Review Request: Add the possibility of "run scripts in konsole" when using dolphin

[Kai Uwe Broulik]

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Just my 0.02ct: What I would find really really cool, don't know if the interaction is possible without doing big hacks inside the codebase is, if you click a script, Dolphin's integrated shell toolbar (aka press F4 key) opens and runs the script, rather than invoking a new window.

- Kai Uwe Broulik


On Oct. 31, 2012, 12:45 p.m., Jekyll Wu wrote:
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> (Updated Oct. 31, 2012, 12:45 p.m.)
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> Review request for Dolphin, Konsole and David Faure.
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> Description
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> @David, I'd like to know your idea of this workaround, because I think its usefulness will influence or be influenced by how bug 275405 will be finally resolved. 
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> The current situation of clicking an executable shell script in dolphin/konqueror:
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> 1. It is always executed, instead of being opened by the preferred application according to its mimetype. (bug 275405)
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> 2. It is executed in a silent way, without invoking konsole to provide a running environment (bug 225563). That means at least two issues:
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>     a). There is no feedback and no easy way for user to know whether that script has been started. He/She need use ps or ksysguard to verify it.
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>     b). interactive script just doesn't work.
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> This patch *doesn't* really solve any of the above two problems. It just provides the possibility for users to run an executable script in konsole when using dolphin/konqueror.
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> It adds two .desktop files: 
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>     applications/kde4/run-in-konsole.desktop, which can be used in the "Open with" submenu
>     ServiceMenus/konsolerun.deksotp, which can be used in the "Actions" submenu
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> I'm not sure which solution is better, so I just provide both :)
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> Known issue: 
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> using application/x-shellscript means this workaround only applies to shell scripts, so it does not provide help for perl/python scripts.  But using applicaiton/x-executable means it will also apply to binary executables.  So :
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>     * Does it make sense to provide that workaround for binary executable? It is of course valid, but might be seen as overkill and strange in practice.
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>     * Is there something called application/x-executablescript, that falls between the range of x-executable and x-shellscripts ?
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>     * Should application/x-desktop be also added into "MimeType"? 
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> As you see, this patch in the current form is still a rough idea.
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> This addresses bugs 225563 and 275405.
>     http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=225563
>     http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=275405
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> Diffs
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>   desktop/CMakeLists.txt 0fe39d2 
>   desktop/konsolerun.desktop PRE-CREATION 
>   desktop/run-in-konsole.desktop PRE-CREATION 
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> Diff: http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/107086/diff/
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> Testing
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> Thanks,
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> Jekyll Wu
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