Fixed IPC issues; cleaned up arg passthrough flow

src/solarfm/core/mixins/signals/file_action_signals_mixin.py

@@ -47,13 +47,26 @@ class FileActionSignalsMixin:
         if tab_widget_id in self.soft_update_lock:
             timeout_id = self.soft_update_lock[tab_widget_id]["timeout_id"]
             GLib.source_remove(timeout_id)
+            self.soft_update_lock[tab_widget_id]["call_count"] += 1
+        else:
+            self.soft_update_lock[tab_widget_id] = {}
+            self.soft_update_lock[tab_widget_id]["call_count"] = 0
 
-        timeout_id = GLib.timeout_add(0, self.update_on_soft_lock_end, 600, *(tab_widget_id,))
+        timeout_id = GLib.timeout_add(
+            500 if self.soft_update_lock[tab_widget_id]["call_count"] <= 5 else 1000,
+            self.update_on_soft_lock_end,
+            tab_widget_id
+        )
+
+        self.soft_update_lock[tab_widget_id]["timeout_id"] = timeout_id
 
 
-    def update_on_soft_lock_end(self, timout_ms, tab_widget_id):
+    def update_on_soft_lock_end(self, tab_widget_id):
+        GLib.idle_add(self._update_interface, tab_widget_id)
         self.soft_update_lock.pop(tab_widget_id, None)
+        return False
 
+    def _update_interface(self, tab_widget_id):
         wid, tid  = tab_widget_id.split("|")
         notebook  = self.builder.get_object(f"window_{wid}")
         tab       = self.get_fm_window(wid).get_tab_by_id(tid)
@@ -70,8 +83,6 @@ class FileActionSignalsMixin:
         if [wid, tid] in [state.wid, state.tid]:
             self.set_bottom_labels(tab)
 
-        return False
-
     def do_file_search(self, widget, eve = None):
         if not self.ctrl_down and not self.shift_down and not self.alt_down:
             target    = widget.get_name()

src/solarfm/utils/cbindings/python_package_works/compile.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# . CONFIG.sh
+
+# set -o xtrace       ## To debug scripts
+# set -o errexit      ## To exit on error
+# set -o errunset     ## To exit if a variable is referenced but not set
+
+function main() {
+    cd "$(dirname "")"
+    echo "Working Dir: " $(pwd)
+
+    python3 setup.py build && python3 setup.py install --user
+}
+main "$@";

src/solarfm/utils/cbindings/python_package_works/gtkmemreaper.c

@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#include <Python.h>
+#include <gtk.h>
+#include <cairo.h>
+#include <gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+// static PyObject* free_pixbuf(PyObject* self, PyObject* args) {
+static void free_pixbuf(PyObject* self, PyObject* args) {
+    PyObject *py_pixbuf;
+
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O", &py_pixbuf)) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    GdkPixbuf *pixbuf = (GdkPixbuf *) PyLong_AsVoidPtr(py_pixbuf);
+    if (!GDK_IS_PIXBUF(pixbuf)) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "Invalid GdkPixbuf pointer.");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    g_free(pixbuf);
+    // return PyBytes_FromStringAndSize((const char *) cairo_data, buffer_size);
+}
+
+
+static void free_list_store(PyObject* self, PyObject* args) {
+    PyObject *py_list_store;
+
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O", &py_list_store)) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    GtkListStore *list_store = (GtkListStore *) PyLong_AsVoidPtr(py_list_store);
+    if (!GTK_IS_LIST_STORE(list_store)) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "Invalid Gtk.ListStore pointer.");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    g_object_unref(list_store);
+}
+
+
+static PyMethodDef Methods[] = {
+    {"free_pixbuf", free_pixbuf, METH_VARARGS, "Clear GdkPixbuf* ."},
+    {"free_list_store", free_list_store, METH_VARARGS, "Clear GtkListStore* ."},
+    {NULL, NULL, 0, NULL}
+};
+
+static struct PyModuleDef moduledef = {
+    PyModuleDef_HEAD_INIT,
+    "gtkmemreaper",
+    NULL,
+    -1,
+    Methods
+};
+
+PyMODINIT_FUNC PyInit_gtkmemreaper(void) {
+    return PyModule_Create(&moduledef);
+}

src/solarfm/utils/cbindings/python_package_works/setup.py

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Python imports
+from setuptools import setup, Extension
+from subprocess import check_output
+
+# Lib imports
+
+# Application imports
+
+
+
+pkg_config_args = ["gdk-pixbuf-2.0", "cairo", "gtk"]
+
+def get_pkgconfig_flags(flag_type):
+    return check_output(["pkg-config", flag_type] + pkg_config_args).decode().split()
+
+ext = Extension(
+    "gtkmemreaper",
+    sources              = ["gtkmemreaper.c"],
+    include_dirs       = [],
+    extra_compile_args = get_pkgconfig_flags("--cflags"),
+    extra_link_args    = get_pkgconfig_flags("--libs")
+)
+
+setup(
+    name = "gtkmemreaper",
+    version = "0.1",
+    ext_modules = [ext]
+)