hi; On 12 June 2012 14:48, garethl <gare...@hmgcc.gsi.gov.uk> wrote: >> you don't - that's what I've been trying to tell you. the UI >> definition file is *code*; its contents and structure are part of the >> Nautilus code base as much as the C files. changing the contents of >> the UI definition without corresponding changes inside the C source >> code is the equivalent of poking at random bytes in the binary file. > > > Thanks you for your reply Emmanuele. > > I completely "get" what you're saying - that this method was likely to > result in a catastrophe, and should never, ever, ever be contemplated. > However, what I would like confirmed is that this method, which definitely > used to be *possible* (because I have seen it with my own eyes), is now *not > possible*.
yes, it's not possible because now (in the interest of relocatability of the application, and to improve the startup time) the UI description file is "compiled" inside the binary itself; the UI description file is only available in the Git repository, and every change requires recompiling Nautilus. given that editing the UI file once installed was never a supported action for the reasons I pointed out in this thread, this is not a break in functionality. what you want to achieve cannot be done with the current, or any future, version of Nautilus; the only way to do it is to actually modify Nautilus so that it can do what you want. ciao, Emmanuele. -- W: http://www.emmanuelebassi.name B: http://blogs.gnome.org/ebassi/ -- nautilus-list mailing list nautilus-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/nautilus-list