void MonitorDesktopFileDirs (GLib.File dir)
{
// build a list of all the subdirectories
List<GLib.File> dirs = new List<GLib.File> () {dir};
try {
dirs = dirs.Union (dir.SubDirs ()).ToList ();
} catch {}
foreach (GLib.File d in dirs) {
GLib.FileMonitor mon = d.Monitor (GLib.FileMonitorFlags.None, null);
mon.RateLimit = 2500;
mon.Changed += delegate(object o, GLib.ChangedArgs args) {
// bug in GIO#, calling args.File or args.OtherFile crashes hard
GLib.File file = GLib.FileAdapter.GetObject ((GLib.Object) args.Args [0]);
GLib.File otherFile = GLib.FileAdapter.GetObject ((GLib.Object) args.Args [1]);
// according to GLib documentation, the change signal runs on the same
// thread that the monitor was created on. Without running this part on a thread
// docky freezes up for about 500-800 ms while the .desktop files are parsed.
DockServices.System.RunOnThread (() => {
// if a new directory was created, make sure we watch that dir as well
if (file.QueryFileType (GLib.FileQueryInfoFlags.NofollowSymlinks, null) == GLib.FileType.Directory)
MonitorDesktopFileDirs (file);
// we only care about .desktop files
if (!file.Path.EndsWith (".desktop"))
return;
lock (update_lock) {
UpdateDesktopItemsList ();
DesktopItemsChanged ();
SaveDesktopItemsCache();
}
// Make sure to trigger event on main thread
DockServices.System.RunOnMainThread (() => {
if (DesktopFileChanged != null)
DesktopFileChanged (this, new DesktopFileChangedEventArgs (args.EventType, file, otherFile));
});
});
};
}
}