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Idea #23910: We should make better use of Nautilus scripts.

Written by oddeyed the 7 Mar 10 at 15:37. Related project: Nautilus. Status: New
Rationale
On my laptop, I have a grand total of 4 Nautilus scripts. They are: Root File Manager, Root Text Editor, Terminal Here and Convert Audio File.

I probably use the Convert Audio File most. I love it because it has a really simple step-by-step GUI interface that is really un-scary. I installed it using a command line tool. Sadly, that would scare off a lot of potential users.

There is also a huge market for other mini-scripts. Things like resizing images for emails, search inside a folder, converting videos, to install a relevant program (for a specific file type), and editing metadata.

We should make a better use of the extensible nature of Nautilus and have lots of scripts available.

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Solution #1: Include a Nautilus scripts section to the Ubuntu Software Centre
Written by oddeyed the 7 Mar 10 at 15:37.
Have a repository in the Software Centre that has lots of scripts, descriptions, and screenshots. They should install easily, with the option to install to the whole system (requiring root access) or just to the current user.

There should also be a very easy interface to manage the scripts. Possibly separate to the Software Centre store, it should be able to change the name of the script, have a 1-line description of the script, activation of various scripts, and launch the Software Centre to install more scripts. Under an advanced button, you should also be able do directly edit the script content and function.

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Solution #2: extensions manager in nautilus
Written by yzarc the 7 Mar 10 at 17:37.
like in firefox, nautilus should have an extensions manager able to improve the experience of the user by the installing of plugins (script) provided by ubuntu's repors.
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Solution #3: Allow adding custom entries
Written by Akerbos the 9 Mar 10 at 12:56.
Allow users to add context menu entries (filtered by MIME type, if necessary) that call usual shell scripts.

Most tasks _can_ be done with one or two simple commands, no need to write complicated plugings. Just bind scripts where you want them.
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Solution #4: Include little shell script editor with Nautilus
Written by mydoghasworms the 29 Mar 10 at 19:37.
Maybe under one of the existing menus or a new Tools menu, include a little IDE-like shell script editor with specific support for writing Nautilus scripts, and allowing you to manage the scripts in your ~/.nautilus/scripts directory.

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sfantu wrote on the 25 Mar 10 at 11:48
Nautilus actions does the job but it needs scripts


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