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diff --git a/examples/Makefile.am b/examples/Makefile.am index abebb194..8ced9db8 100644 --- a/examples/Makefile.am +++ b/examples/Makefile.am @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ SUBDIRS = \ tex-open-terminal EXTRA_DIST = \ + thunar-file-manager.py \ xfce-file-manager.py # vi:set ts=8 sw=8 noet ai nocindent syntax=automake: diff --git a/examples/thunar-file-manager.py b/examples/thunar-file-manager.py new file mode 100755 index 00000000..23991c29 --- /dev/null +++ b/examples/thunar-file-manager.py @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@ +#!/usr/bin/env python +# +# $Id$ +# +# Copyright (c) 2006 Benedikt Meurer <benny@xfce.org> +# +# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it +# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free +# Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) +# any later version. +# +# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT +# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or +# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for +# more details. +# +# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with +# this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple +# Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA +# + +# ------------------------------------------------------------ # +# Simple example of how to communicate with Thunar using the # +# org.xfce.Thunar D-BUS interface. # +# # +# Thunar must be compiled with D-BUS support for this to work. # +# ------------------------------------------------------------ # + +import gtk +import dbus +import dbus.service +if getattr(dbus, 'version', (0,0,0)) >= (0,41,0): + import dbus.glib + +# acquire a reference to the Thunar object +bus = dbus.SessionBus() +thunar_object = bus.get_object('org.xfce.Thunar', '/org/xfce/FileManager') +thunar = dbus.Interface(thunar_object, 'org.xfce.Thunar') + +# You can now invoke methods on the thunar object, for +# example, to terminate a running Thunar instance (just +# like Thunar -q), you can use: +# +# thunar.Terminate() +# +# or, if you want to open the bulk rename dialog in the +# standalone version with an empty file list and /tmp +# as default folder for the "Add Files" dialog, use: +# +# thunar.BulkRename('/tmp', [], True, '') +# +# See the thunar-dbus-service-infos.xml file for the exact +# interface definition. +# + +# We just popup the bulk rename dialog to +# demonstrate that it works. ;-) +thunar.BulkRename('/tmp', [], True, '') |