[digiKam-users] AppImage and "Open in File Manager"

[Andrey Goreev]

I add this .desktop file in /home/user/.local/share/applications:
---
[Desktop Entry]
Comment[en_US]=
Comment=
Exec=dolphin --select %U
GenericName[en_US]=
GenericName=
Icon=find-location-symbolic
MimeType=video/x-msvideo;video/x-ms-wmv;video/x-matroska;video/mp4;image/x-adobe-dng;image/jpeg;
Name[en_US]=Locate in Dolphin
Name=Locate in Dolphin
NoDisplay=true
Path=
StartupNotify=true
Terminal=false
TerminalOptions=
Type=Application
X-DBUS-ServiceName=
X-DBUS-StartupType=
X-KDE-SubstituteUID=false
X-KDE-Username=
---
Works as a charm for me.

Best regards,

On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 2:14 PM, Maik Qualmann <metzpinguin at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes, digiKam-6.0.0 uses Qt5. We use QDesktopServices class to open File
> Manager or Browser. This search for appropriate programs from a KF5
> desktop.
> There will be no solution to this problem for the AppImage.
>
> Maik
>
> Am Mittwoch, 6. Juni 2018, 21:38:22 CEST schrieb Peter Albrecht:
> > Hello list,
> >
> > I am using digiKam AppImage 5.9.0 on a KDE desktop. When I rightclick an
> > album and choose "Open in File Manager" from the context menu, no file
> > manager is opened. Instead I see the "Choose Application" dialog. And
> this
> > "Choose Application" dialog does not show any applications.
> >
> >
> > Expected behavior:
> >
> > Clicking "Open in File Manager" starts dolphin (default KDE file
> manager) in
> > the album's directory.
> >
> >
> > Try some workarounds:
> >
> > Like in the "Open With" dialog, I can type "dolphin" in the "Choose
> > Application" dialog. This will start dolphin, but instead of the album's
> > directory, I only
> > see this error message in dolphin:
> > > Unable to create io-slave. Can not find 'kioslave' executable at
> > > '/usr/bin, /usr/bin/libexec, ././/lib64/libexec/kf5'
> > This dolphin instance is not useable.
> >
> >
> > Working workaround:
> >
> > If I type "dolphin4" in the "Choose Application" dialog, a working
> instance
> > of dolphin is started and showing the desired album directory.
> >
> > But this process (open dialog, type "dolphin4", pressing ENTER) is quite
> > cumbersome for every-day usage.
> >
> >
> > Does anybody know about another way to start a filemanager in the current
> > album?
> >
> > Are there plans to create settings in digiKam to configure the paths of
> > external tools? If it is too errorprone to get the list of file managers
> > from the current desktop environment, you could provide an input box in
> > digiKam settings, so the user can define the desired file manager by
> > entering "/usr/bin/dolphin4".
> >
> > Or is this problem based on the fact, that I am using digiKam AppImage
> 5.9.0
> > on Debian Stretch with an older KDE?
> >
> > Regards,
> >       Peter
>
>
>
>
>
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