We have been using type-safe comparisons in new code for quite a while
now, however old code has only been adapted slowly.
Change all the remaining bits to get rid of another legacy style
difference.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/2866>
We have made good progress with transitioning to the new style,
to the point where we can complete it with a final push.
Start with changing the remaining places that still use double
quotes.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/2866>
Introduce a new class, EventEmitter, which implements signal
handling for pure JavaScript classes. EventEmitter still
utilizes GJS' addSignalMethods internally.
EventEmitter allows static typechecking to understand the
structure of event-emitting JS classes and makes creating
child classes simpler.
The name 'EventEmitter' mirrors a common name for this pattern
in Node and in JS libraries.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/2043>
Start using the new methods to simplify signal cleanup. For now,
focus on replacing existing cleanups; in most cases this means
signals connected in the constructor and disconnected on destroy,
but also other cases with a similarly defined lifetime (say: from
show to hide).
This doesn't change signal connections that only exist for a short
time (say: once), handlers that are connected on-demand (say: the
first time a particular method is called), or connections that
aren't tracked (read: disconnected) at all.
We will eventually replace the latter with connectObject() as
well - especially from actor subclasses - but the changeset is
already big enough as-is :-)
Part-of: <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/1953>
We have made good progress on object literals as well, although there
are still a lot that use the old style, given how ubiquitous object
literals are.
But the needed reindentation isn't overly intrusive, as changes are
limited to the object literals themselves (i.e. they don't affect
surrounding code).
And given that object literals account for quite a bit of the remaining
differences between regular and legacy rules, doing the transition now
is still worthwhile.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/2200>
It's unfortunate that we cannot fully embrace template strings, but
we aren't limited to "legacy" formatting either; replace the last
remaining places where we still use string concatenation to reduce
the difference between regular and legacy style a bit.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/2200>
All callers have been updated to keep this handle to identify their
own grab.
Also, optionally use the windowing state to determine whether
the grab is suitable for the specific uses. This removes the need
to trying to grab twice in the places where we settle for a keyboard
grab.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/2045>
Nowadays gjs allows to omit get/set accessors for read-write properties,
and will define reasonable defaults in that case. In many cases we don't
need anything more than the default handling, let gjs handle those props.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/1611>
Since gjs moved to mozjs60, return values of int8_t arrays can
no longer be treated as strings. We originally made the conversion
conditional to keep working with the (then) stable gjs release.
That was two years ago and we require a more recent gjs nowadays,
so there's no good reason for keeping the old code path.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/1407
xgettext gained some support for template strings, and no longer
fails when encountering '/' somewhere between backticks.
Unfortunately its support is still buggy as hell, and it is now
silently dropping translatable strings, yay. I hate making the
code worse, but until xgettext really gets its shit together,
the only viable way forward seems to be to not use template
strings in any files listed in POTFILES.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/merge_requests/1014
Since ES5, trailing commas in arrays and object literals are valid.
We generally haven't used them so far, but they are actually a good
idea, as they make additions and removals in diffs much cleaner.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/merge_requests/805
Clutter originally cluttered its namespace with key symbols, before
prefixing all symbols with KEY. We still use the unprefixed symbols
occasionally, replace them so mutter can drop the deprecated symbols.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/merge_requests/808
xgettext got better at recognizing template strings, so we can
replace more string concatenations. Alas xgettext is still buggy
(surprise, regular expressions are hard), so there are still a
handful of holdouts that prevent us from making a complete switch.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/merge_requests/792
