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Extract here option and Source code for Thunar File manager

Please anyone can paste me the source code for Extract Here option in Thunar File Manager. Any type of script i.e Python OR Shell Script OR PHP is OK. Please help me
Ankith p
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Add "delete confirmation prompt" in Thunar

Thunar does not have the option of a prompt asking for confirmation when moving files to trash (this is, when pressing the Delete key). I want to add one. The only way I can think of doing this by creating a new "Custom action", which accepts…
user308164
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Xubuntu find files in thunar

Xubuntu Xenial and I use thunar as file manager. I am also new to LINUX. I need a right click custom action to search files with wild cards. I implemented the custom action with catfish but this does not allow search with wild cards. I looked into…
piscvau
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Same command that works in terminal does not work as Thunar Custom Action

I want a simple semi-safe command that encrypts a file using gpg symmetric encryption and then remove the original file. In the terminal this command works fine: gpg --passphrase-file /home/xxx/.gnupg/sympass --symmetric && rm where…
Bengt Olsson
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Xubuntu - opening files with Enter

I don't understand why if I select a file either in thunar or in the desktop and press Enter, nothing happens! I'd like to make them files be opened. How can I do it?
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Thunar - Custom actions: select pdf extract pages as images

I like this command to convert pdf pages to png images: pdftoppm -png *.pdf prefix (my source is this answer) I would like to add a command to Thunar custom actions that would convert the selected pdf's pages to separate images. When I use the…
user47206
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How to convert multiple files to mp3 in Thunar custom actions?

I have added a simple command avconv -i %f %f.mp3 to Thunar's custom actions to convert a selected media file to mp3 (in the same folder and with the same name). What would be the command that can be added in the same way that would allow selecting…
user47206
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wanting a thunar action to install .deb packages. Have lxqt-sudo

I'm looking for an action that works. I've tried lxqt-sudo apt-get install %f but it won't work, not even show for other files thunar 1.18.4 Xubuntu 20.04
Galen ACCOUNT restricted
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Alternatives to Editing accels.scm File in Thunar?

Since GTK3+ removed editable accelerators, everything I've read online suggests I'm stuck having to edit the ~/.config/Thunar/accels.scm file if I want to assign keyboard shortcuts to actions or folders in Thunar. Is there another option? For…
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Why one Thunar folder doesn't show icons as in the other one?

I've been trying to solve Docky not showing Xfce and Thunar icons, and did with the help of this thread. However in the process of it I started wondering, why these two folders (/usr/share/applications/ and ~/.local/share/applications/) are showing…
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Thunar custom action to open terminal as root

How to edit the custom action that would open a root Terminal in a given folder? Here it says to use gksu terminal here to add gksu “xfce4-terminal –default-working-directory=%f” But they don't work in Xubuntu 12.04, Thunar 1.6.3.
user47206
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Running Thunar custom actions in a directory located at afc://

I am running Xubuntu 14.04. I have an iPhone 5 with iOS 7.1 I can mount the phone and see my photos and videos. I can drag the photos and videos to another directory in home and then manipulate them. I'd rather be able to choose a custom action to…
GrouchyGaijin
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Error when running script ('compress-pdf') in Thunar custom actions

I want to add the script 'compress-pdf' to Thunar custom actions. The script is the one posted in this answer, made to resize pdfs. It is based on zenity. It was made for Nautilus, but, as stated there, it 'does not depend on any custom Nautilus…
user47206
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Add Searchmonkey to Thunar custom actions

I see here that, in order to add as custom action in Thunar the search with gnome-search-tool, the command is: gnome-search-tool –path=%f and with catfish it is different: catfish --fileman=thunar --path=%f (Why the difference, by the…
user47206
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How can I let Thunar call Catfish with its own date and time formatting settings?

This question arose when using Xubuntu 20.04 which uses Thunar version 1.18.14 in connection with Catfish version 1.4.13. Thunar uses Catfish as search tool. I have set Thunar to use the ISO 8601 date and time format. However when I use Catfish…
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