It's a graphical handler
of the nautilus file manager python extensions, |


graphical handler instructions :
add - opens a dialog to add a new pyextension into the system
checkbox active - when checked, the pyextension is active in the nautilus right click menu (visible after killing...)
kill - needed to restart nautilus, to use after checkings/uncheckings
export - to export a pyextension from the system to the chosed directory
edit - to edit a pyextension from inside of the system
delete - removes a pyextension from the system
debian package (for all pc architectures) : nautilus-pyextensions_1.0.5-1_all.deb
source code : nautilus-pyextensions_1.0.5.tar.gz
resides in applications--accessories--nautilus pyextensions
open-terminal-geometry.py allows to open the terminal
window on the selected folder/current directory, with predefined geometry (edit the parameter GEOMETRY to change it), with the right-click;
copy-to-browsed-place.py allows to create a copy of all the selected files/folders to a browsed destination with the right-click (note: requires nautilus-pyextensions >= 1.0.5 installed);
move-to-browsed-place.py allows to move all the selected files/folders to a browsed destination with the right-click (note: requires nautilus-pyextensions >= 1.0.5 installed);
set-as-desktop-background.py allows to set as desktop background the selected image file with the right-click;
open-as-root.py allows to
open the selected file/folder as root user, so having administrator rights;
add-to-audacious2-playlist.py allows to add all the selected audio files to the audacious playlist with the right-click;
meld-compare.py allows to compare two selected files/folders with meld;
replace-in-filenames.py allows to replace some text with other text in all the filenames of the current directory.
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how to manually install a python extension :
in order to manually install a python extension to nautilus:
1) install the package "python-nautilus"
sudo apt-get install python-nautilus
2) enter in the home directory, press ctrl+h to see the hidden files, enter in the folder ".nautilus" and then create a folder named
"python-extensions" (ctrl+shift+n)
3) download the python file (".py") and put it in the directory
"python-extensions" just created
4) put the following in the terminal (to restart nautilus)
killall nautilus
then Alt+F2 and write nautilus