pygnomevfs get_local_path_from_uri replacement

[Westley Martínez]

On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 09:57:11AM +0100, Daniel Fetchinson wrote:
> Hi folks, I realize this is slightly off topic and maybe belongs to a
> gnome email list but it's nevertheless python:
> 
> I use an old python program that was written for gnome 2 and gtk 2 and
> uses the function get_local_path_from_uri. More specifically it uses
> gnomevfs.get_local_path_from_uri.
> 
> Now with gnome 3 the module pygnomevfs does not exist anymore and
> after checking the source for pygnomevfs it turns out it's written in
> C using all the header files and stuff from gnome 2. So I can't just
> lift it from the source. I was hoping it's pure python in which case I
> could have simply lifted it.
> 
> Does anyone know what a good replacement for get_local_path_from_uri
> is? Is there a gtk/gnome/etc related python package that contains it
> which would work with gnome 3? Or a totally gnome-independent python
> implementation?
> 
> Cheers,
> Daniel
> 
> 

I'd reckon you'd get better info by asking the people at GTK or GNOME.