[Thunar-dev] Fuse, scripts and thunar

[Erlend Davidson]

Erlend Davidson wrote:
> fusesmb is a nice simple example since it requires no configuration. If
> the fusesmb binary is found in the path a device icon could appear with 
> "Windows Shares" written on it, so that when the user clicks it a script 
> is run which executes fusesmb (like my script before) and then thunar 
> navigates to that directory.
>
> These scripts could either be distributed with thunar (enable/disabled 
> by the user) or via a project in the same way as thunar-thumbnailers.
>
> Maybe it would be better to stick it in the xfce-places panel plugin as 
> a test, just to see how it works?
I'm currently writing a mock-up of this in the panel places menu.  It 
isn't particularly difficult to do, although it does feel a little like 
a hack.  Officially should this be handled by thunar-vfs, and a new 
|THUNAR_VFS_VOLUME_KIND_SAMBA be made to handle it just like the other 
volumes?

Thanks,

Erlend
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