changes:

*~ files ignored
improved saving performance

data/com.github.spheras.desktopfolder.appdata.xml

@@ -42,4 +42,59 @@
         <value key="x-appcenter-color-primary-text">#044b6c</value>
         <value key="x-appcenter-suggested-price">0</value>
     </custom>
+
+    <releases>
+      <release version="1.0.6" date="2018-02-16">
+        <description>
+          <p>Release: Italian and minor improvements</p>
+          <ul>
+              <li>Italian Translation thanks to andreas-xavier</li>
+              <li>Saving settings performance improvements</li>
+              <li>*~ files are ignored now</li>
+          </ul>
+        </description>
+      </release>
+
+      <release version="1.0.5" date="2017-12-26">
+        <description>
+          <p>1.0.5 release with great changes!</p>
+          <ul>
+            <li>Desktop Background</li>
+            <li>Rename in Place</li>
+            <li>Different Notes Status (top, back, normal)</li>
+            <li>Buttons to Headers (remove)</li>
+            <li>Link Panels to folders</li>
+            <li>Photo Scale aspect ratio</li>
+            <li>Custom Colors for Panel and Notes</li>
+            <li>Menu Redesign And Panel Settings Window</li>
+            <li>Restore Windows when Super+D is pressed again</li>
+            <li>Resolution Strategy to prevent widgets going off-screen</li>
+            <li>Use .desktopnote/.desktopphoto rather than .dfn/.dfp</li>
+            <li>Don't allow renaming panels to invalid folder names</li>
+            <li>Serbian translation by @pavlepiramida</li>
+            <li>Russian translation by @camellan</li>
+            <li>Arch building by @GabMus</li>
+            <li>A lot of Minor Bugfixing</li>
+          </ul>
+        </description>
+      </release>
+
+      <release version="1.0.2" date="2017-10-19">
+        <description>
+          <p>1.0.2 release</p>
+          <ul>
+            <li>Drag and Drop to Move/Copy/Link depending on key pressed (none/control/alt|shift)</li>
+            <li>Text Shadow and Bold configuration</li>
+            <li>Deleting Last Panel bugfixing</li>
+            <li>Move panels from body</li>
+            <li>DESKTOP window types (workspace movement improvement and others)</li>
+            <li>Drag and Drop folders (recursive copy)</li>
+            <li>Undo/Redo and others over Text Notes</li>
+            <li>Menu Redesign</li>
+            <li>Lithuanian and French translations</li>
+            <li>Minor Bugfixing</li>
+          </ul>
+        </description>
+      </release>
+    </releases>
 </component>

debian/changelog

@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+com.github.spheras.desktopfolder (1.0.6) precise; urgency=low
+
+  * Italian translation
+  * Minor saving performance improvements
+  * *~ files are ignored now
+
+ -- José Amuedo <joseamuedo@gmail.com>  Fri, 16 Feb 2018 17:31:00 +0200
+
 com.github.spheras.desktopfolder (1.0.5) precise; urgency=low
 
   * Desktop Background

etc/knowhow

@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ $ ninja com.github.spheras.desktopfolder-pot
 
 Debian build
 ············
+sudo apt install devscripts
+
 From root directory:
 $ debuild -uc -us
 

meson.build

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('com.github.spheras.desktopfolder', ['vala', 'c'],
-    version: '1.0.5'
+    version: '1.0.6'
 )
 
 gnome = import('gnome')

src/Application.vala

@@ -223,15 +223,15 @@ public class DesktopFolderApp : Gtk.Application {
             this.desktop = new DesktopFolder.DesktopManager (this);
             for (int i = 0; i < this.folders.length (); i++) {
                 var fm = this.folders.nth (i).data;
-                fm.reopen();
+                fm.reopen ();
             }
             for (int i = 0; i < this.notes.length (); i++) {
                 var fm = this.notes.nth (i).data;
-                fm.reopen();
+                fm.reopen ();
             }
             for (int i = 0; i < this.photos.length (); i++) {
                 var fm = this.photos.nth (i).data;
-                fm.reopen();
+                fm.reopen ();
             }
 
         } else if (!desktop_panel && this.desktop != null) {

src/Resources.vala

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ namespace DesktopFolder {
     public const string APP_DESKTOP          = APP_ID + ".desktop";
     public const string APP_TITLE            = "Desktop-Folder";
     public const string APP_NAME             = "desktopfolder";
-    public const string VERSION              = "1.0.5";
+    public const string VERSION              = "1.0.6";
     /** Name of the Folder Settings File */
     public const string FOLDER_SETTINGS_FILE = ".desktopfolder";
     public const string OLD_NOTE_EXTENSION   = "dfn";

src/logic/FolderManager.vala

@@ -226,6 +226,9 @@ public class DesktopFolder.FolderManager : Object, DragnDrop.DndView {
         if (basename.has_prefix (".")) {
             return true;
         }
+        if(basename.has_suffix("~")){
+          return true;
+        }
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -525,7 +528,6 @@ public class DesktopFolder.FolderManager : Object, DragnDrop.DndView {
         return this.settings;
     }
 
-
     /**
      * @name reopen
      * @description close the current view and reopen it again
@@ -551,7 +553,7 @@ public class DesktopFolder.FolderManager : Object, DragnDrop.DndView {
 
         // let's sync the files found at this folder
         this.sync_files (0, 0);
-        
+
         this.view.show_all ();
     }
 

src/settings/FolderSettings.vala

@@ -22,16 +22,133 @@
  * Desktop Folder Settings
  */
 public class DesktopFolder.FolderSettings : PositionSettings {
-    public string name { get; set; }
-    public string bgcolor { get; set; }
-    public string fgcolor { get; set; }
-    public bool textbold { get; set; }
-    public bool textshadow { get; set; }
-    public bool lockitems { get; set; }
-    public bool lockpanel { get; set; }
-    public bool align_to_grid { get; set; default = false; }
-    public string[] items { get; set; default = new string[0]; }
-    public int version { get; set; }
+    private string _name;
+    public string name {
+        get {
+            return _name;
+        }
+        set {
+            if (_name != value) {
+                _name = value; flagChanged = true;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    private string _bgcolor;
+    public string bgcolor {
+        get {
+            return _bgcolor;
+        }
+        set {
+            if (_bgcolor != value) {
+                _bgcolor = value; flagChanged = true;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    private string _fgcolor;
+    public string fgcolor {
+        get {
+            return _fgcolor;
+        }
+        set {
+            if (_fgcolor != value) {
+                _fgcolor = value; flagChanged = true;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    private bool _textbold;
+    public bool textbold {
+        get {
+            return _textbold;
+        }
+        set {
+            if (_textbold != value) {
+                _textbold = value; flagChanged = true;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    private bool _textshadow;
+    public bool textshadow {
+        get {
+            return _textshadow;
+        }
+        set {
+            if (_textshadow != value) {
+                _textshadow = value; flagChanged = true;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    private bool _lockitems;
+    public bool lockitems {
+        get {
+            return _lockitems;
+        }
+        set {
+            if (_lockitems != value) {
+                _lockitems = value; flagChanged = true;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    private bool _lockpanel;
+    public bool lockpanel {
+        get {
+            return _lockpanel;
+        }
+        set {
+            if (_lockpanel != value) {
+                _lockpanel = value; flagChanged = true;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    private bool _align_to_grid;
+    public bool align_to_grid {
+        get {
+            return _align_to_grid;
+        }
+        set {
+            if (_align_to_grid != value) {
+                _align_to_grid = value; flagChanged = true;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    private string[] _items = new string[0];
+    public string[] items {
+        get {
+            return _items;
+        }
+
+        set {
+            bool different = false;
+
+            if ((value == null && _items != null) || (_items == null && value != null) || value.length != _items.length) {
+                different = true;
+            }
+            if (!different && _items != null) {
+                for (int i = 0; i < _items.length; i++) {
+                    if (_items[i] != value[i]) {
+                        different = true;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (different) {
+                _items = value; flagChanged = true;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // util value to know the settings versions
+    private int _version;
+    public int version {
+        get {
+            return _version;
+        }
+        set {
+            if (_version != value) {
+                _version = value; flagChanged = true;
+            }
+        }
+    }
     // default json seralization implementation only support primitive types
 
     private File file;
@@ -169,7 +286,14 @@ public class DesktopFolder.FolderSettings : PositionSettings {
      * @param file File the file to be saved
      */
     public void save_to_file (File file) {
-        this.file = file;
+        if (!flagChanged) {
+            return;
+        } else {
+            //debug ("saving settings!!");
+        }
+
+        flagChanged = false;
+        this.file   = file;
 
         store_resolution_position ();
 
@@ -251,7 +375,12 @@ public class DesktopFolder.FolderSettings : PositionSettings {
                 existent.version = DesktopFolder.SETTINGS_VERSION;
             }
 
+            //the properties have not changed, just loaded
+            existent.flagChanged = false;
+
+            //after flag changed to false because the check could modify some properties
             existent.check_all ();
+
             return existent;
         } catch (Error e) {
             stderr.printf ("Error: %s\n", e.message);