'quick open' and 'file browser panel' conflict

I encountered the same issue and found a decent solution. For anyone else having the same issue it's easy to patch yourself for now.

First I tried changing the QuickOpen code to use the bus.send_message_sync function, since the convenience function send_sync disappeared in this version. I had a create a Message object for that. But it looks like Filebrowser doesn't us the new Message/MessageBus API either (based on errors and guessing only) and so that was a dead end.

Finally, I found this function at https://github.com/gmate/gmate. It avoid the use of the message bus completely.
    def get_filebrowser_root(self):
        base = u'org.gnome.gedit.plugins.filebrowser'

        settings = Gio.Settings.new(base)
        root = settings.get_string('virtual-root')

        if root is not None:
            filter_mode = settings.get_strv('filter-mode')

            if 'hide-hidden' in filter_mode:
                self._show_hidden = False
            else:
                self._show_hidden = True

            return root

Then I commented out the failing bus/msg code (all the way from getting the bus to using the msg) and replaced it with this. Most of this is from the same github repo.
    fbroot = self.get_filebrowser_root()
    if fbroot != "" and fbroot is not None:
        paths.append(Gio.file_new_for_uri(fbroot))

And it worked!

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Looking at gedit(3.2) code, it should have the send_sync function:

http://git.gnome.org/browse/gedit/tree/gedit/Gedit.py?h=gnome-3-2

Maybe Gedit.py is not being loaded or something. Does anyone know if there is a separate bug in the gnome project for this?

I added a bug here on 2011-10-15 10:37:49 UTC:

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=661836

Someone said it was resolved but I still get the same error with Gedit 3.2.1 and I can't find the commit that fixes it.

Still the case with Precise.
gedit-plugins:
  Installed: 3.3.1-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 3.3.1-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 3.3.1-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

.xsession-errors says:
Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_list_store_set_column_types: assertion `priv->columns_dirty == 0' failed
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/gedit/plugins/quickopen/__init__.py", line 179, in on_quick_open_activate
    self._create_popup()
  File "/usr/lib/gedit/plugins/quickopen/__init__.py", line 96, in _create_popup
    msg = bus.send_sync('/plugins/filebrowser', 'get_root')
AttributeError: 'MessageBus' object has no attribute 'send_sync'

Sorry, where is the fix?

Luciano -
It was fixed, (here) in 12.04 by this gedit release -
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gedit/+bug/953957

I guess, we can mark this as Fix Released in Precise. Is this still reproducible?

Thanks Doug, so I need to upgrade to 12.04 or is there a way to fix it in my 11.10 installed system?

Luciano -
IF I were you I'd ck. out 12.04 when it releases, overall vastly superior to 11.10 though as usual there were a few 'take aways'

Otherwise maybe they will fix 11.10, there's no reason it shouldn't have worked, 'Gedit.py' is in 11.10's gedit source, it just isn't installed with the 11.10 package

You could easily build 11.10's gedit source (or 3.2.6) & install, it would then work. It's also likely you could build 11.10's gedit source & just copy the Gedit.py files to the appropriate places.

I use 12.04 but booted to a live 11.10 session & did both of the above, (installed, copied), after a logout both ways worked, which is better ??, I likely do a build & install