in reply to perl Gtk2 embed nautilus as widget

is there a way to embed nautilus file browser inside a gtk2 widget?

Probably. Replicate this technique using Gtk2 api

Tk player embed site:perlmonks.org
Perl/Tk front-end to mplayer
How to embed other GUI into Tk application
embedding Dillo Html browser in a Tk app
embedding xterm in perl/tk window
embedding xterm into a Tk app

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