Sisyphe.core.sisypheRecent

External packages/modules

PyQt5, Qt GUI, https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/software/pyqt/

class Sisyphe.core.sisypheRecent.SisypheRecent(n: int = 10)

SisypheRecent class

Description

Manage a persistent list of recently opened files. It includes methods for adding, removing, and retrieving files from the list, as well as saving and loading the list to/from an XML file.

Inheritance

object -> SisypheRecent

Creation: 27/10/2022 Last revision: 03/06/2026

append(filename: str) → None

Add a file name in the recent list of the current SisypheRecent instance.

Parameters

filenamestr: file name

clear() → None: Clear the recent list of the current SisypheRecent instance.

getFileCount() → int

Get the number of files in the recent list of the current SisypheRecent instance.

Returns

int: number of files in the recent list

getFileList() → list[str]

Get the list of files in the recent list of the current SisypheRecent instance.

Returns

list[str]: list of recent files

getMaximumCount() → int

Get the maximum number of files in the recent list of the current SisypheRecent instance.

Returns

int: maximum number of files in the recent list

classmethod getUserDirectory() → str

Get user directory (~/.PySisyphe)

Returns

str: ‘~/.PySisyphe’

load() → None: Load the recent list of the current SisypheRecent instance from the recent.xml file in the user directory (~/.PySisyphe).

save() → None: Save the recent list of the current SisypheRecent instance in the recent.xml file in the user directory (~/.PySisyphe).

setMaximumCount(n: int) → None

Set the maximum number of files in the recent list of the current SisypheRecent instance.

Parameters

nint: maximum number of files in the recent list

updateQMenu(menu: QMenu) → None

Update QMenu parameter items with files from the recent list of the current SisypheRecent instance.

Parameters

menuPyQt5.QtWidgets.QMenu: menu to update with the recent list elements