Open with -> External script isn't working from digiKam

aegoreev at gmail.com aegoreev at gmail.com
Wed May 17 19:32:34 BST 2017


Gilles,
No I am not using the appimage.
In fact, Open With - "VLC media player" works.
Only shell scipts seem to have the issue.

On Wednesday, May 17, 2017 12:20:25 PM MDT Gilles Caulier wrote:
> Did you use AppImage ? If yes, it's know that KService and KIO are
> definitively complex to run due to plenty runtime dependencies...
> 
> The open With use these frameworks in background, and personalty the
> design of these comopents is bad and not adapted to bundle
> application. This include also MAcOS and Windows (OpenWith support is
> disabled while compilation for these OS.)
> 
> Gilles Caulier
> 
> 2017-05-17 20:07 GMT+02:00  <aegoreev at gmail.com>:
> > I execute "/path/to/script.sh" %F when open with scipt.
> > Maybe digikam does not pass selected files as %F ?
> > However if I drag selected files from digikam and drop them in terminal as
> > "paste location" I do get /PATH/TO/FILE1 /PATH/TO/FILE2 etc.
> > ...
> > 
> > On Wednesday, May 17, 2017 11:55:22 AM MDT you wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >> I have added few bash scripts to the system "Open with" menu.
> >> Normally I select files - right click - "open with" - select the script.
> >> Everything works just fine from my file manager (dolphin) but it is not
> >> working from digikam.
> >> Any ideas on why is this happening?
> >> 
> >> Thanks,
> >> AG





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