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help me port this simple extension to GNOME 45 (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 10 months ago by dysprosium@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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For reference: https://github.com/trflynn89/gnome-shell-volume-scroller

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[-] smpl@discuss.tchncs.de 25 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

GNOME Shell 45 moved to ESM (ECMAScript modules). That means you MUST use the standard import declaration instead of relying on the previous imports.* approach.

https://gjs.guide/extensions/upgrading/gnome-shell-45.html

So the imports in your extensions is changed from:

const Clutter = imports.gi.Clutter;
const Gio = imports.gi.Gio;
const Main = imports.ui.main;
const Volume = imports.ui.status.volume;

to

import Clutter from 'gi://Clutter';
import Gio from 'gi://Gio';
import * as Main from 'resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/main.js'
import * as Volume from 'resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/status/volume.js';
[-] dysprosium@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 10 months ago

well that's what I tried, but how would I know where Volume is located in the path 'gi:// ... '. Is there any way of browsing / exploring the jave files to that I can actually know what the path is?

[-] smpl@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 10 months ago

I edited my comment with an example for your code and my best advice for figuring out the path of gnome shell imports is by browsing /usr/share/gnome-shell/js/, the docs are not very helpful.

[-] dysprosium@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 10 months ago

Aha I see. Except I'm not sure if the path /usr/share/gnome-shell/js/ is correct? The folder/file js does not exist on my end.

[-] smpl@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 10 months ago

Just to clarify. The gi:// resources are GObject Introspection modules which are used for multilanguage bindings to native libraries. On my system, GI modules are found in /usr/share/gir-1.0/ . They're just imported by name and sometimes version using gi:// (there are examples in the link in my first comment).

As I don't have Gnome installed I can't be sure of the path to gnome shell modules imported using resource://, but it's probably the path I wrote, but without js/.

[-] smpl@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 10 months ago

It is very likely the wrong path, I just extrapolated the path from the gnome-shell git repo. I don't use Gnome myself, I'm on the enemy team using LXDE on Devuan ;)

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