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**Fenyx** · Nov 16, 2007, 07:56 AM

Re: Service Menus with Dolphin

This is an interesting workaround for D3lphin's shortcomings. Thanks for the howto. Let's see if we can get it inside Kubuntu by default for Hardy, IF we still have D3lphin enabled by default there.

**Rog131** · Dec 31, 2007, 11:26 AM

Re: Service Menus with Dolphin

Pack With Ark

Link to Topic: Rar not working
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3089986.0

Dolphin don't have Konquerors "Compress As" menu. Simple way to add it to the Dolphin:

Make "ark_pack.desktop" text file. Put there:

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
ServiceTypes=all/allfiles,inode/directory
Actions=Rar;Zip;7z
Encoding=UTF-8
X-KDE-Submenu=Pack With Ark

[Desktop Action Rar]
Name=Rar
Icon=kimproxyoffline
Exec=ark --add-to %U %U.rar 

[Desktop Action Zip]
Name=Zip
Icon=knewstuff
Exec=ark --add-to %U %U.zip

[Desktop Action 7z]
Name=7z
Icon=kimproxyonline
Exec=ark --add-to %U %U.7z

Drop it to the /usr/share/apps/dolphin/servicemenus/ (or /usr/share/apps/d3lphin/servicemenus/).

You need Ark, rar, zip and p7zip-full.

Package: ark

Description: graphical archiving tool for KDE
Ark is a graphical program for managing various archive formats within the
KDE environment. Archives can be viewed, extracted, created and modified
from within Ark.
.
The program can handle various formats such as tar, gzip, bzip2, zip, rar and
lha (if appropriate command-line programs are installed).
.
Ark can work closely with Konqueror in the KDE environment to handle archives,
if you install the Konqueror Integration plugin available in the konq-plugins
package.

Package: rar

Description: Archiver for .rar files
This is the RAR archiver from Eugene Roshal. It supports multiple volume
archives and damage protection. It can also create SFX-archives. There are
versions which run on DOS, Windows (3.1x,95,NT), FreeBSD, BSDI.
.
This program is shareware and you must register it after 40 days of use.
.
Homepage: http://www.rarlabs.com/

Package: zip

Description: Archiver for .zip files
This is InfoZIP's zip program. It produces files that are fully
compatible with the popular PKZIP program; however, the command line
options are not identical. In other words, the end result is the same,
but the methods differ. :-)
.
This version supports encryption.

Package: p7zip-full

Description: 7z and 7za file archivers with high compression ratio
p7zip is the Unix port of 7-Zip, a file archiver that archives with
very high compression ratios.
.
p7zip-full provides:
- /usr/bin/7za
a standalone version of the 7-zip tool that handles 7z archives
(implementation of the LZMA compression algorithm) and some other
formats.
- /usr/bin/7z
not only does it handle 7z but also ZIP, Zip64, CAB, RAR, ARJ,
GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, CPIO, RPM, ISO and DEB archives. 7z compression
is 30-50% better than ZIP compression.
.
p7zip provides 7zr, a light version of 7za.
.
Homepage: http://p7zip.sourceforge.net/

Note
This is quick & dirty. It works but...
- There is no name query: foo.foo -> foo.foo.rar
- Multiple files will be named as foo1, foo2, foo3 -> foo3.rar

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**Rog131** · Jan 26, 2008, 07:47 AM

Re: Service Menus with Dolphin

Add the whole path including file name into clipboard (klipper)

Links to the Topic: Dolphin Media Name
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3090789.0

Make dklipper.desktop text file and drop it to the /usr/share/apps/d3lphin/servicemenus/ (or /usr/share/apps/dolphin/servicemenus/)

dklipper.desktop:

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
ServiceTypes=all/allfiles,inode/directory
Actions=DKlipper;
Encoding=UTF-8
Type=Application

[Desktop Action DKlipper]
Type=Application
Name=DKlipper
Icon=attach
Exec=dcop klipper klipper setClipboardContents %U

With the KDE 4 same service menu (/usr/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus):

to_klipper.desktop

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Service
ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin
MimeType=all/all;
Actions=ToKlipper;
X-KDE-Priority=TopLevel
X-KDE-Submenu=OneLiners

[Desktop Action ToKlipper]
Name=To Klipper
Icon=klipper
Exec=qdbus org.kde.klipper /klipper org.kde.klipper.klipper.setClipboardContents "%U"

Link:
Copying data to the clipboard from the command line under KDE
http://ftp.traduc.org/doc-vf/gazette.../104/104F.html

Right click file (or folder) > Actions > DKlipper and:

Preview Dolphin/Klipper

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**Rog131** · Jan 30, 2008, 03:38 AM

Re: Service Menus with Dolphin

Symlinks by Click

KDE 3.5

By Symlink wiki:

In computing, a symbolic link (often shortened to symlink and also known as a soft link) consists of a special type of file that serves as a reference to another file or directory. Unix-like operating systems in particular often feature symbolic links.

With this context menu you can symlink files or folders to the another folder.

1) Make symlink.desktop:

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
ServiceTypes=all/allfiles,inode/directory
Actions=Symlink;RootSymlink;
Encoding=UTF-8
X-KDE-Submenu=Symlinks by Click

[Desktop Action Symlink]
Type=Application
Name=Symlink
Icon=rebuild
Exec=ln -s %U `kdialog --getexistingdirectory ~/` 

[Desktop Action RootSymlink]
Type=Application
Name=RootSymlink
Icon=bt
Exec=kdesu "ln -s" "%U" `kdialog --getexistingdirectory /`

2) Drop it in to the /usr/share/apps/d3lphin/servicemenus/(or /usr/share/apps/dolphin/servicemenus/. Location depends Dolphin version)

3) Start linking.

KDE 4

Kubuntu Intrepid Ibex (pre-alpha); KDE 4.1 (beta 2)

1) Making text file symlink.desktop:

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Service
X-KDE-ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin,all/all
Actions=Symlink;RootSymlink;
X-KDE-Submenu=Symlinks by Click

[Desktop Action Symlink]
Type=Application
Name=Symlink
Icon=edit-redo
Exec=ln -s %U `kdialog --getexistingdirectory ~/` 

[Desktop Action RootSymlink]
Type=Application
Name=RootSymlink
Icon=edit-undo
Exec=kdesudo "ln -s" "%U" `kdialog --getexistingdirectory /`

2) Dropping symlink.desktop to the /usr/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus or ~/.kde/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus/

3) Linking:

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**Rog131** · Mar 19, 2008, 08:30 AM

Re: Service Menus with Dolphin

Ark (KDE 3.5 package) with the KDE 4

This is linking to the Topic: KDE4 and Ark

Using Kubuntu Gutsy Gibbon - Pure KDE4 desktop: Topic: KDE4: Clean installation with live CD

1) Installing: Ark

Package ark

Recommends: ncompress, unzip, zoo, bzip2, p7zip-full
Suggests: khelpcenter, rar, unrar/unrar-free

Installing ark +:

ncompress (4.2.4.0-2)
p7zip-full (4.51~dfsg.1-1)
rar (1:3.7b1-2)
unrar (1:3.7.3-1.1)
unrar-free (1:0.0.1+cvs20070515-1)
unzip (5.52-10ubuntu1)
zoo (2.10-19)

2) Making text files:

ark35_compress.desktop

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Service
X-KDE-ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin,all/all
Actions=compressHere

[Desktop Action compressHere]
Name=Compress Here
Exec=/usr/bin/ark --add-to %u %u.tar.gz
Icon=ark

ark35_extract.desktop

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Service
X-KDE-ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin
MimeType=application/*;
Actions=extractHere

[Desktop Action extractHere]
Name=Extract Here
Exec=/usr/bin/ark --extract-to %d %u
Icon=ark

ark35_extract_subdir.desktop

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Service
X-KDE-ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin
MimeType=application/*;
Actions=ExtractSubdir

[Desktop Action ExtractSubdir]
Name=Extract to subdirectory
Icon=ark
Exec=/usr/bin/ark -caption "%c" %i %m --guess-name --extract-to "%d" "%u"

3) Dropping .desktop files to the /usr/lib/kde4/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus

4) Testing - Compress Here:

Working.

Extract Here - working

BUT Extract to subdirectory

Mime type / file extension problem ?
service.tar.gz => working but service.txt.tar.gz is not acceptable.

**dibl** · Mar 19, 2008, 08:35 AM

Re: Service Menus with Dolphin

@Rog -- is the "extract here" error caused by the /sda6/temp directory that already exists? Maybe it is refusing to write over the existing /temp.

**Rog131** · Mar 19, 2008, 08:57 AM

Re: Service Menus with Dolphin

is the "extract here" error caused by the /sda/temp directory that already exists?

No, that will give a warning:

It could be wildcards in the mimetype:

Code:

MimeType=application/*;

With KDE 3.5 that is:

Code:

X-KDE-ServiceTypes=application/x-gzip,application/x-lha,application/x-tar...

but that doesn't work with the KDE 4 (at the moment).

Tested also with:

Code:

MimeType=application/x-gzip,application/x-lha,application/x-tar...

**Rog131** · Apr 03, 2008, 06:56 AM

Re: Service Menus with Dolphin

MediaInfo

This is linking to the Mediainfo application on Linux

Update (Intrepid + Jaunty)
Mediainfo and the mediainfo servicemenu can be found from the PPA repositories > Package name contains: mediainfo

1) Making text file mediainfo.desktop:

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
ServiceTypes=audio/*,video/*,application/vnd.rn-realmedia
Actions=mediainfo;
Encoding=UTF-8
Type=Application

[Desktop Action mediainfo]
Type=Application
Name=MediaInfo
Icon=video
Exec=mediainfo -f "%U" > .mediainfotemp.txt && kdialog --textbox .mediainfotemp.txt 640 480 && rm -f .mediainfotemp.txt

2) Dropping it in to the /usr/share/apps/d3lphin/servicemenus/.

3) Testing:

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**Rog131** · Jun 26, 2008, 04:15 AM

Re: Service Menus with Dolphin

Service menus Kubuntu Intrepid Ibex (pre-alpha), KDE 4.1 (Beta 2).

This is linking: Any first impressions on KDE 4.1 beta for Kubuntu?

This is using ark; version: 4:3.5.9-0ubuntu3

Adding Compress Here, Extract Here and Extract to subdirectory service menus:

1) Making text files:

myark_compress.desktop

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Service
X-KDE-ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin,all/all
Actions=compressHere

[Desktop Action compressHere]
Name=Compress Here
Exec=ark --add-to %u %u.tar.gz
Icon=ark

myark_extract.desktop

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Service
X-KDE-ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin
MimeType=application/*;
Actions=extractHere

[Desktop Action extractHere]
Name=Extract Here
Exec=ark --extract-to %d %u
Icon=ark

myark_extract_subdir.desktop

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Service
X-KDE-ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin
MimeType=application/*;
Actions=ExtractSubdir

[Desktop Action ExtractSubdir]
Name=Extract to subdirectory
Icon=ark
Exec=ark -caption "%c" %i %m --guess-name --extract-to "%d" "%u"

2) Dropping them in the /usr/share/kde4/services

3) Testing...

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**Rog131** · Jun 27, 2008, 06:23 AM

Re: Service Menus with Dolphin

Service menu KArchiver

This is linking: KDE Ark 4.1 Beta 2

karchiver (repositories)

work with compressed files
With kArchiver, you can create and manipulate tar.gz, tar.bz2, zip, rar...
archives just with your mouse. You can add files, remove (with undo/redo),
view one or more files thanks to its multiselection window.

You can also convert files between various archive formats, for example a
tar.bz2 to a zip, or even create multi-platform self-extracting archives!

KArchiver has some wizards that will help you in compiling and
installing softwares through an interface, and in applying patches. It has
an archive "browser", that displays archives in the current directory,
a search tool (to quickly find all archives) and an automatic
splitter/unsplitter to make a file fit on a floppy or inside an email.
kArchiver has been made to be intuitive and powerful!

> KArchiver KDE-Apps.org

> KArchiver freshmeat

Command:

Code:

karchiver --help

tells:

Options:
-x, --extract <directory> Extract to the specified directory
--xe, --extractgui Extract and choose directory in a dialog box
--xh, --extracthere Extract to current directory
--xa, --extractarchdir Extract to the directory where the archive is
-c, --compress Make a .tar.gz archive from these files
--nd, --withoutdcop disable DCOP. Some functions may not work!!
--nw, --withoutwizard disable the configuration wizard
--prefered <compressor_extension> Set the default compressor when right-clicking a file.Enter one of these extensions: tar, tar.gz, tar.bz2, zip, rar, lha, gz, bz2

1) Making text file karchiver.desktop:

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Service
X-KDE-ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin,all/all
Actions=CompressHere;ExtractHere;ExtractWhere;
X-KDE-Submenu=KArchiver

[Desktop Action CompressHere]
Type=Application
Name=Compress Here
Exec=karchiver -c %U
Icon=archive-insert

[Desktop Action ExtractHere]
Type=Application
Name=Extract Here
Exec=karchiver --xa %u
Icon=archive-extract

[Desktop Action ExtractWhere]
Type=Application
Name=Extract to Where
Icon=archive-insert-directory
Exec=karchiver --xe %u

2) Dropping it in the /usr/share/kde4/services

3) Testing notes

- There is not "Extract to subdirectory". There is "Extract to Where" - karchiver will ask where to extract.
- When compressing more that one file, karchiver will ask archive name, extension (name.zip, name.tar.gz ...) and where to save archive (Browse).

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**Rog131** · Oct 01, 2008, 12:23 PM

Re: Service Menus with Dolphin

Removing without Shift + Delete

This is linking to the Topic: add delete to right click menu and to the Topic: Disabling the trash...

Note / warning
I don't use this

and i don't recommend to use this :-X !

KDE 3.5

Making a remove.desktop file:

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
ServiceTypes=all/allfiles,inode/directory
Actions=remove;
Encoding=UTF-8
Type=Application

[Desktop Action remove]
Type=Application
Name=Remove
Icon=button_cancel
Exec=rm -f "%U"

Dropping .desktop file to the /usr/share/apps/d3lphin/servicemenus/

man rm tells:

RM(1) User Commands RM(1)

NAME
rm - remove files or directories

SYNOPSIS
rm [OPTION]... FILE...

DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents the GNU version of rm. rm removes each
specified file. By default, it does not remove directories.

If a file is unwritable, the standard input is a tty, and the -f or
--force option is not given, rm prompts the user for whether to remove
the file. If the response is not affirmative, the file is skipped.

OPTIONS

-f, --force
ignore nonexistent files, never prompt

KDE 4

Making a .desktop file (delete.desktop):

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Service
ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin
MimeType=all/allfiles;inode/directory;
Actions=remove;
Encoding=UTF-8
X-KDE-Priority=TopLevel

[Desktop Action remove]
Type=Application
Name=Delete
Icon=edit-delete
Exec=rm -f "%U"

and dropping it to the ~/.kde/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus/

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**Guest** · Nov 20, 2008, 08:53 AM

Re: Service Menus with Dolphin

When I first installed KDE4 and ran Dolphin, the Action/Service Menus were the first things that I noticed were missing. I did not like how Konquer wanted to be the solve all solution to File Management, Media Player, Web Browser, etc... But, the one thing that made handling management of large amounts of files was partly (a big part) to do with the Service Menus. The quest was on to make them work in Dolphin. That led me here.

While most of the information here helped, it is not complete and unfortunately there isn't much help elsewhere. So instead of naming who gave what good info and just adding mine, I will start from the top so that it is all in one place for the next person with the same problem. Before I begin I would like to thank everyone here for the help (you will probably see some of your info below

).

Please note, this guide is for Kubuntu 8.10.

Service Menu files are named:

<service>.desktop

where <service> is a whatever the author wants to name the file and is
not seen in Dolphin. These files are located in various directories:

System wide (for all users) service menus:

Konqueror: /usr/share/apps/konqueror/servicemenus
Dolphin: /usr/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus

Home folder (for a user) service menus:

Konqueror: ~/.kde/share/apps/konqueror/servicemenus
Dolphin: ~/.kde/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus

The location of the 'services' portion can be found by using the following command
(only really needed if you are using a different distro or version of Kubuntu):

bash$ kde4-config --path services

Desktop files:

The desktop file format for Dolphin is the same as for Konqueror except for two additional
lines (below is a comparison):

Konqueror
Dolphin

[Desktop Entry]

Encoding=UTF-8
ServiceTypes=all/allfiles
Actions=Rename
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Service
Encoding=UTF-8
ServiceTypes=all/allfiles
Actions=Rename
X-KDE-ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin

Make a copy of the original Konqueror files to a temporary directory and add the lines
in red to the files. Finally copy them into either your home ServiceMenu directory or the
system's ServiceMenu directory, then if Dolphin is running close it and reopen it.

Your newly ported Konqueror Service Menus should now be in your right click menus. 8)

Hope this helps and thanx again for everyone's
info here on the subject to bring all this together,

-GrafXMan

**Rog131** · Jan 06, 2009, 04:28 AM

Re: Service Menus with Dolphin

Paste (copy) over an existing file

This is linking to the Re: HOWTO : create own (partial) icon theme

Earlier > Add the whole path including file name into clipboard (klipper)

This service menu is using the information at the klipper to copy a (image) file over an existing file.

KDE 3.5

At the /usr/share/apps/d3lphin/servicemenus/. paste_over.desktop:

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
ServiceTypes=image/*
Actions=Paste_Over;
Encoding=UTF-8
Type=Application

[Desktop Action Paste_Over]
Type=Application
Name=Paste Over
Icon=svn_switch
Exec=cp `dcop klipper klipper getClipboardContents` "%u"

KDE 4

At the /usr/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus. paste_over.desktop:

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Service
ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin
MimeType=image/*;
Actions=Paste_Over
X-KDE-Priority=TopLevel
X-KDE-Submenu=OneLiners

[Desktop Action Paste_Over]
Name=Paste Over
Icon=svn_switch
Exec=cp `qdbus org.kde.klipper /klipper org.kde.klipper.klipper.getClipboardContents` "%u"

Use
(this is with the KDE 4)

File #1
Right click a file > OneLiners > To Klipper
- file name with the full path is copied to the clipboard.

File #2
Right click a image file > OneLiners > Paste Over
- file, which name+path, is at the klipper is copied over the file #2.
- file #2 will keep its orginal name, information is copied not the name.

Pic: Copying images between > Leopard-Style and > Crystal-Project

**Rog131** · Aug 14, 2009, 06:33 AM

Re: Service Menus with Dolphin

Exif information context menu

> Exchangeable image file format

Exiftool > Exif viever

Exiftool
With ExifTool you will have the possibility to watch all or part of the EXIF values and to have them sorted by groups or not. ExifTool is a dedicated EXIF viewer, a free command line tool that works under Linux, Mac and Windows.

The Exiftool is part of the package: libimage-exiftool-perl:

Library and program to read and write meta information in multimedia files

ExifTool is a Perl module with an included command-line application
for reading and writing meta information in image, audio and video
files. It recognizes EXIF, GPS, IPTC, XMP, JFIF, GeoTIFF, ICC Profile,
Photoshop IRB, FlashPix, AFCP and ID3 meta information as well as the
maker notes of many digital cameras including Canon, Casio, FujiFilm,
JVC/Victor, Kodak, Leaf, Minolta/Konica-Minolta, Nikon, Olympus/Epson,
Panasonic/Leica, Pentax/Asahi, Ricoh, Sanyo and Sigma/Foveon.

Making a .desktop file (show_exif_information.desktop):

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Service
ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin
MimeType=image/*;
Actions=;ExifInformation;
X-KDE-Priority=TopLevel
X-KDE-Submenu=Image

[Desktop Action ExifInformation]
Name=Show Exif Information
Icon=folder-image
Exec=exiftool -a -u -g1 "%f" > .exif_information.txt && kdialog --textbox .exif_information.txt 640 480 && rm -f .exif_information.txt

Dropping it to the ~/.kde/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus and right clicking an image file > Image > Show Exif Information

A KDialog window is popping up with:

---- ExifTool ----
ExifTool Version Number : 7.30
---- File ----
File Name : 2007-0503srb.jpg
Directory : /media/sdb3/background
File Size : 510 kB
File Modification Date/Time : 2007:05:04 11:12:23
File Type : JPEG
MIME Type : image/jpeg
Image Width : 571
Image Height : 720
Encoding Process : Baseline DCT, Huffman coding
Bits Per Sample : 8
Color Components : 3
Y Cb Cr Sub Sampling : YCbCr4:4:4 (1 1)
---- JFIF ----
...
---- IPTC ----
Application Record Version : 2
Caption-Abstract : Installation Of Nose Cone/ Forward Skirt Onto Left SRB Segments. (MIX FILE)
Keywords : SRB, Solid Rocket Booster
...

++ Lot of information...

From the PPA repositories (> FAQ: Repositories ) : servicemenu-exif-information

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