.desktop integration for command line app

[Ben Boeckel]

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David Timms wrote:

> Hi, this is my first kde list post ;-)
> 
> I have a review request [1] up for tnef, a "transport neutral 
> encapsulation format" (ie outlook rich text email attachment 
decoder.
> 
> Since this is really just a command line program, I spent a 
bit of time 
> creating a shell script that can be called from gnome/nautilus 
file 
> manager, and which creates a directory of similar name to the 
file to 
> decode, and then extracts the contents of the archive into 
that folder.
> 
> Jason notes that this doesn't work for kde.
> 
> Unable to find any specific documents regarding this, I tried 
installing 
> kdebase, and trying it myself. What I found was that the mime-
type is 
> known about, and dolphin shows the match terms that I have 
written. 
> However, I am not automatically offered to extract the 
archive.
> 
> I was able to open with, choose the specific 
program/terminal/don't 
> close, and then it works OK.
> 
> 1. Would such integration of a command line program with the 
dolphin 
> filemanager be welcome ?
> 
> 2. Is there already kde/qt apps for extracting tnef archives 
guically 
> (new word) ?
> 
> 3. If not, where would be some info, on creating the open with 
> association within the rpm package spec, or hints on what to 
actually do ?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> David Timms.
> 
> [1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=522920
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There are service menus you can add to handle specific filetypes 
(and execute commands). A KIO slave could do something similar 
as well, but it's a little more involved. If you really want it 
/in/ KDE, code for Ark to open such files would be best.

- --Ben
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