Port Extension to Gnome 45

[ManeLippert]

As stated in the README I need someone who is willing to help me to port the extension to Gnome 45.

Pop-Launcher and Pop-Shell is compatible with Gnome 45 since Pop!_OS has updated the shell. But the Pop-COSMIC extension is not updated to Gnome 45 to this date. Because this extension originated from Pop-COSMIC I still need help with the port itself.

• Guide

• Pop!_OS 22.04

• Pop-Launcher

• Pop-Shell

• Pop-COSMIC

[snh1999]

Working on it. I think we will need a new branch for Gnome 45 pull requests

[snh1999]

do you happen to recall what pop_shell.stateObj.ext tries to access? This ext variable is getting undefined at this moment.

with_pop_shell(callback) {
        let pop_shell = Main.extensionManager.lookup("pop-shell@system76.com");
        if (pop_shell && pop_shell.stateObj) {
            let ext = pop_shell.stateObj.ext;
            if (ext) {
                return callback(ext);
            }
        }
    }

A quick log of pop_shell variable showed.

{
    "metadata": {
        "name": "Pop Shell",
        "description": "Pop Shell",
        "version": 2,
        "uuid": "pop-shell@system76.com",
        "settings-schema": "org.gnome.shell.extensions.pop-shell",
        "shell-version": [
            "45"
        ]
    },
    "uuid": "pop-shell@system76.com",
    "type": 1,
    "dir": {},
    "path": "/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/pop-shell@system76.com",
    "error": "",
    "hasPrefs": true,
    "hasUpdate": false,
    "canChange": true,
    "sessionModes": [
        "user"
    ],
    "state": 1,
    "isImported": true,
    "stateObj": {
        "metadata": {
            "name": "Pop Shell",
            "description": "Pop Shell",
            "version": 2,
            "uuid": "pop-shell@system76.com",
            "settings-schema": "org.gnome.shell.extensions.pop-shell",
            "shell-version": [
                "45"
            ],
            "dir": {},
            "path": "/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/pop-shell@system76.com"
        }
    }
}

[ManeLippert]

Hello @snh1999, thank you for your help getting the extension working under Gnome 45! ☺️

I have created a new branch for you to work on the new release: Branch

To your question I can only recall what already is written in the comment above, that this section tries to evaluate if pop-shell is installed or not. I think the ext variable tells the extension, which program should be invoked, when pressing the super key, because it is used so later in the code.

I'm very sorry if this is not so helpful... I have only forked the pop-cosmic extension and removed the unnecessary parts so I have not the deepest knowledge on how the extension works.

Thank you again for helping me out!

[snh1999]

Sorry @ManeLippert, I was travelling last few days- so I didn’t get the chance to look at the code.
I will be reporting updates on the project as soon as possible. Thank you🫡

[ManeLippert]

@snh1999, no problem. Glad you have some time for doing this for the community. :)

[snh1999]

I am sorry, but I could not yet figure out a working solution.

I think the changed how module(or extensions) are handled. I went through the pop-shell code for gnome 45, couldn't find any change that might cause breaking changes like that. I couldn't find any guide/a way to access it yet.
Now I am looking through a discussion from Gnome Gitlab on that topic, if I don't find a way from that- I am probably out of options. Sorry again

[ManeLippert]

@snh1999 no you do not have to be sorry. I am really glad you tried it! :)

Because of all that reasons you mentioned, I am as well not able to port the extension, so I can understand your problems.