A small utility daemon to handle "open containing folder" activities in various software.
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AUR package: dfmd-git
If some other handler takes precedence over this one, try copying the D-Bus
service file into your user directory. Also make sure no other service is
running while executing dfmd
.
Bash et al.:
mkdir -p "${XDG_DATA_HOME:-"$HOME/.local/share"}/dbus-1/services"
cp /usr/share/dbus-1/services/sh.natty.FileManager1.service "${XDG_DATA_HOME:-"$HOME/.local/share"}/dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.FileManager1.service"
Fish:
# Fallback universal variable in case XDG_DATA_HOME is not set
set -U XDG_DATA_HOME ~/.local/share
mkdir -p "$XDG_DATA_HOME/dbus-1/services"
cp /usr/share/dbus-1/services/sh.natty.FileManager1.service "$XDG_DATA_HOME/dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.FileManager1.service"
- D-Bus
- xdg-open as the default handler
cargo build --release
Use the DFMD_*_PROGRAM environment variables. Filenames are provided via stdin, one per line.
DFMD_FOLDER_PROGRAM="xargs -r -n1 xdg-open"
DFMD_ITEMS_PROGRAM="xargs -r -n1 dirname | xargs -n1 xdg-open"
DFMD_PROPERTIES_PROGRAM="xargs -r -n1 xdg-open"
Create a D-Bus service in
$XDG_DATA_HOME/dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.FileManager1.service
.
(The default directory for XDG_DATA_HOME
is $HOME/.local/share/
)
[D-BUS Service]
Name=org.freedesktop.FileManager1
Exec=path/to/dfmd
Since D-Bus service files do not understand environment variables, the actions
can be overridden using env
:
(Theoretical example where showing a file sends a desktop notification)
[D-BUS Service]
Name=org.freedesktop.FileManager1
Exec=env DFMD_ITEMS_PROGRAM="xargs -r -n1 dirname | xargs -n1 notify-send 'File opened'" /usr/bin/dfmd