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pcmanfm [2020/10/25 13:32] – ↷ Page moved from tool:software:pcmanfm to pcmanfm rjtpcmanfm [2022/12/18 18:51] – [Custom Actions] Removed wrong info, made example downloadable rjt
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 ====== PCManFM ====== ====== PCManFM ======
-Nice Linux filemanager+Nice Linux [[file manager]]
  
 ===== Customising ===== ===== Customising =====
  
 ==== Custom Actions ==== ==== Custom Actions ====
-You can add //custom actions// to the right-click menu (context menu). These are shown in the context menu for all files((FIXME: Actually, I think you can set them to appear in specfic contexts)). To define them, create a ''.desktop'' file in ''~/.local/share/file-manager/actions/''.+You can add //custom actions// to the right-click menu (context menu). To define them, create a ''.desktop'' file in ''~/.local/share/file-manager/actions/''.
  
 NB: these are also compatible with the [[Nautilus]] file manager. NB: these are also compatible with the [[Nautilus]] file manager.
 +
 +===Examples===
 +
 +Open directory or file/s in batch renaming tool [[GPRename]]:
 +
 +<file ini GPRename.desktop>
 +[Desktop Entry]
 +Type=Action
 +Profiles=open
 +Name=Batch rename...
 +Icon=gprename
 +
 +[X-Action-Profile open]
 +MimeTypes=all/all
 +Exec=gprename %f
 +</file>
  
 ==== Custom Openers ==== ==== Custom Openers ====
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   * http://lxlinux.com/pcmanfm-actions.html   * http://lxlinux.com/pcmanfm-actions.html
   * http://www.bernaerts-nicolas.fr/linux/323-lubuntu-trusty-empty-trash-menu   * http://www.bernaerts-nicolas.fr/linux/323-lubuntu-trusty-empty-trash-menu
 +  * https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic.php?id=7248
   * [[github>madebits/linux-pcmanfm-actions]]   * [[github>madebits/linux-pcmanfm-actions]]
   * [[github>paius1/pcmanfm-actions]]   * [[github>paius1/pcmanfm-actions]]
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   * [[github>alessandro-g89/libfm-taglib-columns]] - audio tag columns.   * [[github>alessandro-g89/libfm-taglib-columns]] - audio tag columns.
   * [[github>alessandro-g89/gtk-column-group]]   * [[github>alessandro-g89/gtk-column-group]]
 +  * https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/media-tags
 +
 +==== Thumbnails ====
 +
 +Like [[Thunar]], and I think other [[GTK]] file managers, you can add support for generating thumbnails for additional kinds of files using [[Tumbler]] (not [[Tumblr]]!; dunno why not Thumbler). To add custom things to Tumbler you just put a little text file in ''/usr/share/thunmbnailers'', which is similar to to a [[file_kinds#desktop|.desktop file]]. I haven't tested if ''~/.local/share/thumbnailers'' works.
 +
 +My favourite thing to add is support for generating folder icons for directories of music and films, based on ''folder.jpg'' found inside. This is a thing [[microsoft_windows|Windows]] does by default, and it's nice to have it back. You just need an additional script to tell it how to get the images.
 +
 +  * [[arch>extra/x86_64/tumbler/|tumbler]]
 +  * [[aur>tumbler-extra-thumbnailers]] (comes setup to use ''folder.*'', ''cover.*'')
 +  * [[aur>tumbler-folder-thumbnailer]] (comes setup to use ''.folder.jpg'', ''.folder.png'', ''.folder.svg'')
 +  * https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/tumbler/available_plugins
  
 ===== See Also ===== ===== See Also =====
   * https://wiki.lxde.org/en/PCManFM   * https://wiki.lxde.org/en/PCManFM
 +
 +{{tag>software Linux file-manager guide}}
pcmanfm.txt · Last modified: 2022/12/18 19:12 by rjt