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PCManFM
Nice Linux file manager
Customising
Custom 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.
Examples
Open directory or file/s in batch renaming tool GPRename:
- GPRename.desktop
[Desktop Entry] Type=Action Profiles=open Name=Batch rename... Icon=gprename [X-Action-Profile open] MimeTypes=all/all Exec=gprename %f
Custom Openers
: Probably a proper name for these, I just made this up.
You can also set custom commands to launch for specific files via
right-click > 'Open With…' 'Custom Command Line', and then entering commands and giving it a name.
You could also do this with § Custom Actions.
Examples
I have one to mount .iso files, which is really handy:
udisksctl loop-setup -f %f
Found that here: https://askubuntu.com/questions/537352/gui-to-mount-disk-images-iso-etc-in-xubuntu
See Also
- cmrd-senya/pcmanfm-image-size-module - Image dimensions in status bar.
- dionysio/recently_modified - Python, adds recently modified projects as bookmarks.
- alessandro-g89/libfm-taglib-columns - audio tag columns.
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 .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 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.