Nautilus is the official file manager and desktop shell for the GNOME desktop. Nautilus is is extensible via C and Python.
Nautilus is the official file manager and desktop shell for the GNOME desktop. Nautilus is extensible via C and Python.
Questions tagged [nautilus]
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Python-nautilus : add custom emblems (overlay icon)
I use the python-nautilus module, and I try to add a custom emblem (an icon overlay), like that:
But I didn't found anything about that.
I'm able to add an existing emblem like "multimedia" with this code:
import os.path
from gi.repository import…
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GNOME: Where does Nautilus store emblem data and how?
Nautilus allows users to set emblems on directories and files but surprisingly it doesn't use the actual file metadata stores like xattr to store this added metadata.
So where and how does Nautilus store this data?
(I'd like to access it from…
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Gnome files Nautilus context menu "Open with" application list
I am using Gnome with Archlinux. My default file manager is Nautilus.
How do I add recommended apps in "right-click" menu?
(Ubuntu-like)
They listed only, when I click "Open with other Application"
But it's too long!
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use gtk in a nautilus extension using python
The following code
import gtk
import nautilus
import os
def alert(message):
"""A function to debug"""
dialog = gtk.MessageDialog(None, gtk.DIALOG_MODAL, gtk.MESSAGE_INFO, gtk.BUTTONS_CLOSE, message)
dialog.run()
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Submenu items in Nautilus right-click menu
I am trying to write an extension for nautilus, which add an item to the menu that appears when you right-click a file (as shown in image)
However, I would like to add a submenu to my custom menu item.
I downloaded a 'nautilus-python' package which…
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Develop gvfs adapter for a web-storage service?
Ubuntu has a useful feature where you can mount and view files on an external ssh account, bluetooth device, etc., called gvfs/GIO. Is there a developer's guide/tutorial for making a custom adapter to 'mount' from an external storage or web service,…
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Speed up nautilus python-extensions for reading image's Exif
I've written a Nautilus extension which reads picture's metadata (executing exiftool), but when I open folders with many files, it really slows down the file manager and hangs until it finishes reading the file's data.
Is there a way to make…
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Why does nautilus read directories in advance?
I'm creating a tool base on FUSE that populates a directory (~/sites) with fuse filesystems. When you read a subdir (for example ~/sites/stackoverflow.com) a sftp/ftp/webdav/s3 connection is made to that host.
This works beautifully with most tools…
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Where to find information about Nautilus D-Bus interface
I am planning to develop a command line application that interact with Nautilus, but I cannot find a reference for the D-Bus interface that Nautilus exposes.
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Nautilus script not showing up in right click menu when nothing is selected
I have the following script to add an action to my right click menu in Nautilus (using Ubuntu 20.04):
~/.local/share/nautilus/scripts/Open with Disk Usage Analyzer:
#!/usr/bin/env bash
if [ -n "$NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_URIS" ]; then
set…
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How to tell google chrome to respect system default file browser (Thunar) on Xfce?
In Chrome, after downloading a file, clicking on the "Show in folder" menu now force to use nautilus to open the folder, but my system preferred file browser is Thunar on my xfce desktop.
is there a way to let chrome to open folder using system…
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Fail to install nautilus on Ubuntu 18.04. (unmet dependencies)
Previsouly, my ubuntu coule not load USB disk, and I tried to sudo apt-get remove nautilus. But that did not fix the USB loading issue, and now I can not install nautilus as well.
When I ran sudo apt-get install nautilus, I got the folliwing…
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Gtk Ckipboard: pasting files from a source with custom URI scheme
I'm trying to write a a GTK/C application that puts some files on the Gtk clipboard, so a user with Nautilus will be able to paste them.
There is a good example of Gtk Clipboard local file copy and paste on stackoverflow.
Unofrtunately the files I…
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Gnome 3: Call sushi, the Nautilus quick file previewer via DBus
In Gnome 3, Nautilus has a new file previewer called Sushi. You can select a file in Nautilus, hit the spacebar and it will show a quick preview. This is very similar to what Quick Look (Preview) on OSX does. Quick Look has a command line…
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How to open multiple files in a single window in emacs 24?
Using Debian, when selecting multiple files in nautilus and opening them in emacs 23 all of these start in the same window with a different buffer for each.
However with emacs-snapshot (GNU Emacs 24.4.50.1) all of these files gets opened in…
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