<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body><div>Peter,</div><div><br></div><div>It works well in digikam appimage 6.0.0git in openSUSE Tumbleweed KDE.</div><div><br></div><div>I also have Debian 9 KDE in dual boot and I can reproduce the same behavior you described below. The Debian KDE I have is a very very light version though so I bet the issue caused by a missing kioslave* / kf5* package.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div id="composer_signature"><div style="font-size:85%;color:#575757" dir="auto">Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.</div></div><div><br></div><div style="font-size:100%;color:#000000"><!-- originalMessage --><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Peter Albrecht <peter@crazymonkeys.de> </div><div>Date: 2018-06-09 4:29 AM (GMT-07:00) </div><div>To: digiKam - Home Manage your photographs as a professional with the power of open source <digikam-users@kde.org> </div><div>Subject: Re: [digiKam-users] AppImage and "Open in File Manager" </div><div><br></div></div>Hello Andrey,<br><br>thanks for the hint. This works well in my normal KDE desktop (dolphin,<br>gwenview, ...), but not in digikam AppImage.<br><br>Do you use digikam AppImage? Or is digikam installed by your Linux distribution?<br><br>Which Linux distribution do you use?<br><br>Regards,<br> Peter<br><br>On 06.06.2018 22:32, Andrey Goreev wrote:<br>> I add this .desktop file in /home/user/.local/share/applications:<br>> ---<br>> [Desktop Entry]<br>> Comment[en_US]=<br>> Comment=<br>> Exec=dolphin --select %U<br>> GenericName[en_US]=<br>> GenericName=<br>> Icon=find-location-symbolic<br>> MimeType=video/x-msvideo;video/x-ms-wmv;video/x-matroska;video/mp4;image/x-adobe-dng;image/jpeg;<br>> Name[en_US]=Locate in Dolphin<br>> Name=Locate in Dolphin<br>> NoDisplay=true<br>> Path=<br>> StartupNotify=true<br>> Terminal=false<br>> TerminalOptions=<br>> Type=Application<br>> X-DBUS-ServiceName=<br>> X-DBUS-StartupType=<br>> X-KDE-SubstituteUID=false<br>> X-KDE-Username=<br>> ---<br>> Works as a charm for me.<br>> <br>> Best regards,<br>> <br>> On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 2:14 PM, Maik Qualmann <metzpinguin@gmail.com> wrote:<br>> <br>>> Yes, digiKam-6.0.0 uses Qt5. We use QDesktopServices class to open File<br>>> Manager or Browser. This search for appropriate programs from a KF5<br>>> desktop.<br>>> There will be no solution to this problem for the AppImage.<br>>><br>>> Maik<br>>><br>>> Am Mittwoch, 6. Juni 2018, 21:38:22 CEST schrieb Peter Albrecht:<br>>>> Hello list,<br>>>><br>>>> I am using digiKam AppImage 5.9.0 on a KDE desktop. When I rightclick an<br>>>> album and choose "Open in File Manager" from the context menu, no file<br>>>> manager is opened. Instead I see the "Choose Application" dialog. And<br>>> this<br>>>> "Choose Application" dialog does not show any applications.<br>>>><br>>>><br>>>> Expected behavior:<br>>>><br>>>> Clicking "Open in File Manager" starts dolphin (default KDE file<br>>> manager) in<br>>>> the album's directory.<br>>>><br>>>><br>>>> Try some workarounds:<br>>>><br>>>> Like in the "Open With" dialog, I can type "dolphin" in the "Choose<br>>>> Application" dialog. This will start dolphin, but instead of the album's<br>>>> directory, I only<br>>>> see this error message in dolphin:<br>>>>> Unable to create io-slave. Can not find 'kioslave' executable at<br>>>>> '/usr/bin, /usr/bin/libexec, ././/lib64/libexec/kf5'<br>>>> This dolphin instance is not useable.<br>>>><br>>>><br>>>> Working workaround:<br>>>><br>>>> If I type "dolphin4" in the "Choose Application" dialog, a working<br>>> instance<br>>>> of dolphin is started and showing the desired album directory.<br>>>><br>>>> But this process (open dialog, type "dolphin4", pressing ENTER) is quite<br>>>> cumbersome for every-day usage.<br>>>><br>>>><br>>>> Does anybody know about another way to start a filemanager in the current<br>>>> album?<br>>>><br>>>> Are there plans to create settings in digiKam to configure the paths of<br>>>> external tools? If it is too errorprone to get the list of file managers<br>>>> from the current desktop environment, you could provide an input box in<br>>>> digiKam settings, so the user can define the desired file manager by<br>>>> entering "/usr/bin/dolphin4".<br>>>><br>>>> Or is this problem based on the fact, that I am using digiKam AppImage<br>>> 5.9.0<br>>>> on Debian Stretch with an older KDE?<br>>>><br>>>> Regards,<br>>>> Peter<br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>><br>> <br></body></html>