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

[Peter Albrecht]

Hello Andrey,

thanks for the hint. This works well in my normal KDE desktop (dolphin,
gwenview, ...), but not in digikam AppImage.

Do you use digikam AppImage? Or is digikam installed by your Linux distribution?

Which Linux distribution do you use?

Regards,
	Peter

On 06.06.2018 22:32, Andrey Goreev wrote:
> 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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