From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 30 01:21:42 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FFC5106566B for ; Fri, 30 Dec 2011 01:21:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rocky@herveybayaustralia.com.au) Received: from mail.unitedinsong.com.au (mail.unitedinsong.com.au [150.101.178.33]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D0298FC0C for ; Fri, 30 Dec 2011 01:21:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au (laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au [192.168.0.179]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.unitedinsong.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 93B3E5C24 for ; Fri, 30 Dec 2011 11:34:07 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <4EFD115E.8010008@herveybayaustralia.com.au> Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 11:18:22 +1000 From: R Skinner User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20111109 Thunderbird/7.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org References: <4EF9776D.3090500@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <87sjk4zmpb.fsf@pluton.xbsd.name> In-Reply-To: <87sjk4zmpb.fsf@pluton.xbsd.name> X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 02:02:14 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: disk volumes under "places" in file manager X-BeenThere: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: GNOME for FreeBSD -- porting and maintaining List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 01:21:42 -0000 > On 12/29/11 02:26, Denise H. G. wrote: >> On 2011/12/27 at 15:44, R Skinner >> wrote: >>> I've been advised to try this list for these specifics, and as it is >>> only transient I'm not subscribed; so if you could ensure to cc me in >>> the replies it would be appreciated. >>> >>> I've searched high and low to find an answer to this, but just keep >>> getting wound up in knots. I would like to know how to add "places" to >>> the sidebar of the file manager (nautilus or whatever)- how is it >>> done? Is there a config file for it like bookmarks? A dbus call? >>> GConf? >> Through bookmarking, I think. Nautilus can remember bookmarks as www >> browsers do. And bookmars will be displayed in the sidebar of the >> nautilus. > Afraid not. I've tried that, and yes, it is displayed in the sidebar > but it is a permanent fixture and not dynamically added. I have found > the bookmarks config too. I'm speaking of the "places" menu in the > sidebar which shows the home dir, filesystem root, desktop dir, etc- > and the volumes that are added through the hal/dbus system. How is it > done? Where is this config info for added volumes stored? Its not in > GConf. > > Seems this one is a real mystery... Interesting thought; surely it couldn't be polling hal continuously, surely? That would mean each individual session would be polling individually...