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otyugh

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Registered: 2015-01-11

Posts: 31

[solved]Xfdesktop : no custom action from Thunar any longer ?

Hey !
I'm using both stretch and buster nowadays and found a silly detail that bugs me in Buster !

In buster, Thunar's custom actions (set in ~/.config/Thunar/uca.xml) aren't used by xfdesktop. For instance if I have the custom action "open a terminal here" set up in Thunar, that I restart xfdesktop, I can get the "open a terminal" to show up from right-clicking on the desktop.

In debian stretch, xfdesktop behaved correctly.
There is the working versions from stretch

thunar 1.6.11-1
xfdesktop4 4.12.3-3

And the one slightly misbehaving from buster

thunar 1.8.4-1
xfdesktop4 4.12.4-2

Is that a feature choice or a bug ? I can't tell for sure ! ^^'

Last edited by otyugh (2019-06-14 13:50:55)

ToZ

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Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 11,006

Re: [solved]Xfdesktop : no custom action from Thunar any longer ?

It's a bug. See: https://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?id=12491. You need to run thunar 1.8.x branch with xfdesktop 4.13 branch.

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otyugh

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Registered: 2015-01-11

Posts: 31

Re: [solved]Xfdesktop : no custom action from Thunar any longer ?

Thanks !
I just made a bug report for debian buster about it, telling them.  https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugrepo … bug=930520

The fact they "freeze" everything to a version with glitches is such a bother sometimes. I love debian but... Sometimes they are hard to love !

By the way, the "custom action" feature is a god damn good idea. I think I will use it a tone. Convert video in mp3, convert .md files in pdf, a standard way of printing every single files, etc.
I think this is great advance toward empowering "anti commandline people" to do easely powerful stuffs ; some skilled people will have to set it for them once, and things might roll. I really rarely like new gadgets (because I think most of them stands in the way of practicality) but here - I'm really happy changing my mind here

Last edited by otyugh (2019-06-14 13:57:25)