Thunar option "Open terminal here" not working

Jorge_Alberto · 2017-06-03 00:42:55

Wel, I don't know if it is an issue or expected behavior for Bunsenlabs, but I haven't seen this hapen on #!: When I try the option "Open terminal here" in a folder, it only works if the whole path has no spaces or other uncommon characters. In #!, the folders could be named anything (truly, anything), and this option would always find the right path. Can someone help me to have that again?

Jorge_Alberto · 2017-06-03 00:53:40

Nevermind, I just accidentaly found a solution. If anyone is having the same issue, I just did this: In the "Custom actions" window, I just edited "Open terminal here", changing the command from

sh -c 'cd %f;x-terminal-emulator'

to

x-terminal-emulator

And it worked like a charm.

Last edited by Jorge_Alberto (2017-06-03 00:54:08)

brontosaurusrex · 2017-06-03 15:14:16

What i have is (I think that is the default actually)

exo-open --working-directory %f --launch TerminalEmulator

and then I have selected rxvt-unicode with exo-preferred-applications. And it is also working with s p a c e s.

Last edited by brontosaurusrex (2017-06-03 15:19:30)

ector1935 · 2017-06-04 08:18:05

Try with this command, it works for me!

sh -c 'cd % f F; gksudo x-terminal-emulator'

Last edited by ector1935 (2017-06-04 08:21:36)

johnraff · 2017-06-05 03:08:17

This is what we ship with BunsenLabs at the moment, same for Hydrogen and Helium:

# open terminal here:
sh -c 'cd %f;x-terminal-emulator'

# open root terminal here:
sh -c 'cd %f;gksudo x-terminal-emulator'

However, I've just confirmed that on Debian Jessie the above commands fail when run inside a directory with spaces in the filepath. (I also noticed previously that the "root" command wasn't working properly on Stretch.) A fix, for jessie, is to simply remove the apostrophes! (Thunar generally takes care of quoting in filepaths with %f and %F.)

I'll test the above fix on Stretch and report back.

btw, @ector1935 are you sure this part of your command is right?

cd % f F;

The space between % and f, and the extra F, look wrong to me.

Last edited by johnraff (2017-06-05 03:10:48)

brontosaurusrex · 2017-06-05 07:48:28

Perhaps for a new thread, but something like this (and 'all' possible variations with quotes)

urxvt -e bash -c 'echo %F && sleep 3'

FAILS with paths/files with spaces (Debian Stretch, Thunar 1.6.11).

Last edited by brontosaurusrex (2017-06-05 08:00:19)

ector1935 · 2017-06-05 13:16:15

johnraff wrote:

This is what we ship with BunsenLabs at the moment, same for Hydrogen and Helium:
# open terminal here:
sh -c 'cd %f;x-terminal-emulator'

# open root terminal here:
sh -c 'cd %f;gksudo x-terminal-emulator'
However, I've just confirmed that on Debian Jessie the above commands fail when run inside a directory with spaces in the filepath. (I also noticed previously that the "root" command wasn't working properly on Stretch.) A fix, for jessie, is to simply remove the apostrophes! (Thunar generally takes care of quoting in filepaths with %f and %F.)
I'll test the above fix on Stretch and report back.
btw, @ector1935 are you sure this part of your command is right?
cd % f F;
The space between % and f, and the extra F, look wrong to me.

sorry,for the error F,i was wrong to write, But it works both with space,and without!

sh -c 'cd % f; gksudo x-terminal-emulator'

Last edited by ector1935 (2017-06-05 13:17:19)

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