[Thunar-dev] How to apply actions to multiple files

[Jelle de Jong]

Tino Keitel wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 07, 2009 at 18:48:43 +0200, Jelle de Jong wrote:
>> Tino Keitel wrote:
>>> On Tue, Jul 07, 2009 at 10:25:12 +0200, Jelle de Jong wrote:
>>>> Tino Keitel wrote:
>>>>> Hi folks,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'd like to know how to apply a custom action to multiple selected
>>>>> files. In this case, I have photos from my camera, which need to be
>>>>> rotated manually if taken in portrait orientation (no builtin sensor).
>>>>> I tried the custom actions, but they don't seem to work if more than
>>>>> one file is selected. Is there a different way to do this?
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Tino
>>>> Hi Tino,
>>>>
>>>> You can use something like this in the custom action config:
>>>>
>>>> #Name:          Convert Image
>>>> #Description:   Create special new image(s)
>>>> #Command:       x-terminal-emulator -e
>>>> /usr/share/pct-thunar-scripts/scripts/convert-image %F
>>>> #Patterns:      *
>>>> #Image Files:   True
>>> As I wrote above, I already tried to add a custom action, which looked
>>> pretty much like the one you suggested (unless I miss the point). But
>>> it's useless, as it is not present in the context menu if I select more
>>> than one file. Or am I doing something wrong?
>> remove the current custom action
>>
>> thunar -q to kill current thunar
>>
>> add custom action make use to use * as patterns en true for image file check
>>
>> thunar -q to kill the current thunar and restart and test the custom action.
> 
> I repeated this (actually, it was the same I tried before, without the
> thunar -q calls), but got the same result. The custom action is visible
> when 1 file is selected, but not visible if 2 files are selected, so it
> is useless for my task. At least I don't see the entry in the context
> menu.
> 

I will do some testing later this day, I have seen this behavior one
time before, but wasn't directly able to fix it too.

Best regards,

Jelle