[Thunar-dev] Fwd: thunar-actions-plugin

[Jelle de Jong]

Pierre Wieser wrote:
> ----- "Jelle de Jong" <jelledejong at powercraft.nl> a écrit :
> 
>> As the person that made the initiative to start the
>> thunar-actions-plugin. I have designed it to use mime type detection
>> that is also in the .desktop file. A directory has it one mime type,
>> and you can make hole list of them.
> 
> Yes, files vs. directories might not be the right example ;-)
> 
> Nonetheless, I have to carefully examine each parameter we use today
> in order to try to map it to a desktop entry key, before I even plan
> to define a specific group header.
> 
> Among others, the Exec key will stay as a potential problem, as
> the program may be a desktop-specific one. Do you think it would
> be possible to have a Exec-Xfce or Exec-Gnome in the same header ?
> Or do the action author will have to write a .desktop file for 
> each environment ?
> 
>> I would like to cooperate on the thunar and nautilus custom action
>> systems, this was a goal from the start for me to make it possible to
>> exchange custom action with other file managers, through a free
>> desktop standard.
> 
> For now, I'm in a bug-fixing process, and I've already some other
> enhancements in my todo list.
> 
> But an idea I think could be shared with other file managers is 
> to add in a UI a list of action repositories, acting as web 
> services, from where the user could pull a published action from 
> one click.
> 
> I'm not yet there, but certainly the availability (?) of pre-written
> actions is a great part of user experience..
> 
> If you wish so, I may keep you informed of the progress of my thoughts
> of these two subjects ? Is this list the good place for this ?
> 
> Regards
> Pierre

Hi Pierre,

Well the goal should be not to have separate entries for GNOME or XFCE
in the .desktop files, this should only be done as a temporary solution.

There should be enough flexibility is the standard .desktop specs to get
a good custom actions systems that works with .desktop files and is
desktop independent. The GUI that is the frontend for the users should
make and match the mime type systems and all kind of special groupings
like directories only, or all video etcetra.

Have you could any indication that this is not doable, would you be
willing to make a plan to use this kind of architecture for your action
plugins, then at least have one good working system and when xfce team
has an volunteer we can work on the thunar plugin code.

Thank in advance,

Cheers,

Jelle de Jong