+    // we get data in the text/uri-list format, i.e. as a sequence of URIs
+    // (filenames prefixed by "file:") delimited by "\r\n". size includes
+    // the trailing zero (in theory, not for Nautilus in early GNOME
+    // versions).
+
+    m_filenames.Empty();
+
+    const gchar *nexttemp = (const gchar*) buf;
+    for ( ; ; )
+    {
+        int len = 0;
+        const gchar *temp = nexttemp;
+        for (;;)
+        {
+            if (temp[len] == 0)
+            {
+                if (len > 0)
+                {
+                    // if an app omits '\r''\n'
+                    nexttemp = temp+len;
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                return true;
+            }
+            if (temp[len] == '\r')
+            {
+                if (temp[len+1] == '\n')
+                    nexttemp = temp+len+2;
+                else
+                    nexttemp = temp+len+1;
+                break;
+            }
+            len++;
+        }
+
+        if (len == 0)
+            break;
+
+        // required to give it a trailing zero
+        gchar *uri = g_strndup( temp, len );
+
+        gchar *fn = g_filename_from_uri( uri, NULL, NULL );
+
+        g_free( uri );
+
+        if (fn)
+        {
+            AddFile( wxConvFileName->cMB2WX( fn ) );
+            g_free( fn );
+        }
+    }
+
+    return true;