transform as VIM plugin, use Gio.File to retrieve file info

README.md

 # gtk-recent.vim - a gnome logger for Vim
 
-
 ## Behaviour
 
-If you modify a file with vim and want to upload it on a web interface, you wish you could find this file in Firefox's "recent files" category. Well now you can : with this plugin, each opened file will be added to Gnome's recent list (and to Zeitgeist as a consequence, see [Gnome's wiki](https://wiki.gnome.org/Attic/GtkRecentManagerAndZeitgeist#Usage_in_applications)).
+This extension add files opened with vim to the GNOME recent files feature
+(visible in the "Recent files" view of GNOME File Manager and file chooser).
 
 ## Limitations
 
-This thing adds quite a huge latency to vim startup/shutdown. I made a C
-version that you can find [here](git.relatif.moi/lafleur/flagRecent).
+This plugin adds quite a huge latency to vim startup/shutdown.
 
 ## Installation
 
-If you're using Arch linux, there's a PKGBUILD : https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/vim-gtk-recent-git .
-
-Drop this file in a vim plugin folder ($HOME/.vim/plugin,/usr/share/vim/vimfiles/plugin, ...). Vim should be compiled with python enabled.
 You will need to have python-gobject installed, and vim or neovim with python support.
 
+This is a vim plugin which can be installed with default vim plugin manager.
+
 ## History
 
 Derived from :
-https://bougui505.github.io/2016/04/20/adding_vim_data-source_to_zeitgeist.html
-Improved to use python 3, and to use [GtkRecentManager](https://bstern.org/gtk+-2.24/GtkRecentManager.html).
+* [Port to python3 and GtkRecentManager by lafleur](https://gitlab.gnome.org/lafleur/vim-gtk-recent)
+* [Original idea](https://bougui505.github.io/2016/04/20/adding_vim_data-source_to_zeitgeist.html)
 
 ## License
 

gtk-recent.vim → plugin/gtk-recent.vim

@@ -9,16 +9,22 @@ if v:version < 703
     finish
 endif
 
-function! GtkRecentLog(filename,use_id)
+function! GtkRecentLog(filename)
 python3 << endpython
 filename = vim.eval("a:filename")
-manager = Gtk.RecentManager()
-recent_data = Gtk.RecentData()
-
-recent_data.app_name = "vi"
-recent_data.mime_type = "text/plain"
-recent_data.app_exec = "vi"
-manager.add_full("file://" + filename, recent_data)
+try:
+  # Use Gio to ensure file exists and retrieve content type
+  file = Gio.File.new_for_path(filename)
+  info = file.query_info(Gio.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_STANDARD_CONTENT_TYPE, Gio.FileQueryInfoFlags.NONE)
+  manager = Gtk.RecentManager()
+  recent_data = Gtk.RecentData()
+  recent_data.app_name = "vim"
+  recent_data.mime_type = info.get_content_type()
+  recent_data.app_exec = "vim %f"
+  recent_data.is_private = False
+  manager.add_full(file.get_uri(), recent_data)
+except:
+  pass
 endpython
 endfunction
 
@@ -29,13 +35,12 @@ import vim
 from gi import require_version
 require_version('Gtk', '3.0')
 from gi.repository import Gtk
+from gi.repository import Gio
 endpython
 
 if match(system('whoami'), 'root') == -1
     augroup gtkRecent
-    au!
-    au BufRead * call GtkRecentLog (expand("%:p"), "read")
-    au BufNewFile * call GtkRecentLog (expand("%:p"), "new")
-    au BufWrite * call GtkRecentLog (expand("%:p"), "write")
+      au!
+      au BufNewFile,BufRead,BufWrite,BufEnter,VimEnter * call GtkRecentLog (expand("%:p"))
     augroup END
 endif