/NautilusBannerExtension

Nautilus extension that provides an way to display a custom text banner at the top of a Nautilus window.

Primary LanguagePython

Nautilus Banner Extension

Nautilus extension that provides an way to display a custom text banner at the top of a Nautilus window. Scans each folder displayed by Nautilus for a file named '.banner', if found the text inside the file is displayed on the banner at the top of the window.

Install

Step 1. Install Nautilus Python Library

sudo apt install python3-nautilus

Step 2. Run Install Script

./install.sh

The install script will also reinstall the extension from source if ran again. Makes for easy development.

Usage

Create a file named .banner in any directory, put some text in, and navigate to that directory in Nautilus. Enjoy the lovely banner at the top.

Banner text supports some html tags, such as < b >, < i >, and even < a >.

Enjoy.

License

Copyright (c) 2022 Ben Knisley (ben@knisley.co)

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.