_list_prepend (metadata_remove_requests, 
 				change->from_uri);
 			break;
 
@@ -521,16 +529,16 @@ nautilus_file_changes_consume_changes (gboolean consume_all)
 			position_set->uri = change->from_uri;
 			position_set->set = TRUE;
 			position_set->point = change->point;
-			position_set_requests = g_list_append (position_set_requests,
-							       position_set);
+			position_set_requests = g_list_prepend (position_set_requests,
+								position_set);
 			break;
 
 		case CHANGE_POSITION_REMOVE:
 			position_set = g_new (NautilusFileChangesQueuePosition, 1);
 			position_set->uri = change->from_uri;
 			position_set->set = FALSE;
-			position_set_requests = g_list_append (position_set_requests,
-							       position_set);
+			position_set_requests = g_list_prepend (position_set_requests,
+								position_set);
 			break;
 
 		default:
diff --git a/libnautilus-private/nautilus-file-dnd.c b/libnautilus-private/nautilus-file-dnd.c
index b7c12af26..268b1cb3f 100644
--- a/libnautilus-private/nautilus-file-dnd.c
+++ b/libnautilus-private/nautilus-file-dnd.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ nautilus_drag_file_receive_dropped_keyword (NautilusFile *file, char *keyword)
 		keywords = nautilus_file_get_keywords (file);
 		word = g_list_find_custom (keywords, keyword, (GCompareFunc) strcmp);
 		if (word == NULL) {
-			keywords = g_list_append (keywords, g_strdup (keyword));
+			keywords = g_list_prepend (keywords, g_strdup (keyword));
 		} else {
 			keywords = g_list_remove_link (keywords, word);
 			g_free (word->data);
diff --git a/libnautilus-private/nautilus-file-operations.c b/libnautilus-private/nautilus-file-operations.c
index 6c7b90c23..5722aaee9 100644
--- a/libnautilus-private/nautilus-file-operations.c
+++ b/libnautilus-private/nautilus-file-operations.c
@@ -453,12 +453,10 @@ handle_transfer_ok (const GnomeVFSXferProgressInfo *progress_info,
 		 * around and return.
 		 */
 		if (progress_info->bytes_total != progress_info->bytes_copied) {
-			GList *delete_me = NULL;
-
-			delete_me = g_list_append (delete_me, progress_info->target_name);
+			GList *delete_me;
 
+			delete_me = g_list_prepend (NULL, progress_info->target_name);
 			nautilus_file_operations_delete (delete_me, transfer_info->parent_view);
-
 			g_list_free (delete_me);
 		}
 
@@ -2118,7 +2116,7 @@ nautilus_file_operations_new_folder (GtkWidget *parent_view,
 	parent_uri = gnome_vfs_uri_new (parent_dir);
 	/* localizers: the initial name of a new folder  */
 	uri = gnome_vfs_uri_append_file_name (parent_uri, _("untitled folder"));
-	target_uri_list = g_list_append (NULL, uri);
+	target_uri_list = g_list_prepend (NULL, uri);
 	
 	gnome_vfs_async_xfer (&state->handle, NULL, target_uri_list,
 	      		      GNOME_VFS_XFER_NEW_UNIQUE_DIRECTORY,
diff --git a/libnautilus-private/nautilus-file.c b/libnautilus-private/nautilus-file.c
index 134f0b597..dfdc26ab9 100644
--- a/libnautilus-private/nautilus-file.c
+++ b/libnautilus-private/nautilus-file.c
@@ -5122,8 +5122,8 @@ nautilus_self_check_file (void)
 	file_2 = nautilus_file_get ("file:///usr");
 
         list = NULL;
-        list = g_list_append (list, file_1);
-        list = g_list_append (list, file_2);
+        list = g_list_prepend (list, file_1);
+        list = g_list_prepend (list, file_2);
 
         nautilus_file_list_ref (list);
         
diff --git a/libnautilus-private/nautilus-icon-container.c b/libnautilus-private/nautilus-icon-container.c
index 630416049..e931bda21 100644
--- a/libnautilus-private/nautilus-icon-container.c
+++ b/libnautilus-private/nautilus-icon-container.c
@@ -1050,13 +1050,15 @@ lay_down_icons_tblr (NautilusIconContainer *container, GList *icons)
 		for (p = container->details->icons; p != NULL; p = p->next) {
 			icon = p->data;
 			if (icon_is_positioned (icon)) {
-				placed_icons = g_list_append (placed_icons, icon);
+				placed_icons = g_list_prepend (placed_icons, icon);
 			} else {
 				icon->x = 0;
 				icon->y = 0;
-				unplaced_icons = g_list_append (unplaced_icons, icon);
+				unplaced_icons = g_list_prepend (unplaced_icons, icon);
 			}
 		}
+		placed_icons = g_list_reverse (placed_icons);
+		unplaced_icons = g_list_reverse (unplaced_icons);
 					
 		/* Allocate grid array */
 		num_rows = width / CELL_SIZE;
diff --git a/libnautilus-private/nautilus-mime-actions.c b/libnautilus-private/nautilus-mime-actions.c
index a75c51c72..2c14da236 100644
--- a/libnautilus-private/nautilus-mime-actions.c
+++ b/libnautilus-private/nautilus-mime-actions.c
@@ -1620,9 +1620,9 @@ nautilus_do_component_query (const char        *mime_type,
                                  * view is a superset and it's confusing for the user to be presented with both
                                  */
                                 if (server->iid != NULL && strcmp (server->iid, "OAFIID:Bonobo_Sample_Text") != 0) {
-                                	retval = g_list_append
+                                	retval = g_list_prepend
                                         	(retval, 
-                                         	OAF_ServerInfo_duplicate (server));
+						 OAF_ServerInfo_duplicate (server));
                         	}
                         }
                 }
@@ -1632,7 +1632,7 @@ nautilus_do_component_query (const char        *mime_type,
 
 	CORBA_free (oaf_result);
 	
-	return retval;
+	return g_list_reverse (retval);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/libnautilus-private/nautilus-search-uri.c b/libnautilus-private/nautilus-search-uri.c
index 8f452a685..f3c0872c8 100644
--- a/libnautilus-private/nautilus-search-uri.c
+++ b/libnautilus-private/nautilus-search-uri.c
@@ -115,20 +115,20 @@ tokenize_uri (const char *string)
                 return NULL;
         }
 
-        criterion_list = NULL;
-
         string = strip_uri_beginning (string);
         if (string == NULL) {
                 return NULL;
         }
 
         /* make sure we can handle this uri */
-        if ( strchr (string , '(') != NULL
-             || strchr (string, ')') != NULL 
-             || strchr (string, '|') != NULL) {
+        if (strchr (string , '(') != NULL
+            || strchr (string, ')') != NULL 
+            || strchr (string, '|') != NULL) {
                 return NULL;
         }
         
+        criterion_list = NULL;
+
         /* split the uri in different criteria */
         criteria = g_strsplit (string, " & ", 0);
         for (i = 0, temp_string = criteria[0]; 
@@ -143,14 +143,14 @@ tokenize_uri (const char *string)
                 tokens = g_strsplit (temp_string, " ", 2);
                 for (j = 0, token = tokens[0]; token != NULL; j++, token = tokens[j]) {
                         /* g_strstrip does not return a newly allocated string. */
-                        token_list = g_list_append (token_list, g_strdup (g_strstrip (token)));
+                        token_list = g_list_prepend (token_list, g_strdup (g_strstrip (token)));
                 }
-                criterion_list = g_list_append (criterion_list, token_list);
+                criterion_list = g_list_prepend (criterion_list, g_list_reverse (token_list));
                 g_strfreev (tokens);
         }
         g_strfreev (criteria);
 
-        return criterion_list;
+        return g_list_reverse (criterion_list);
 }
 
 typedef struct _value_criterion_item value_criterion_item;
diff --git a/libnautilus-private/nautilus-theme.c b/libnautilus-private/nautilus-theme.c
index c3aea05ef..16c3824fb 100644
--- a/libnautilus-private/nautilus-theme.c
+++ b/libnautilus-private/nautilus-theme.c
@@ -562,10 +562,10 @@ theme_get_description_property (const char *themes_location_uri,
 }
 
 static GList *
-theme_list_insert (GList *theme_list,
-		   const char *themes_location_uri,
-		   const char *theme_name,
-		   gboolean builtin)
+theme_list_prepend (GList *theme_list,
+		    const char *themes_location_uri,
+		    const char *theme_name,
+		    gboolean builtin)
 {
 	ThemeAttibutes *attributes;
 	GdkPixbuf *unscaled_preview_pixbuf;
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ theme_list_insert (GList *theme_list,
 	attributes->display_name = theme_get_name_property (themes_location_uri, theme_name);
 	attributes->description = theme_get_description_property (themes_location_uri, theme_name);
 
-	return g_list_append (theme_list, attributes);
+	return g_list_prepend (theme_list, attributes);
 }
 
 static GList *
@@ -622,15 +622,15 @@ theme_get_themes_for_location (const char *themes_location_uri,
 		if ((file_info->type == GNOME_VFS_FILE_TYPE_DIRECTORY)
 		    && (file_info->name[0] != '.')) {
 			if (has_image_file (themes_location_uri, file_info->name, "i-directory" )) {
-				themes = theme_list_insert (themes,
-							    themes_location_uri,
-							    file_info->name,
-							    builtin);
+				themes = theme_list_prepend (themes,
+							     themes_location_uri,
+							     file_info->name,
+							     builtin);
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
-	return themes;
+	return g_list_reverse (themes);
 }
 
 static GList *
@@ -674,10 +674,9 @@ theme_get_default_themes (void)
  	char *pixmap_directory_uri;
 	GList *default_themes;
 
-	default_themes = NULL;
 	pixmap_directory = nautilus_get_pixmap_directory ();
 	pixmap_directory_uri = gnome_vfs_get_uri_from_local_path (pixmap_directory);
-	default_themes = theme_list_insert (default_themes, pixmap_directory_uri, "default", TRUE);
+	default_themes = theme_list_prepend (NULL, pixmap_directory_uri, "default", TRUE);
 	g_free (pixmap_directory_uri);
 	g_free (pixmap_directory);
 
@@ -784,7 +783,7 @@ nautilus_theme_remove_user_theme (const char *theme_to_remove_name)
 	theme_to_remove_path = nautilus_make_path (user_themes_directory, theme_to_remove_name);
 	g_free (user_themes_directory);
 	
-	uri_list = g_list_append (NULL, gnome_vfs_uri_new (theme_to_remove_path));			
+	uri_list = g_list_prepend (NULL, gnome_vfs_uri_new (theme_to_remove_path));			
 	g_free (theme_to_remove_path);
 
 	result = gnome_vfs_xfer_delete_list (uri_list, GNOME_VFS_XFER_RECURSIVE,
diff --git a/libnautilus-private/nautilus-thumbnails.c b/libnautilus-private/nautilus-thumbnails.c
index 7ef9e44c1..718098d59 100644
--- a/libnautilus-private/nautilus-thumbnails.c
+++ b/libnautilus-private/nautilus-thumbnails.c
@@ -370,7 +370,6 @@ nautilus_get_thumbnail_uri (NautilusFile *file, gboolean anti_aliased)
 	/* the thumbnail needs to be created (or recreated), so add an entry to the thumbnail list */
  
 	if (result != GNOME_VFS_OK && result != GNOME_VFS_ERROR_FILE_EXISTS) {
-
 		g_warning ("error when making thumbnail directory %d, for %s", result, thumbnail_uri);	
 	} else {
 		NautilusThumbnailInfo *info = g_new0 (NautilusThumbnailInfo, 1);
@@ -378,13 +377,8 @@ nautilus_get_thumbnail_uri (NautilusFile *file, gboolean anti_aliased)
 		info->is_local = local_flag;
 		info->anti_aliased = anti_aliased;
 		
-		if (thumbnails != NULL) {
-			if (g_list_find_custom (thumbnails, info, compare_thumbnail_info) == NULL) {
-				thumbnails = g_list_append (thumbnails, info);
-			}
-		} else {
-			thumbnails = g_list_alloc ();
-			thumbnails->data = info;
+		if (g_list_find_custom (thumbnails, info, compare_thumbnail_info) == NULL) {
+			thumbnails = g_list_append (thumbnails, info);
 		}
 	
 		if (thumbnail_timeout_id == 0) {
diff --git a/libnautilus-private/nautilus-trash-monitor.c b/libnautilus-private/nautilus-trash-monitor.c
index a392c3d56..f2934f099 100644
--- a/libnautilus-private/nautilus-trash-monitor.c
+++ b/libnautilus-private/nautilus-trash-monitor.c
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ nautilus_trash_monitor_initialize (gpointer object, gpointer klass)
 	trash_monitor->details->trash_directory = trash_directory;
 	trash_monitor->details->empty = TRUE;
 
-	attributes = g_list_append (NULL, NAUTILUS_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_METADATA);
+	attributes = g_list_prepend (NULL, NAUTILUS_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_METADATA);
 
 	/* Make sure we get notified about changes */
 	nautilus_directory_file_monitor_add
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ add_one_volume_trash (const NautilusVolume *volume,
 			FALSE, FALSE, 0777) == GNOME_VFS_OK) {
 
 			/* found trash, put it on the list */
-			*result = g_list_append (*result, trash_uri);
+			*result = g_list_prepend (*result, trash_uri);
 		}
 		
 		gnome_vfs_uri_unref (volume_mount_point_uri);
diff --git a/libnautilus-private/nautilus-volume-monitor.c b/libnautilus-private/nautilus-volume-monitor.c
index a9a145d31..bcaf59d9b 100644
--- a/libnautilus-private/nautilus-volume-monitor.c
+++ b/libnautilus-private/nautilus-volume-monitor.c
@@ -185,8 +185,8 @@ static void            mount_volume_activate                    (NautilusVolumeM
 static void            mount_volume_deactivate                  (NautilusVolumeMonitor      *monitor,
 								 NautilusVolume             *volume);
 static void            load_additional_mount_list_info          (GList                      *volume_list);
-static GList *         mount_volume_add_filesystem              (NautilusVolume             *volume,
-								 GList                      *volume_list);
+static GList *         mount_volume_prepend_filesystem          (GList                      *volume_list,
+								 NautilusVolume             *volume);
 static NautilusVolume *create_volume                            (const char                 *device_path,
 								 const char                 *mount_path,
 								 const char                 *filesystem);
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ get_removable_volumes (void)
 			volume->filesystem = g_strdup (ent[index].f_fstyename);
 			volume->is_removable = TRUE;
 			volume->is_read_only = ((ent[index].f_flags & MNT_RDONLY) != 0);
-			volume = mount_volume_add_filesystem (volume, volumes);				
+			volumes = mount_volume_prepend_filesystem (volumes, volume);				
 		}
 	}
 #endif
@@ -442,14 +442,14 @@ get_removable_volumes (void)
 			volume = create_volume (ent->mnt_special, ent->mnt_mountp, ent->mnt_fstype);
 			volume->is_removable = TRUE;
 			volume->is_read_only = hasmntopt (ent, MNTOPT_RO) != NULL;
-			volumes = mount_volume_add_filesystem (volume, volumes);
+			volumes = mount_volume_prepend_filesystem (volumes, volume);
 		}
 	}
 #elif defined (HAVE_MNTTENT_H)
 	while ((ent = getmntent (file)) != NULL) {
 		if (has_removable_mntent_options (ent)) {
 			volume = create_volume (ent->mnt_fsname, ent->mnt_dir, ent->mnt_type);
-			volumes = mount_volume_add_filesystem (volume, volumes);
+			volumes = mount_volume_prepend_filesystem (volumes, volume);
 		}
 	}
 #endif
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ get_removable_volumes (void)
 	
 #ifdef HAVE_CDDA
 	volume = create_volume (CD_AUDIO_PATH, CD_AUDIO_PATH, CDDA_SCHEME);
-	volumes = mount_volume_add_filesystem (volume, volumes);
+	volumes = mount_volume_prepend_filesystem (volumes, volume);
 #endif
 
 	load_additional_mount_list_info (volumes);
@@ -968,10 +968,10 @@ build_volume_list_delta (GList *list_one, GList *list_two)
 		if (!found_match) {
 			/* No match. Add it to the list to be returned; */
 			new_volume = copy_volume (volOne);
-			new_list = g_list_append (new_list, new_volume);
+			new_list = g_list_prepend (new_list, new_volume);
 		}
 	}
-		
+	
 	return new_list;
 }
 
@@ -998,7 +998,7 @@ get_mount_list (void)
                 volume = create_volume (ent.mnt_special, ent.mnt_mountp, ent.mnt_fstype);
                 volume->is_removable = has_removable_mntent_options (&ent);
                 volume->is_read_only = hasmntopt (&ent, MNTOPT_RO) != NULL;
-                volumes = mount_volume_add_filesystem (volume, volumes);
+                volumes = mount_volume_prepend_filesystem (volumes, volume);
         }
 
 	fclose (fh);
@@ -1062,7 +1062,7 @@ get_mount_list (void)
                         g_free (device_path);
                         g_free (mount_path);
                         g_free (filesystem);
-                        volumes = mount_volume_add_filesystem (volume, volumes);
+                        volumes = mount_volume_prepend_filesystem (volumes, volume);
                 }
 
 		eel_string_list_free (list);
@@ -1089,11 +1089,11 @@ get_current_mount_list (void)
 	if (locate_audio_cd ()) {
 		volume = create_volume (CD_AUDIO_PATH, CD_AUDIO_PATH, CDDA_SCHEME);
 		mount_volume_get_name (volume);
-		volumes = mount_volume_add_filesystem (volume, volumes);
+		volumes = mount_volume_prepend_filesystem (volumes, volume);
 	}
 #endif
 
-	return volumes;
+	return g_list_reverse (volumes);
 }
 
 
@@ -1989,7 +1989,7 @@ load_additional_mount_list_info (GList *volume_list)
 
 
 static GList *
-mount_volume_add_filesystem (NautilusVolume *volume, GList *volume_list)
+mount_volume_prepend_filesystem (GList *volume_list, NautilusVolume *volume)
 {
 	gboolean added;
 	char *device_name;
@@ -2041,7 +2041,7 @@ mount_volume_add_filesystem (NautilusVolume *volume, GList *volume_list)
 	}
 
 	if (added) {
-		volume_list = g_list_append (volume_list, volume);
+		volume_list = g_list_prepend (volume_list, volume);
 		
 		/* Identify device type */
 		if (eel_str_has_prefix (volume->mount_path, "/mnt/")) {		
diff --git a/src/file-manager/fm-directory-view.c b/src/file-manager/fm-directory-view.c
index 3486b6c8f..1c35243a5 100644
--- a/src/file-manager/fm-directory-view.c
+++ b/src/file-manager/fm-directory-view.c
@@ -2583,7 +2583,7 @@ fm_directory_view_get_model (FMDirectoryView *view)
 }
 
 static void
-append_uri_one (gpointer data, gpointer callback_data)
+prepend_uri_one (gpointer data, gpointer callback_data)
 {
 	NautilusFile *file;
 	GList **result;
@@ -2593,7 +2593,7 @@ append_uri_one (gpointer data, gpointer callback_data)
 
 	result = (GList **) callback_data;
 	file = (NautilusFile *) data;
-	*result = g_list_append (*result, nautilus_file_get_uri (file));
+	*result = g_list_prepend (*result, nautilus_file_get_uri (file));
 }
 
 static void
@@ -2626,7 +2626,8 @@ fm_directory_view_create_links_for_files (FMDirectoryView *view, GList *files,
 
 	/* create a list of URIs */
 	uris = NULL;
-	g_list_foreach (files, append_uri_one, &uris);    
+	g_list_foreach (files, prepend_uri_one, &uris);
+	uris = g_list_reverse (uris);
 
         g_assert (g_list_length (uris) == g_list_length (files));
 
@@ -2657,7 +2658,8 @@ fm_directory_view_duplicate_selection (FMDirectoryView *view, GList *files,
 
 	/* create a list of URIs */
 	uris = NULL;
-	g_list_foreach (files, append_uri_one, &uris);    
+	g_list_foreach (files, prepend_uri_one, &uris);
+	uris = g_list_reverse (uris);
 
         g_assert (g_list_length (uris) == g_list_length (files));
         
diff --git a/src/file-manager/fm-properties-window.c b/src/file-manager/fm-properties-window.c
index c958feb27..cd4f8c477 100644
--- a/src/file-manager/fm-properties-window.c
+++ b/src/file-manager/fm-properties-window.c
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ property_button_toggled (GtkToggleButton *button)
 	word = g_list_find_custom (keywords, name, (GCompareFunc) strcmp);
 	if (gtk_toggle_button_get_active (button)) {
 		if (word == NULL) {
-			keywords = g_list_append (keywords, g_strdup (name));
+			keywords = g_list_prepend (keywords, g_strdup (name));
 		}
 	} else {
 		if (word != NULL) {
diff --git a/src/nautilus-window-manage-views.c b/src/nautilus-window-manage-views.c
index 32760f56b..ecc3864ad 100644
--- a/src/nautilus-window-manage-views.c
+++ b/src/nautilus-window-manage-views.c
@@ -1184,7 +1184,7 @@ determined_initial_view_callback (NautilusDetermineViewHandle *handle,
                 if (!GTK_WIDGET_VISIBLE (window)) {
 	                file = nautilus_file_get (location);
 
-                        attributes = g_list_append (NULL, NAUTILUS_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_METADATA);
+                        attributes = g_list_prepend (NULL, NAUTILUS_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_METADATA);
 			nautilus_file_call_when_ready (file,
                                                        attributes,
                                                        position_and_show_window_callback,