dot/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/workspaces-to-dock@passingthru67.gmail.com/convenience.js

/* ========================================================================================================
 * convenience.js - convenience functions
 * --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 *  CREDITS:  This code was copied from the dash-to-dock extension https://github.com/micheleg/dash-to-dock
 *  and modified to create a workspaces dock. Many thanks to michele_g for a great extension.
 * ========================================================================================================
 */

/*
 * Part of this file comes from gnome-shell-extensions:
 * http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-shell-extensions/
 *
 */

const Gettext = imports.gettext;
const Gio = imports.gi.Gio;
const Lang = imports.lang;

const Config = imports.misc.config;
const ExtensionUtils = imports.misc.extensionUtils;

/**
 * initTranslations:
 * @domain: (optional): the gettext domain to use
 *
 * Initialize Gettext to load translations from extensionsdir/locale.
 * If @domain is not provided, it will be taken from metadata['gettext-domain']
 */
function initTranslations(domain) {
    let extension = ExtensionUtils.getCurrentExtension();

    domain = domain || extension.metadata['gettext-domain'];

    // check if this extension was built with "make zip-file", and thus
    // has the locale files in a subfolder
    // otherwise assume that extension has been installed in the
    // same prefix as gnome-shell
    let localeDir = extension.dir.get_child('locale');
    if (localeDir.query_exists(null)) {
        Gettext.bindtextdomain(domain, localeDir.get_path());
    } else {
        Gettext.bindtextdomain(domain, Config.LOCALEDIR);
    }
}

/**
 * getSettings:
 * @schema: (optional): the GSettings schema id
 *
 * Builds and return a GSettings schema for @schema, using schema files
 * in extensionsdir/schemas. If @schema is not provided, it is taken from
 * metadata['settings-schema'].
 */
function getSettings(schema) {
    let extension = ExtensionUtils.getCurrentExtension();

    schema = schema || extension.metadata['settings-schema'];

    const GioSSS = Gio.SettingsSchemaSource;

    // check if this extension was built with "make zip-file", and thus
    // has the schema files in a subfolder
    // otherwise assume that extension has been installed in the
    // same prefix as gnome-shell (and therefore schemas are available
    // in the standard folders)
    let schemaDir = extension.dir.get_child('schemas');
    let schemaSource;
    if (schemaDir.query_exists(null)) {
        schemaSource = GioSSS.new_from_directory(schemaDir.get_path(), GioSSS.get_default(), false);
    } else {
        schemaSource = GioSSS.get_default();
    }
    let schemaObj = schemaSource.lookup(schema, true);
    if (!schemaObj)
        throw new Error('Schema ' + schema + ' could not be found for extension ' + extension.metadata.uuid + '. Please check your installation.');

    return new Gio.Settings({
        settings_schema: schemaObj
    });
}

// try to simplify global signals handling
var globalSignalHandler = class WorkspacesToDock_globalSignalHandler {
    constructor() {
        this._signals = new Object();
    }

    push(/*unlimited 3-long array arguments*/){
        this._addSignals('generic', arguments);
    }

    disconnect() {
        for (let label in this._signals) {
            this.disconnectWithLabel(label);
        }
    }

    pushWithLabel(label /* plus unlimited 3-long array arguments*/) {
        // skip first element of the arguments array;
        let elements = new Array;
        for (let i = 1 ; i< arguments.length; i++) {
            elements.push(arguments[i]);
        }
        this._addSignals(label, elements);
    }

    _addSignals(label, elements) {
        if (this._signals[label] == undefined) {
            this._signals[label] = new Array();
        }
        for (let i = 0; i < elements.length; i++) {
            let object = elements[i][0];
            let event = elements[i][1];
            let id = object.connect(event, elements[i][2]);
            this._signals[label].push([object, id]);
        }
    }

    disconnectWithLabel(label) {
        if (this._signals[label]) {
            for (let i = 0; i < this._signals[label].length; i++) {
                this._signals[label][i][0].disconnect(this._signals[label][i][1]);
            }
            delete this._signals[label];
        }
    }
};