Version 3.2.2
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    Release date 2012-03-04

    Bug fixes:

        - Fix #671043 reported by Vincent Untz - Invalid desktop file.
        - Fix #671044 reported by Vincent Untz - Incorrect FSF address.
        - Fix #671083 reported by Pierre Wieser - Release tool takes bad package version.
        - Fix wrong display in tabs vs. the current selection in tree view.

    UI enhancements:

        - let the example label be expandable.

    Other modifications:

        - Bump FDL to 1.3 among all documentation.
        - Validate desktop file when making distcheck.

We are pleased, happy and proud to announce the latest stable release of Nautilus-Actions!

What is it ?

Nautilus-Actions is a Nautilus extension whose principal function is to allow the user to add arbitrary actions to the file manager context menus. These actions may be organized in menus and submenus, exported and shared with other desktop environments.

What is new in this release ?

Nautilus-Actions 3.2.0 fixes a lot of Gtk+ 3 regressions while keeping a full backward compatibility with Gtk+ 2. Also plugins interface has changed, thus the version number bump.

Release date 2012-02-28

Bug fixes:

    - Make labels wrappable in import/export assistants
    - Fix vertical expand in Preferences dialog
    - Fix the build of the Reference Manual
    - Destroy the assistants toplevels when quitting
    - Force GConf I/O provider to be read-only after the migration
    - Release the object whose importation has been cancelled
    - Fix return value of NactApplication::appli_create_windows()
    - Fix micro leak in nact_clipboard_dnd_drag_end()
    - Partially fix #667429 reported by Daniel Mustieles
      Are this strings translatable? (nact-doc)

We are pleased, happy and proud to announce the latest stable release of Nautilus-Actions!

What is it ?

Nautilus-Actions is a Nautilus extension whose principal function is to allow the user to add arbitrary actions to the file manager context menus. These actions may be organized in menus and submenus, exported and shared with other desktop environments.

What is new in this release ?

Nautilus-Actions 3.1.5 is mainly a bugfix in the 3.1 serie. It may be built and has been tested both against Gtk+ 2.0 (Gnome 2.30, Gtk 2.20, Ubuntu10, Fedora14) and Gtk+ 3.0 (Ubuntu 11, Fedora16).

Release date 2011-12-09

Bug fixes:

    - Fix test against nautilus_menu_provider_get_toolbar_items()
    - Fix #660399 part reported by Gabor Karsay
      'Regarding' is replaced by 'regardless'
    - Fix #660399 part reported by Christian Kirbach
      NACT user's manual fixes
    - Fix #661498 reported by Christian Kirbach
      [doc] couple of spelling and grammar fixes
    - NactAssistantImport: adapt to the new way gtk+3 builds the assistant
    - NactAssistantExport: adapt to the new way gtk+3 builds the assistant
    - NadpReader and NAXMLReader now return all messages to the caller

        Release date 2011-07-03

        Bug fixes:

                - Fix #649796 reported by Pierre Wieser
                  Migration tool doesn't automatically run
                - Fix #650523 reported by Stefano Cerutti
                  Remote filenames are no more reachables
                - Fix #651911 reported by Gaston Dassieu-Blanchet
                  3.1.2 treats "isdir" differently than 2.30.2
                - Fix #652664 reported by Christian Kirbach
                  [doc] couple of spelling and improvement suggestions

        Other modifications:

                - tools/release-tarball.sh: Updated for new Gnome ftpadmin script

We are pleased, happy and proud to announce the latest stable release of Nautilus-Actions!

What is it ?

Nautilus-Actions is a Nautilus extension whose principal function is to allow the user to add arbitrary actions to the file manager context menus. These actions may be organized in menus and submenus, exported and shared with other desktop environments.

What is new in this release ?

Nautilus-Actions 3.1.4 is mainly a bugfix in the 3.1 serie. It may be built both against Gtk+ 2.0 and Gtk+ 3.0.

Detailed NEWS file is available.
README file is also available online.

Deprecating GConf

Gnome is deprecating GConf in favour of GSettings. This is the short story. We so have to migrate several pool of datas.

Starting with 3.1.0, Nautilus-Actions is distributed with the needed migration tools, whether the migration may occur automatically (for users items and preferences), or the system admin must run a script (for mandatory items).

Note that this does not break backward compatibility. The 3.1.x serie of Nautilus-Actions may still be run on a "old" platform. The oldest supported as of January 2011 is Ubuntu 8 LTS.

1. Items, menus and actions, stored in GConf backend

Historically, actions, then menus, were stored in GConf. These are user items.

Nautilus-Actions

Nautilus-actions is an extension for Nautilus file manager which allows the user to add arbitrary program to be launched through the Nautilus file manager popup menu of selected files.

Nautilus-Actions components.

Nautilus-Actions has three sort of components:

• A user interface, nautilus-actions-config-tool (NACT), which let you manage your actions. With NACT, you are able to create, modify and delete actions, to define menus and submenus, to order and reorder items.
  Import/export functions are also managed via NACT.
• Nautilus extensions as dynamically loadable plugins. These extensions are automatically loaded by Nautilus when it starts.
  For now, two extensions are provided:
  • libnautilus-actions-menu.so is the plugin which takes care of displaying actions in Nautilus context menus;
  • libnautilus-actions-tracker.so is a plugin which tracks the current Nautilus selection, and sends it in response to a DBus request.
• Command-line utilities:
  • installed in PREFIX/bin:
    • nautilus-actions-new lets you create new actions from the command-line;
    • nautilus-actions-run lets you execute a predefined action, taking into account the current Nautilus selection via a DBus call to the libnautilus-actions-tracker plugin;
  • installed in PKGLIBEXECDIR:
    • na-print-schemas prints the full GConf schemas on stdout;
    • na-delete-xmltree deletes a tree from a XML file;
    • na-gconf2keys.sh migrates menus, actions and user preferences from GConf to files.

Nautilus-Actions plugins.

I/O Providers.

Nautilus-Actions itself uses plugins to load menus and actions from the storage space. These plugins are installed in PKGLIBDIR, usually something as /usr/lib/nautilus-actions/.