[Thunar-dev] Configure Custom Actions

[Jannis Pohlmann]

Benedikt Meurer schrieb:
> Tim Alexander wrote:
> 
>>Thank you VERY much. I thought I was going totally insane. ^_^
>>
>>P.S. have any of you guys looked at emelfm? I know it's old, (and bad)
>>but one thing I like is that it has an attached terminal. Are there
>>any plans to incorporate something like that in Thunar? I realize that
>>many of them have a "command" plugin of some sort, but having a full
>>terminal that is available is something that I REALLY like. plus, it
>>will get some of the new people more comfortable with terminal
>>commands if it is included with thier file manager.
>>
>>(I'm talking about some kind of "disabled by default" type of thing.
>>Obviously not something that is turned on by default.)
> 
> 
> Hm, I generally do not see how this is any more useful than having a
> dedicated terminal application, which provides more functionality than
> an embedded terminal window. Sure, it would be possible to embed a VTE
> window into a Thunar window, but for what benefit.
> 
> In either case, there's no chance to have this for 1.0. Maybe later, as
> a plugin. Please file a bugreport with severity enhancement to remind us
> of this later (-> bugzilla.xfce.org, product Thunar).

I also think this would be cool as a plugin (later). On the other side,
I wouldn't want to be the one to implement a plugin interface allowing
other developers to change so much in the visual appearance of Thunar.

Anyway, I'm often in the sitation that I want to browse my files
visually (using Thunar, for example) but need to apply some terminal
commands on them from time to time. In this case it would be very handy
to be able to open a small embedded terminal at the bottom (setting the
starting point to the currently viewed folder) of the Thunar window.

Nevertheless, this should have very low priority.

BTW, I'm running Thunar from SVN here and I have to admit that it's a
great piece of software and it becomes better with every single commit.
Combined with xfce4-appfinder and the new panel, Xfce ships the feeling
of being well-integrated and smooth. All parts fit well together. I'm
absolutely excited about that.

Regards,
Jannis