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    gnocl::menuRecentChooser

    A menu item which provides a list of all recently opened files as monitored by the system recent chooser manager.

    Synopsis

    gnocl::menuRecentChooser [-option value...]

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    Options

    -pattern
    type: string (default: "*")
    List of file patterns to use in ordert to filter the list of filenames disiplayed. e.g "*.c *.h".
    -sort
    type: string (defaul: "none")
    Determine the ordering of the items displayed based upon the frequency of use. The availalble option are none (i.e. by time), least or most..
    -limit
    type: integer (default: 10)
    The maximum number of recently opened files to be displayed. Using a value of -1 will result in the display of all items..
    -showIcons
    type: boolean (default: 1)
    Whether or not to display a file icon registered as corresponding to the extension of a displayed item.
    -showNotFound
    type: boolean (default: 1)
    Whether or not to show the names of items no longer present. Setting this item to 0 will result in a check on every available resource (including remote devices) and so will be a time consuming activity.
    -showNumbers
    type: boolean (default: 1)
    Whether the menu items are prepended by a number acting as keyboard mneumonic.
    -showLocal
    type: boolean (default: 1)
    Whether or not the item is sensitive to user input.to only show local items.
    -showPrivate
    type: boolean (default: 0)
    Whether or not private items are to be displayed.
    -showTips
    type: boolean (default: 1)
    Whether or not to show a tooltip containing the full path of the active item.
    -onClicked
    type: string (default: "")
    Tcl script which is executed whenever the mouse pointer enters the button. Before evaluation the following percent strings are substituted:

    %w    widget name
    %f      URI of file entry selected.

    Local files will be prefixed with "file://" which may need to be removed for use in scripts. See the example below for more details.

    Description

    A menu that displays a list of those files listed by the Gtk recent file manager as being opened. The items displayed can be filtered according to application requirements. Items are added/removed using an instance of the gnocl::recentManager widget.

    Commands

    id delete
    Deletes the widget and the associated tcl command.
    id configure [-option value...]
    Configures the widget. Option may have any of the values accepted on creation of the widget.

    Example

    #---------------
    # test-recent.tcl
    #---------------
    #!/bin/sh
    #\
    exec tclsh "$0" "$@"

    package require Gnocl

    set txt [gnocl::text]
    set box [gnocl::box -orientation vertical]

    set tbar [gnocl::toolBar]

    $box add $tbar
    $box add $txt -fill {1 1} -expand 1

    set rc_mgr [gnocl::recentManager getDefault]
    set rc_menu [gnocl::menuRecentChooser \
        -showNumbers 1 \
        -limit 5 \
        -showIcons 1 \
        -showNotFound 1 \
        -showPrivate 1 \
        -showTips 1 \
        -patterns "*.tcl *.c *.h" \
        -onClicked {
            set fname [string range %f 5 end]
            openFile $fname
            } ]

    $tbar add menuButton \
        -icon %#Open \
        -text Open \
        -menu $rc_menu \
        -tooltip "Open File" \
        -arrowTooltip "Open Recent" \
        -onClicked {
            set fname [gnocl::fileChooserDialog]
            openFile $fname
            puts "file://$fname"
            $rc_mgr add "$fname"
            }

    proc openFile {fname} {
        global txt
        global rc_mgr
        
        if {$fname == ""} {return}
        
        if {1} {
        set fp [open $fname "r"]
        set data [read $fp]
        close $fp
        
        $txt set $data
        unset data
        }
        
    }

    gnocl::window -child $box -setSize 0.3

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