Using Dolphin to batch process images like Konqueror?

[adamk]

I used to use Konqueror with the KDE Image Menu plugin ("konq-kim") to batch process images. It added a right click menu like this:



that would allow me to do lots of batch processing (resize, convert, rotate, compress, etc.). Dolphin has some of these function built in, but the one I use the most, resize, is not an option. Is there anything that I can install to add this functionality to Dolphin?

[Rog131]

Re: Using Dolphin to batch process images like Konqueror?

You can use Konqueror servicemenus in the Dolphin (some of them).

konq-kim installs:

/usr/share/apps/konqueror/servicemenus/kim_compressandresize.desktop
/usr/share/apps/konqueror/servicemenus/kim_convertandrotate.desktop
/usr/share/apps/konqueror/servicemenus/kim_publication.desktop
/usr/share/apps/konqueror/servicemenus/kim_movie.desktop
/usr/share/apps/konqueror/servicemenus/kim_record.desktop

Dolphin has: /usr/share/apps/dolphin/servicemenus/


Note
Gutsy doesn't have Dolphin. It has D3lphin.
Dolphin File manager
http://enzosworld.gmxhome.de/

D3lphin 0.9:

As mentioned on the roadmap, no official maintenance release for KDE 3 will be released anymore. But the good news is that Marcel Juhnke decided to do further bugfixing for the KDE 3 version of Dolphin and also included features like a second sidebar. As this is no official release, this project is named D3lphin and can be downloaded at marrat.homelinux.org. Please don't submit any bug reports for D3lphin to the KDE bug database and contact Marcel directly instead.

I have Dolphin 0.82. If you are using standard Gutsy "Dolphin" => /usr/share/apps/d3lphin/servicemenus/.


Using symlinks to add konq-kim servicemenus to the Dolphin:

sudo ln -s /usr/share/apps/konqueror/servicemenus/kim_compressandresize.desktop /usr/share/apps/dolphin/servicemenus/kim_compressandresize.desktop

sudo ln -s /usr/share/apps/konqueror/servicemenus/kim_convertandrotate.desktop /usr/share/apps/dolphin/servicemenus/kim_convertandrotate.desktop

sudo ln -s /usr/share/apps/konqueror/servicemenus/kim_publication.desktop /usr/share/apps/dolphin/servicemenus/kim_publication.desktop

sudo ln -s /usr/share/apps/konqueror/servicemenus/kim_movie.desktop /usr/share/apps/dolphin/servicemenus/kim_movie.desktop

sudo ln -s /usr/share/apps/konqueror/servicemenus/kim_record.desktop /usr/share/apps/dolphin/servicemenus/kim_record.desktop

After this:


Dolphin servicemenus:



Links:
Symbolic link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolic_link

how do i create a symbolic link
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=255573

[disturbedite]

Re: Using Dolphin to batch process images like Konqueror?

yeah, unfortunately, the developer of d3lphin decided to only add support for a few service menus at a time as time has gone on instead of simply making d3lphin read konquerors service menus & use them....

[adamk]

Re: Using Dolphin to batch process images like Konqueror?

Thanks for the help guys. I will set it up that way for now.

Do you think in the next iteration with the true Dolphin we will get these service menu's by default?

[Rog131]

Re: Using Dolphin to batch process images like Konqueror?

Do you think in the next iteration with the true Dolphin we will get these service menu's by default?

Hmm - Dolphin 0.95 KDE 3.94 (KDE 4.0 Beta3) has own /dolphin/servicemenus/ and konqueror has /konqueror/servicemenus/. But you can allways hope that in the release version...