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meanerelk

Member

Registered: 2009-02-20

Posts: 4

Chromium "show in folder" - how to use a terminal file manager?

I am trying to get the Chromium download manager's "Show in folder" button to launch a terminal and run Ranger. I have created the file

/usr/share/applications/ranger.desktop

with the following contents:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Ranger
Exec="xterm -e /usr/bin/ranger %f"
Terminal=true

and done the association with

xdg-mime default ranger.desktop inode/directory

This works, but only if I have launched Chromium from a terminal. If I launch it from dmenu, nothing happens when I click on "Show in folder".

Is there any way to get it to work?

Last edited by meanerelk (2012-05-18 20:49:07)

notphunny

Member

Registered: 2011-05-25

Posts: 6

Re: Chromium "show in folder" - how to use a terminal file manager?

Same thing here
I'm using awesome and it wont work even if I launch chromium from terminal

irishninja

Member

From: Nashville, Tennessee

Registered: 2013-10-12

Posts: 1

Re: Chromium "show in folder" - how to use a terminal file manager?

Try removing the quotation marks in the desktop file.

Exec=xterm -e /usr/bin/ranger %f

Last edited by irishninja (2013-12-14 17:26:24)