[Thunar-dev] Configure Custom Actions

Stefan Stuhr thunardevlist at sstuhr.dk
Wed Jan 25 22:07:06 CET 2006


ons, 25 01 2006 kl. 20:57 +0000, skrev Tim Alexander:
> I recreated the command line arguments through trial and error mostly.
> 
> I am using the alpha version (2.0) off of the website compiled from
> source (which I built a .deb out of, and am currently sending to my
> Xubuntu buddies)
> 
> I am using Xubuntu/ubuntu as a distro. This uses XFCE4 as the
> windowing environment.
> 
> here is the command that I put into the Configure Custom Actions box:
> 
> gksudo gedit %n
> 
> http://img522.imageshack.us/my.php?image=snapshot11tr.png
> 
> here is a screenshot of the problem.
> 
> 
> 
> This should at least give you some more information. Please ask if
> there is anything that I can do to give you more.

That's because you are using gksudo. The command you want to run with
gksudo have to be quoted. Try this command:
gksudo 'gedit %F'

I tried first with double quotes, but it seems to give the problem you
described. When I use single quotes, on the other hand, it seems to
work :)

Stefan




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