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--- xfce:thunar:custom-actions [2021/10/11 22:42] – [Create Shared Thumbnails] alexxcons
+++ xfce:thunar:custom-actions [2024/03/29 19:47] (current) – Using dbus-launch seems to be the best way to get proper support for D-Bus services and as few warnings as possible gael
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     * **[[#Compare selected files/directories|Compare selected files/directories]]**
     * **[[#Change OpenDocument-supported formats|Change OpenDocument-supported formats]]**
-    * **[[#Download subtitles with periscope|Download subtitles with periscope]]**
+    * **[[#Download video subtitles|Download video subtitles]]**
     * **[[#Rename subtitles easily|Rename subtitles easily]]**
     * **[[#Move files into a new folder|Move files into a new folder]]**
     * **[[#Create Shared Thumbnails|Create Shared Thumbnails]]**
+    * **[[#Use 'bulk rename' on a single file|Use 'bulk rename' on a single file]]**
+    * **[[#Trust multiple desktop files at once|Trust multiple desktop files at once]]**
   * **[[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ThunarCustomActions|List of assorted custom actions]]** (from Ubuntu documentation)
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 ===== Adding a Custom Action =====
-This section provides a step-by-step introduction to the **Custom Actions** plugin, demonstrating how to add a **Print File** action, which uses xfprint to print text files. We start by opening the **Custom Actions** dialog as explained above. In the dialog, click on the first button in the list of buttons (the one labeled with the ''+''). The **Create Action** dialog will appear, as shown in the screenshot below.
+This section provides a step-by-step introduction to the **Custom Actions** plugin, demonstrating how to add a simple action. We start by opening the **Custom Actions** dialog as explained above. In the dialog, click on the first button in the list of buttons (the one labeled with the ''+''). The **Create Action** dialog will appear, as shown in the screenshot below.
 <figure "Create Action Dialog">
-{{:xfce:thunar:uca-create.png?nolink&|}}
+{{:xfce:thunar:uca-create.png|}}
 </figure>
-On the first page, enter ''Search with Catfish'' in {gui>Name:} and ''search'' in {gui>Description:} Enter ''catfish %f'' for the {gui>Command:} (the ''%f'' will be replaced with the path to the selected file, as explained in the dialog), and select an icon by clicking {gui>Icon:} (in the screenshot the ''system-search.svg'' icon was used).
+On the first page, enter ''Create symlink'' in {gui>Name:} Enter ''ln -Ts %f %n" (link)"'' for the {gui>Command:} (the ''%f'' will be replaced with the path to the selected file, as explained in the dialog), and select an icon by clicking {gui>Icon:} (in the screenshot ''emblem-symbolic-link'' was used).
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+Optionally, you can specify a {gui>Submenu:}, in order to group multiple custom actions into the same menu.
 <note>Never quote field codes, unless you know why [particularly true if their expansion contains quotes, but not only]
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     * Appears if selection contains: Directories
-**Hint:** You may prefer the [[http://thunar.xfce.org/plugins.html#thunar-archive-plugin|Thunar Archive Plugin]], which does pretty much the same thing with less manual setup required on your part. It's either included with your distribution (in the case of [[http://xubuntu.org/|Xubuntu]]), or available as a separate package (''thunar-archive-plugin'' in Debian Etch). You might also need the ''xarchiver'' or "squeeze" package for things to work quite right.
+**Hint:** You may prefer the [[https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/archive|Thunar Archive Plugin]], which does pretty much the same thing with less manual setup required on your part. It's either included with your distribution (in the case of [[https://xubuntu.org/|Xubuntu]]), or available as a separate package (''thunar-archive-plugin'' in Debian Etch). You might also need the ''xarchiver'' or "squeeze" package for things to work quite right.
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 ==== Rotate JPEGs ====
     * Name: **Rotate Clockwise**
-    * Command: ''<nowiki>for file in %F; do tempfile=$(mktemp) && jpegtran -copy all -rotate 90 "$file" > "$tempfile" && mv -f "$tempfile" "$file"; rm -f "$tempfile"; done</nowiki>''
+    *
+    * Command: ''<nowiki>for file in %F; do exiftran -i9 "$file"; done</nowiki>''
+    * Command(counterclockwise): ''<nowiki>for file in %F; do exiftran -i2 "$file"; done</nowiki>''
     * File pattern: *.jpg;*.JPG;*.jpeg;*.JPEG
     * Appears if selection contains: JPEG Image Files
-**Note:** jpegtran is available as part of the libjpeg or libjpeg-progs packages of most distributions. Unlike using "convert", the complicated loop structure is necessary with "jpegtran": "jpegtran -rotate 90 -outfile %F %F" will produce a 0kb file.
+**Note:** exiftran is available for most distributions.
-[[https://thelinuxchronicles.blogspot.com/2012/06/thunar-custom-actions-resize-and-rotate.html|Here an example]] how rotation can be scripted with "convert".
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 ==== Open root terminal here ====
     * Name: **Open root terminal here**
-    * Command: ''<nowiki>gksu xfce4-terminal --default-working-directory=%f</nowiki>''
+    * Command(1): ''<nowiki>pkexec env DISPLAY=$DISPLAY XAUTHORITY=$XAUTHORITY dbus-launch xfce4-terminal --default-working-directory=%f</nowiki>''
+    * Command(2): ''<nowiki>gksu xfce4-terminal --default-working-directory=%f</nowiki>''
     * File pattern: *
     * Appears if selection contains: Directories
+**Note:** Use either pkexec or gksu, depending on what is available for your distro.
 **Note:** You should rewrite the command with normal straight quotes.
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 ==== Open thunar as root here ====
     * Name: **Open thunar as root here**
-    * Command: ''gksu thunar %f''
+    * Command(1): ''pkexec env DISPLAY=$DISPLAY XAUTHORITY=$XAUTHORITY dbus-launch thunar %f''
+    * Command(2): ''thunar admin:/''''/''''/%f''
+    * Command(3): ''gksu thunar %f''
     * File pattern: *
     * Appears if selection contains: Directories
-**Note:** Some distributions no longer include ''gksu''. Use ''pkexec'' instead.
+**Note:** Some distributions no longer include ''gksu''. Use ''pkexec'' or the ''admin'' interface instead.
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 ==== Edit file as root ====
     * Name: **Edit as root**
-    * Command: ''gksu put-your-favourite-text-editor-here %f''
+    * Command(1): ''pkexec env DISPLAY=$DISPLAY XAUTHORITY=$XAUTHORITY dbus-launch put-your-favourite-text-editor-here %f''
+    * Command(2): ''gksu put-your-favourite-text-editor-here %f''
     * File pattern: *
     * Appears if selection contains: Text files
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     *  File pattern: *
     * Appearance Conditions: Text files
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-==== Download subtitles with periscope ====
+==== Download video subtitles ====
     * Name: **Download subtitles**
-    * Command: ''<nowiki>periscope -l en %F && zenity --info --title "Done" --text "Subtitles downloaded successfully" || zenity --error --title "Error" --text "Subtitles not downloaded successfully"</nowiki>''
+    * Command: ''<nowiki>~/.local/bin/OpenSubtitlesDownload.py --gui=gnome %F</nowiki>''
     * File pattern: *
     * Appears if selection contains: Video Files
-**Note:** You will need ''python-periscope'' package. Get it [[http://code.google.com/p/periscope/|here]]. You'll also need ''zenity'' package. This command will try to get the English subtitles, change ''-l en'' to something else (''fr'', ''de'', ''pt-br'', ...). You should rewrite the command with normal straight quotes.
+**Note:** You will need to follow the instructions on [[https://github.com/emericg/OpenSubtitlesDownload|OpenSubtitlesDownload]] which requires ''python'' and ''zenity'' (check the link for a complete list of requirements). You can tweak the behavior of the python script simply by editing with a text editor, the code is all commented, so it is very easy to understand.
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 **Note:** Required to download [[https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SKefalidis/DBusSharedThumbnailRepositoryCreator/main/sharedx.sh|this script]] and store it locally. Requires ''python3'' and ''realpath''.
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+==== Use 'bulk rename' on a single file ====
+    * Name: **Open in bulk renamer**
+    * Description: Opens the bulk renamer for a single file
+    * Command: ''<nowiki>thunar --bulk-rename %f</nowiki>''
+    * File pattern: *
+    * Appears if selection contains: any
+    * Range: 1-1
+----
+==== Trust multiple desktop files at once ====
+    * Name: **Trust Desktop Files**
+    * Description: Sets gvfs checksum and +x flag for all selected *.desktop files
+    * Command: ''<nowiki>for f in %F; do sha256sum "$f" | awk '{print $1}' | xargs gio set "$f" metadata::xfce-exe-checksum && chmod +x "$f"; done</nowiki>''
+    * File pattern: *.desktop
+    * Appears if selection contains: other files
+    * Range: 1-1
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