On Mon, 2005-11-28 at 13:08 +0100, RUAUDEL Frédéric wrote: > Dear all, > > I would like to propose Nautilus-actions for inclusion in the next > release of the Gnome Desktop 2.14. > > I hope that it is not too late but it seems that the final decision > will be taken on 18th of January during > the Feature and Module Freeze. > > * Nautilus-actions* is an extensions for nautilus which allow to add > arbitrary program to launch through the nautilus popup menu of selected > files. > > Each time you right-click on one or several selected files in > nautilus, *nautilus-actions* will look at its configured actions to see > if a program has been setup for this selection. If it is the case, it > will add an item in the menu that allow you to execute the program on > the selected files. > > It works like the present nautilus-scripts but appears in a contextual > manner so it will not launch a script against files that are not > appropriate, if well configured of course. > > Additionally, nautilus-action is part of the project "UNIX power for > desktop" initiated by Rodrigo Moya [1] > > I've just released a new release (0.99) with some new features that > improves its integration in the Gnome desktop (full C code, GConf > configuration, better UI). > > The project is registered in Gnome CVS : > > http://cvs.gnome.org/viewcvs/nautilus-actions > > The project website is available here : > > http://www.grumz.net/taxonomy/term/8/9 > > Some screenshots are available here : > > http://www.grumz.net/taxonomy/term/5/9 > > > There is still some usability issues that will be addressed soon : > > - Dialogs don't feet in a 800x600 screen : will be fixed in next version > - Bloats nautilus popup menu : needs possibility to setup submenu => > will be available in Nautilus in 2.14 release, AFAIK > I think it would be nice if actions could be categorized, so that there would be a Actions submenu in the nautilus context menu, and from there, have submenus for each category, apart from the top-level 'Manage actions' menu item.
> Should I have to update the Gnome Wiki page or is it the responsibility > of someone in particular ? > no need to update the wiki, if you mean the UNIX power for desktop page. Once we get ironed out, I guess we can remove all sections in that page that refer to n-a or its functionality. Apart from the 2 issues you mentioned, I think n-a would be a great addition for 2.14, so vote for it :) We can look, for 2.16/.18, to integrate all this into Nautilus itself, if people like it. -- Rodrigo Moya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
