Service Menus with Dolphin

[vinnywright]

Working in Kubuntu 16.04 with Dolphin version 16.04.3 (and Plasma 5.8.7):

Two ways to copy path and filename to clipboard:
https://www.kubuntuforums.net/showth...l=1#post402060 requires xsel
https://www.kubuntuforums.net/showth...l=1#post402061 requires xclip

Then I made a very simple "Open with mpv" menu entry:

[Desktop Entry]
Actions=open-with-mpv
ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin
#MimeType=inode/directory
MimeType=application/octet-stream
Type=Service
X-KDE-Priority=TopLevel

[Desktop Action open-with-mpv]
Exec=mpv %U
Name=Open with mpv
Icon=mpv

ok ,,gota ask ,,,why "mpv" is not that a media player ,,,,I'v never used it .

VINNY

[chimak111]

Working in Kubuntu 16.04 with Dolphin version 16.04.3 (and Plasma 5.8.7):

Two ways to copy path and filename to clipboard:
https://www.kubuntuforums.net/showth...l=1#post402060 requires xsel
https://www.kubuntuforums.net/showth...l=1#post402061 requires xclip

Then I made a very simple "Open with mpv" menu entry:

[Desktop Entry]
Actions=open-with-mpv
ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin
#MimeType=inode/directory
MimeType=application/octet-stream
Type=Service
X-KDE-Priority=TopLevel

[Desktop Action open-with-mpv]
Exec=mpv %U
Name=Open with mpv
Icon=mpv

I changed

MimeType=application/octet-stream

to

MimeType=all/all

so I can open folders or individual files.

[GreyGeek]

Thanks, Rog131! Worked perfectly!

Until I checked today.
Seems some update in the last three weeks reversed the changes.
Re-doing them, they still work (on fully updated Neon User Edition).

PS - I checked the kservice5 Dolphin service menu changes and they had been reverted as well. Changed them back to Rog's solution.

[Rog131]

sudoedit with the Kate

Linking: https://www.kubuntuforums.net/showth...l=1#post399157

AskUbuntu: Proper way to let user enter password for a bash script using only the GUI (with the terminal hidden): http://askubuntu.com/questions/31439...y-the-gui-with

=>

Writing files:

/usr/local/bin/sudoeditkate.sh

#!/bin/sh 

export EDITOR=/usr/bin/kate
export SUDO_ASKPASS=/usr/local/bin/sudoeditpass.sh
sudoedit -A "$1"

/usr/local/bin/sudoeditpass.sh

#!/bin/sh
kdialog --password 'sudoedit needs user (sudo) password to execute the kate'

$Home/.local/share/kservices5/ServiceMenus/rootkate.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Service
Icon=kate
X-KDE-ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin
MimeType=all/allfiles;
Actions=sudoeditKate;
X-KDE-Priority=TopLevel
#X-KDE-Submenu=
Encoding=UTF-8

[Desktop Action sudoeditKate]
Name=sudoedit kate
Icon=kate
Exec=sudoeditkate.sh "%U"

Testing...



...Seems to work

[acheron]

Now in zesty for testing.

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source....12.3-0ubuntu2

[GreyGeek]

Service Menus with Dolphin

Thanks, Rog131! Worked perfectly!

[Rog131]

Only text file editing needed - 1,2,3 done

Hmmmm. Backportable, maybe...

Meanwhile - it is fixable for the users:

1)

$ locate servicemenu.knsrc

=>

kdesudo kate /etc/xdg/servicemenu.knsrc

change:

ProvidersUrl=http://download.kde.org/khotnewstuff/servicemenu-providers.xml

to

 
ProvidersUrl=http://download.kde.org/ocs/providers.xml
Categories=Dolphin Service Menus

2)

$ locate servicemenudeinstallation

change:

FileUtils.rm(`kde4-config --localprefix`.strip! + "share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus/" + File.basename(archive))

to:

FileUtils.rm(`qtpaths --writable-path GenericDataLocation`.strip! + "/kservices5/ServiceMenus/" + File.basename(archive))

and

3)

$ locate servicemenuinstallation

change:

$servicedir = `kde4-config --localprefix`.strip! + "share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus/"

to:

$servicedir = `qtpaths --writable-path GenericDataLocation`.strip! + "/kservices5/ServiceMenus/"

[acheron]

Both Bugs 371907 and Bug 376922 fixed with the https://cgit.kde.org/dolphin.git/com...10e40880bc3a1a

=> KDE Applications 17.04 / Dolphin 17.04 or later

Hmmmm. Backportable, maybe...

[Rog131]

Both Bugs 371907 and Bug 376922 fixed with the https://cgit.kde.org/dolphin.git/com...10e40880bc3a1a

=> KDE Applications 17.04 / Dolphin 17.04 or later

[Rog131]

The Dolphin service menu GHNS is not using KDE Store

Bug 376922 - Don't show new Service Menus in KDE Store - https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=376922

[vinnywright]

The Dolphin is using ruby script to install and deinstall Service Menus. Looking Dolphin 16.08.2 /usr/bin/servicemenuinstallation
and /usr/bin/servicemenudeinstallation and finding that they are still using KDE4 paths. Filing a bug report: Bug 371907 - Dolphin, KDE Framework, service menu installation and deinstallation ruby scripts are using KDE4 paths - https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=371907

added my as well stating it was the same on Kubuntu-16.04 and Neon dev/stable as well ,,,,,,,,shouldn't be that hard to confirm ,,,,it's a script.

VINNY

[Rog131]

GHNS wrong paths

The Dolphin is using ruby script to install and deinstall Service Menus. Looking Dolphin 16.08.2 /usr/bin/servicemenuinstallation
and /usr/bin/servicemenudeinstallation and finding that they are still using KDE4 paths. Filing a bug report: Bug 371907 - Dolphin, KDE Framework, service menu installation and deinstallation ruby scripts are using KDE4 paths - https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=371907

[Teunis]

So good we have this forum!

After installation of the Root Actions Service Menu in Dolphin on 15.10 I noticed they were not showing and remembered there was this 'hybrid' problem.

This is the relevant bit from Rog's post needed to fix the issue:

The Kubuntu 15.04 is a hybrid system. There are KDE4 applications and there are new KF5 applications. The KDE4 parts are looking the service menus from:

~/.kde/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus/
and
/usr/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus/

The new KF5 service menus are at:

~/.local/share/kservices5/ServiceMenus/
and
/usr/share/kservices5/ServiceMenus/

Open Dolphin, press Alt+. to view the hidden stuff, F3 to get a split pane view, in the left pane you open the kde4 path, in the right the kde5 one.

In the kde4 path you should see the installed menu's .desktop files, drag them to the right pane and select Link.

Done.

[Rog131]

Using embedded mp4 cover art with the KDE thumbnailer

Linking to http://askubuntu.com/questions/67956...d-use-built-in

Earlier: https://www.kubuntuforums.net/showth...l=1#post380103


With the KDE4:

Making: ~/.kde/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus/mattepaint-mp4.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Service
Icon=kdenlive-add-clip
X-KDE-ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin
MimeType=video/mp4;
Actions=useMp4Image;pickMp4Image
#X-KDE-Priority=TopLevel
X-KDE-Submenu=Video Thumbnail Fixer
Encoding=UTF-8
InitialPreference=69

[Desktop Action useMp4Image]
Name=Use a picture from the Mp4 attachments
Icon=mail-attachment
Exec=mp4-image-to-thumbnaill.pl "%U"

[Desktop Action pickMp4Image]
Name=Pick a picture from the Mp4 attachments
Icon=project-open
Exec=mp4-pick-image-to-thumbnail.pl "%U"

Writing Perl scripts:

/usr/local/bin/mp4-image-to-thumbnail.pl

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;

# perl modules
use URI::Escape;
use Digest::MD5 qw(md5_hex);
use File::Copy;
use Time::HiRes qw(usleep nanosleep);

my @pictureSuffix = ( '*.png','*.jpg');

my @kdeLocalprefix = ("kde4-config", '--localprefix');
chomp(my $kdeHome = `@kdeLocalprefix`) or die "Can't find the kde home";

my $ffmpegthumbsDir = $kdeHome . "share/apps/ffmpegthumbs-mattepaint/";
my $attachmentsToThumbnail = $ffmpegthumbsDir . "cleanOne";
my $createMissingdir = $ffmpegthumbsDir;
my $parsleyDir = $createMissingdir . "AtomicParsley/";

mkdir $createMissingdir;
mkdir $parsleyDir;

$ARGV[0] =~ s' /' //'g;
my @fileNames = split(' /', $ARGV[0]);

# extract attached cover to the ../ffmpegthumbs-mattepaint/cleanOne
foreach my $name (@fileNames) {
   my $fullName = "file://" . $name;
   my $escapedName = uri_escape("$fullName", "^A-Za-z0-9\-\._~/:()&'");
   my $thumbName = md5_hex("$escapedName") . ".png";
  
   my @extractCall = ( "AtomicParsley", "$name", "-e", "$parsleyDir");
   system (@extractCall) == 0 or die "Can't execute the AtomicParsley";
   
   chdir $parsleyDir;
   my @globFiles = glob ("@pictureSuffix");
   print scalar @globFiles;
   if (scalar @globFiles == 0) { next; }
   copy ("$globFiles[0]", "$attachmentsToThumbnail") or die "Can't copy";
   unlink @globFiles;

# remove old thumbnails
   unlink("$ENV{ HOME }/.thumbnails/large/$thumbName");
   unlink("$ENV{ HOME }/.thumbnails/normal/$thumbName");

#  refresh/reload the filemanager window
   my @konquerors = `"qdbus" "org.kde.konqueror*"`;
   chomp (@konquerors);
   foreach my $member (@konquerors) { system ("qdbus $member /konqueror/MainWindow_1 activateAction reload 2>/dev/null"); }

   my @dolphins = `"qdbus" "org.kde.dolphin*"`;
   chomp (@dolphins);
   foreach my $member (@dolphins) { system ("qdbus $member /dolphin/Dolphin_1 activateAction reload 2>/dev/null"); }

#  wait new thumbnail
   open( DUMP , ">/dev/null" );
   until ( -e "$ENV{ HOME }/.thumbnails/large/$thumbName" || -e  "$ENV{ HOME }/.thumbnails/normal/$thumbName" ) { 
      print DUMP "waiting thumbnail \n"; 
   }
   close (DUMP);
   usleep(5000);
}

and

/usr/local/bin/mp4-pick-image-to-thumbnail.pl

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;

# perl modules
use URI::Escape;
use Digest::MD5 qw(md5_hex);
use File::Copy;
use Time::HiRes qw(usleep nanosleep);

my @pictureSuffix = ( '*.png','*.jpg');

my @kdeLocalprefix = ("kde4-config", '--localprefix');
chomp(my $kdeHome = `@kdeLocalprefix`) or die "Can't find the kde home";

my $ffmpegthumbsDir = $kdeHome . "share/apps/ffmpegthumbs-mattepaint/";
my $attachmentsToThumbnail = $ffmpegthumbsDir . "cleanOne";
my $createMissingdir = $ffmpegthumbsDir;
my $parsleyDir = $createMissingdir . "AtomicParsley/";

mkdir $createMissingdir;
mkdir $parsleyDir;

$ARGV[0] =~ s' /' //'g;
my @fileNames = split(' /', $ARGV[0]);

# extract attached cover to the ../ffmpegthumbs-mattepaint/cleanOne
foreach my $name (@fileNames) {
   my $fullName = "file://" . $name;
   my $escapedName = uri_escape("$fullName", "^A-Za-z0-9\-\._~/:()&'");
   my $thumbName = md5_hex("$escapedName") . ".png";
  
   my @extractCall = ( "AtomicParsley", "$name", "-e", "$parsleyDir");
   system (@extractCall) == 0 or die "Can't execute the AtomicParsley";
   
   chdir $parsleyDir;
   my @globFiles = glob ("@pictureSuffix");
   if (scalar @globFiles == 0) { next; }
   if (scalar @globFiles > 1 ){
      my $pickThumbnail = `"kdialog" "--getopenfilename" "$parsleyDir"`;
      chomp ($pickThumbnail);
      copy ("$pickThumbnail", "$attachmentsToThumbnail") or die "Can't copy";
   } else {
      copy ("$globFiles[0]", "$attachmentsToThumbnail") or die "Can't copy";
   }   
   unlink @globFiles;

# remove old thumbnails
   unlink("$ENV{ HOME }/.thumbnails/large/$thumbName");
   unlink("$ENV{ HOME }/.thumbnails/normal/$thumbName");
   
#  refresh/reload the filemanager window
   my @konquerors = `"qdbus" "org.kde.konqueror*"`;
   chomp (@konquerors);
   foreach my $member (@konquerors) { system ("qdbus $member /konqueror/MainWindow_1 activateAction reload 2>/dev/null"); }

   my @dolphins = `"qdbus" "org.kde.dolphin*"`;
   chomp (@dolphins);
   foreach my $member (@dolphins) { system ("qdbus $member /dolphin/Dolphin_1 activateAction reload 2>/dev/null"); }

#  wait new thumbnail
   open( DUMP , ">/dev/null" );
   until ( -e "$ENV{ HOME }/.thumbnails/large/$thumbName" || -e  "$ENV{ HOME }/.thumbnails/normal/$thumbName" ) { 
      print DUMP "waiting thumbnail \n"; 
   }
   close (DUMP);
   usleep(5000);
}

Checking that the scripts are executable.

Testing.



Seems to work - at here.

[OneLine]

Plasmafication

Linking: https://www.kubuntuforums.net/showth...l=1#post369248

The service menu desktop - plasmafication.desktop:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Service
X-KDE-ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin
MimeType=image/*;
Actions=plasmaficationImage;removePlasmoid;
X-KDE-Submenu=Plasmafication tools
Icon=plasma

[Desktop Action plasmaficationImage]
Name=Plasmafication of Image
Icon=preferences-desktop-plasma
Exec=plasmafication.pl %f

[Desktop Action removePlasmoid]
Name=Remove plasmoid
Icon=plasma
Exec=plasmafication-remover.pl

Few short scripts to make and remove the image plasmoids.

plasmafication.pl :

Installs a picture plasmoid so it can be added to the plasma 5 desktop.

#!/usr/bin/perl

# argument: a picture with full path
#
# actions:
# write icon picture to the ~/.local/share/icons/Plasmafication/
# write metadata.desktop to the /tmp/...
# write main.qml to the /tmp/...
# execute the plasmapkg2 to install the plasmoid
#
# using:
# perlmagick
# kde-baseapps-bin (kdialog)

use strict;
use warnings;

# modules
use File::Basename;
use Image::Magick;
use File::Path qw(make_path);

# replace whitespace with undescore
my $image = $ARGV[0];
my $imageName = fileparse($image,'\..*');
my $spacelessName = $imageName;
$spacelessName =~ s' '_'g;


# icon
my $newIcon;
my $iconResolution = "128x128";
my $iconPlace = "$ENV{ HOME }/.local/share/icons/Plasmafication";
mkdir $iconPlace;
my $iconOut = "$iconPlace/plasmafication.$spacelessName.png";

$newIcon = Image::Magick->new;
$newIcon->Read($image);
$newIcon->Resize(geometry=>$iconResolution);
$newIcon = $newIcon->Montage(geometry=>$iconResolution, background=>'transparent');
$newIcon->Write($iconOut);


# desktop
my $temporary = "/tmp/plasmafication.$spacelessName";
make_path("$temporary/plasmafication.$spacelessName/contents/ui");
open(OUT, ">$temporary/plasmafication.$spacelessName/metadata.desktop");

print OUT '[Desktop Entry]',"\n";
print OUT 'Name=Picture Plasmoid',"\n";
print OUT 'Comment=Show ',"$imageName","\n";
print OUT 'Encoding=UTF-8',"\n";
print OUT 'Icon=',"$ENV{ HOME }/.local/share/icons/Plasmafication/plasmafication.$spacelessName","\n";
print OUT 'ServiceTypes=Plasma/Applet',"\n";
print OUT 'Type=Service',"\n";
print OUT 'X-KDE-PluginInfo-Name=','plasmafication',"\.","$spacelessName","\n";
print OUT 'X-Plasma-API=declarativeappletscript',"\n";
print OUT 'X-Plasma-MainScript=ui/main.qml',"\n";


# main.qml
open(OUT, ">$temporary/plasmafication.$spacelessName/contents/ui/main.qml");

print OUT 'import QtQuick 2.0',"\n";
print OUT "\n";
print OUT 'Rectangle {',"\n";
print OUT '    width: 300',"\n";
print OUT '    height: 300',"\n";
print OUT "\n";
print OUT '    Image {',"\n";
print OUT '        anchors.fill: parent',"\n";
print OUT '        fillMode: Image.PreserveAspectFit',"\n";
print OUT '        smooth: true',"\n";
print OUT '        source:', "\"","$image","\"","\n";
print OUT '    }',"\n";
print OUT '}',"\n";


# execute plasmapkg2 --install
system ("plasmapkg2", "--install", "$temporary/plasmafication.$spacelessName");

plasmafication-remover.pl - removes the picture plasmoid:

#!/usr/bin/perl

# no arguments
#
# actions:
# show file picker (kdialog) to pick the removed plasmoid
# remove picked plasmoid
# remove icon
#
# using:
# kde-baseapps-bin (kdialog)

use strict;
use warnings;

# modules
use File::Basename;

# picker
my $iconPlace = "$ENV{ HOME }/.local/share/icons/Plasmafication";
my $image = `"kdialog" '--getopenfilename' '$iconPlace' '*.png'`;
chomp ($image);
my $imageName = fileparse($image,'.png');

# execute plasmapkg2 --remove
system ("plasmapkg2", "--remove", "$imageName");

# remove icon
unlink($image);