maoschanz/gedit-plugin-open-as-root

A gedit plugin opening the current document as root

[Gedit plugin] Open as root

A gedit plugin opening the current document as root (100% compatible with Wayland).

Requirements

• gedit ≥ 3.22
• polkitd (it should already be here don't worry)

Installation

• Run install.sh
• Restart gedit
• Enable the plugin in Preferences.

gedit-plugin-open-as-root's Issues

AttributeError: 'Document' object has no attribute 'get_location'

Using gedit 40.1 on GNOME 41.2 with Python 3.10.1 and GObject 3.42.0:

❯ gedit

(gedit:457309): GtkSourceView-WARNING **: 11:03:47.262: no color named ''
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/yochanan/.local/share/gedit/plugins/open_as_root.py", line 46, in update_item_state
    if self.window.get_active_document() is None or self.window.get_active_document().get_location() is None:
AttributeError: 'Document' object has no attribute 'get_location'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/yochanan/.local/share/gedit/plugins/open_as_root.py", line 46, in update_item_state
    if self.window.get_active_document() is None or self.window.get_active_document().get_location() is None:
AttributeError: 'Document' object has no attribute 'get_location'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/yochanan/.local/share/gedit/plugins/open_as_root.py", line 46, in update_item_state
    if self.window.get_active_document() is None or self.window.get_active_document().get_location() is None:
AttributeError: 'Document' object has no attribute 'get_location'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/yochanan/.local/share/gedit/plugins/open_as_root.py", line 46, in update_item_state
    if self.window.get_active_document() is None or self.window.get_active_document().get_location() is None:
AttributeError: 'Document' object has no attribute 'get_location'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/yochanan/.local/share/gedit/plugins/open_as_root.py", line 46, in update_item_state
    if self.window.get_active_document() is None or self.window.get_active_document().get_location() is None:
AttributeError: 'Document' object has no attribute 'get_location'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/gedit/plugins/git/viewactivatable.py", line 113, in update_location
    self.location = self.buffer.get_file().get_location()
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'get_file'

(gedit:457309): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 11:03:47.433: gtk_text_buffer_get_selection_bounds: assertion 'GTK_IS_TEXT_BUFFER (buffer)' failed
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/yochanan/.local/share/gedit/plugins/open_as_root.py", line 46, in update_item_state
    if self.window.get_active_document() is None or self.window.get_active_document().get_location() is None:
AttributeError: 'Document' object has no attribute 'get_location'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/yochanan/.local/share/gedit/plugins/open_as_root.py", line 46, in update_item_state
    if self.window.get_active_document() is None or self.window.get_active_document().get_location() is None:
AttributeError: 'Document' object has no attribute 'get_location'

Not compatible with Gedit "40"

When debugging, it produces:

line 68 in action_cb
admin_uri = 'admin://' + doc.get_uri_for_display()`
AttributeError: 'Document' object has no attribute 'get_uri_for_display

disable the item if already open with admin://