Re: Run in terminal from XFCE file browser?

2012-01-27 Thread Lorenzo Sutton
On 26/01/12 21:05, Bob Proulx wrote: In XFCE's Thunar file browser you can right click on a script and execute it. Fine. Is there a way to run the script in a terminal from the file browser? Of course there is always Alt-F2, Select run in terminal, Run, but that isn't associated with that part

Re: Run in terminal from XFCE file browser?

2012-01-26 Thread Tony Baldwin
On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 05:53:07PM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote: > Tony Baldwin wrote: > > Why don't you just right click in thunar and choose "Open Terminal > > Here", and then execute the script in the terminal? > > Don't right click the script/file itself, but just inside the file > > manager empty s

Re: Run in terminal from XFCE file browser?

2012-01-26 Thread Ashton Fagg
On 27 January 2012 09:25, Bob Proulx wrote: > Right-click, Open With, Open With Other Application..., select Use a > custom command:, then use (generically) "x-terminal-emulator -e", then > Open.  That works.  (I say generically because x-terminal-emulator > will point to whatever is installed and

Re: Run in terminal from XFCE file browser?

2012-01-26 Thread Bob Proulx
Tony Baldwin wrote: > Why don't you just right click in thunar and choose "Open Terminal > Here", and then execute the script in the terminal? > Don't right click the script/file itself, but just inside the file > manager empty space in that directory. > Then when your terminal is open, just do > .

Re: Run in terminal from XFCE file browser?

2012-01-26 Thread Tony Baldwin
On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 08:46:00AM +1000, Ashton Fagg wrote: > On 27 January 2012 07:05, Bob Proulx wrote: > > In XFCE's Thunar file browser you can right click on a script and > > execute it.  Fine.  Is there a way to run the script in a terminal > > from the file browser? > > > > Of course there

Re: Run in terminal from XFCE file browser?

2012-01-26 Thread Bob Proulx
Ashton Fagg wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > In XFCE's Thunar file browser you can right click on a script and > > execute it. Fine. Is there a way to run the script in a terminal > > from the file browser? > > I'd be interested to know this also. With some help (Thanks Greg!) I have something th

Re: Run in terminal from XFCE file browser?

2012-01-26 Thread Ashton Fagg
On 27 January 2012 07:05, Bob Proulx wrote: > In XFCE's Thunar file browser you can right click on a script and > execute it.  Fine.  Is there a way to run the script in a terminal > from the file browser? > > Of course there is always Alt-F2, Select run in terminal, Run, but > that isn't associat

Run in terminal from XFCE file browser?

2012-01-26 Thread Bob Proulx
In XFCE's Thunar file browser you can right click on a script and execute it. Fine. Is there a way to run the script in a terminal from the file browser? Of course there is always Alt-F2, Select run in terminal, Run, but that isn't associated with that particular file and so the user needs to ty

Re: Xfce: File browser

2011-11-19 Thread SM
On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 09:53:38PM +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Fri, 2011-11-18 at 14:24 +0200, SM wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 12:22:22PM +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > When deleting files or directories with Thunar's right-click delete > > > option, those files will be moved to the was

Re: Xfce: File browser

2011-11-18 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2011-11-18 at 08:06 -0600, Selim T. Erdogan wrote: > Ralf Mardorf, 18.11.2011: > > > > IMO it's hard enough that there isn't a confidential, comfortable shred > > option even for the command line, at least the DE should delete (rm -r) > > files and directories instead of moving them. > > O

Re: Xfce: File browser

2011-11-18 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2011-11-18 at 14:24 +0200, SM wrote: > On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 12:22:22PM +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > When deleting files or directories with Thunar's right-click delete > > option, those files will be moved to the wastebasket. > > Lot of DE's understand pressing Shift-Delete after you'

Re: Xfce: File browser

2011-11-18 Thread Selim T. Erdogan
Ralf Mardorf, 18.11.2011: > > IMO it's hard enough that there isn't a confidential, comfortable shred > option even for the command line, at least the DE should delete (rm -r) > files and directories instead of moving them. > Or is there a shred option working for journaled FS and that perhaps > e

Re: Xfce: File browser

2011-11-18 Thread SM
On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 12:22:22PM +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > When deleting files or directories with Thunar's right-click delete > option, those files will be moved to the wastebasket. Lot of DE's understand pressing Shift-Delete after you've selected the files/folders as "delete permanently".

Re: Xfce: File browser

2011-11-18 Thread SM
On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 12:22:22PM +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > When deleting files or directories with Thunar's right-click delete > option, those files will be moved to the wastebasket. Lot of DE's understand pressing Shift-Delete after you've selected the files/folders as "delete permanently".

Xfce: File browser

2011-11-18 Thread Ralf Mardorf
When deleting files or directories with Thunar's right-click delete option, those files will be moved to the wastebasket. I'm not a wastebasket user, I prefer that files are deleted, when I deleted them, since this is the reason to delete a file. It's annoying to 'file browse to the wastebasket' a