Remote search providers install an auxiliary keyfile to specify
static information, such as the object path/bus name needed to activate
the binary. Such keyfiles also specify the application the providers
pushes results for; currently, we support two formats for application
information
- two fields, "Title" and "Icon" that specify a (translatable) title and
an icon name for display
- one field "DesktopId" that specifies the desktop file name of the
application backing the provider, which obsoletes the previous
Title/Icon syntax
Since all providers in GNOME use DesktopId now, and we need to ensure a
remote search providers is always backed by an application for future
development, this commit drops the support for the older syntax.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=687491
Currently we load all search providers from XDG_DATA_DIRS, so if
the same provider is installed several times in different directories,
we happily show duplicate results. To fix, keep track of all remote
providers we add and skip those that already have been loaded from a
different directory.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=682470
We strongly expect applications to use the same values for the
'Title'/'Icon' fields in their search provider .ini file as the
'Name'/'Icon' fields in their .desktop file. Rather than requiring
applications to duplicate those fields, allow them to specify a
'DesktopId' field instead to point to the corresponding .desktop
file, which makes it possible to ship search provider files without
translatable strings (which is nice given that merging translations
into search provider files lacks a standard rule).
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=678816
Currently we pass an icon name for the 'icon' parameter of the
RemoteSearchProvider constructor. In hindsight, using a GIcon
instead will give us a bit more flexibility, so change it.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=678816
As shown in the previous commits, synchronous search is easily implemented
by the asynchronous search API. The only reason we still have a
synchronous search API is of historical reasons. Well, we're not a museum,
and git log can keep our fossils safe if need be....
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=675328
Allow applications to register search providers by dropping a keyfile
into a well-known directory. For now, initialize all found providers;
long term, we probably want to give users the ability to restrict the
set of active search providers.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=663125
Add an asynchronous search provider for results from a DBus service
implementing the org.gnome.Shell.SearchProvider interface; this
will allow applications to hook into the Shell's search without
implementing it in Shell itself or requiring an extension.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=663125
