Common call for launching file browser

[Victor Padro]

On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 1:48 AM, Victor Padro <vpadro at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 8:24 PM, David Curtis <dcurtis at uniserve.com>wrote:
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>> On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:43:58 -0500
>> "Cybe R. Wizard" <cybe_r_wizard at earthlink.net> wrote:
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>> > Derek Broughton <derek at pointerstop.ca>  said:
>> > > Charlie, you _know_ this is Linux - we can do anything!
>> > >
>> > > As long as you can identify the desktop, it can't be that difficult
>> > > (as xdg-open shows) to invoked the appropriate application for the
>> > > desktop - or it could be done through the "alternatives" system.
>> >
>> > As for xdg-open, it seems to me that it only opens a file with the
>> > preferred application or a URL with the preferred browser.  Am I missing
>> > something?  If it /does/ open a file manager I haven't been able to do
>> > it.
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>> 'xdg-open ~' or 'xdg-open /etc' works for me. XFCE on Jaunty. LXDE does
>> _not_ work, there seems to be a problem with pcmanfm and /etc/mailcap. A
>> bug?
>>
>> > I am not familiar with the "alternatives" system.
>> > <googles>
>> > hmmm...
>> > <reads man page>
>> > I can't find a correct group name for a file manager
>> > in /etc/alternatives.
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>> Right, there's no x-file-manager, or whatever it would be.
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>> > <checks gconf-editor>
>> > I can't find a place to change the default file manager anywhere.  I
>> > would love to set it to use PCManFM if I only could.
>> >
>> > I /know/ that we, as Linux users, can do anything.  I am stumped by
>> > the, "how?"
>>
>> Maybe we could get a 'sensible-file-manager' script?
>>
>> > Even inside my own system this doesn't look so easy, much less
>> > for /any/ system.
>> >
>> > Help?
>> >
>> It seems xdg-utils is the way to go, as long as the DE is compliant/set up
>> properly. I know nothing about mime types or mailcap re:LXDE/pcmanfm.
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> I don't know if this helps but in gnome terminal you can do:
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> vpadro at workstation:/# nautilus /home/vpadro
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> and it opens the vpadro's home folder(s)...
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> hope this what you wanted in the first place...
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> P.S. actually I have configured a shortcut using Ctrl-R to open a terminal
> and perhaps I'm trying to emulate the Super+R in windows...who knows.  :)
> old habbits...
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>
> --
> "It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion."
>
> "Todo el desorden del mundo proviene de las profesiones mal o mediocremente
> servidas"
>


you can do something like in windows to open the IE from the Run window:
iexplore.exe http://www.google.com
but in linux is:
vpadro at workstation:/# firefox http://www.google.com

therefore many applications can be run from the terminal just like in
windows...


-- 
"It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion."

"Todo el desorden del mundo proviene de las profesiones mal o mediocremente
servidas"
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