The intended functionality should be similar to what's seen in many windows editors e.g. "open explorer here". For those unfamiliar with windows, I just want to open nautilus to the directory of the active document.
I've tried two solutions so far, both which end up opening nautilus to the correct directory but without the window activating (not coming to the front with input focus).
Solution attempt 1 - Use the pre-existing "set build commands" and run the following command instead of make
nautilus %d; xdotools windowactivate $(xdotools search --name %d)
Solution attempt 2 - Use the Lua scripting plugin
dir = geany.dirname(geany.filename())
os.execute("nautilus " .. dir .. "; xdotools windowactivate $(xdotools search --name " .. dir .. ")")
I'm not worried about multiple windows having the same name, and I've tested the xdotools script in bash and it works fine. I'm really unsure what I'm missing here. I also don't want to use the explorer side-bar as a work-around.
Just another solution: Geany-Plugin treebrowser is able to do this.
I did not resolve the bug using Nautilus. Thanks to frlan's help though using Thunar as an alternative works great. There are better guides exising on the internet, but all I did was install thunar[1]
sudo aptitude install thunar
then set it as my default via another package which I had to install in order to run exo-preferred-applications[2]
sudo aptitude install exo-utils
exo-preferred-applications
[1]
[2]
I'm not going to keep the links up to date - so if they are broken just do a quick google search. There are plenty of resources surrounding this topic.
Related
I have just installed Joplin on Fedora, by simply using wget; more specifically this is waht I typed in my terminal:
wget -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/laurent22/joplin/dev/Joplin_install_and_update.sh | bash
All went well and I can now open Joplin by searching it in the Gnome search bar; however I would really like to be able to open it from the terminal, instead of having to search it and then opening it by clicking on its icon.
Typing joplin on my terminal accomplishes nothing.
How can I set up a terminal command to open Joplin? In Windows, for example, I would add the .exe file to the PATH variable.. Is there an analogous way on Fedora or GNU/Linux in general?
I think I will answer my own question here! I realized it's really simple: just make an alias! We can use the search function of our file explorer to find the location of the .AppImage of Joplin, and then simply make the corresponding alias; so it's sufficient to simply type into the terminal:
alias joplin = "/path/to/joplin/appimage"
Done! The next time that we will type joplin the app will be launched! Easy as that!
This should work with any other app too!
I really like coding in bash, but there used to be many limitations of bash functionality in Windows. Though now there are many benefits to the bash windows users now rather than how it was pre windows 10. However, with all of the improvements, there is one thing that I feel leaves to be desired for me. The default behavior of the double-click of .sh files never really was able to do anything in windows, the .sh file extension isn't even available in the "choose default apps by file type" section of the settings. I had a desire to be able to change the default action for .sh files but neglected it and shook it off for a while, but this link finally gave me hope.
Before Ubuntu terminal and the addition of Windows subsystem for Linux, there was really no way to access bash terminal on Windows without a VM. Now with the addition of Windows Terminal which combines Microsoft Azure Terminal, Command Prompt, Powershell, and Ubuntu, it is really awesome for people like me, but despite the new awesome additions to windows allowing further integration of Linux terminal into Windows, even being able to edit the C: drive with Ubuntu.
I am sure there is a way to allow double-click of .sh files to open in windows terminal Ubuntu, but I don't know how. This question helped me on my journey to figure out how to do it and helped me make the default .bat file behavior change to Windows terminal, but I still have come to an enpass where I truly believe that it is not possible. So here is where I go when I have given up, the magical land of Stack Overflow :)
Attempts
So far I have looked into the "Choose default apps by file extension" section of settings and could not find .sh in there nor could I find it in any of the default apps sections of normal settings.
After I couldn't find anything about .sh in settings, I looked into the registry and looked for HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT and looked for sh or anything bash file related in HCR alone, HCR\*\shell, HCR\*\shellx, and HCR\*\Openwithlist and could not find anything.
I then tried to do ftype, but I could not find how to use ftype with .sh. I tried doing ftype .sh="C:\Users\asian\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\wt.exe" -p "Ubuntu" "%1" %* but i got the error "File type '.sh' not found or no open command associated with it."
I Also tried just clicking the .sh file so it brings up the "How do you want to open this file" menu and went to Windows Terminal but it opened the bash file in powershell with the error [error 0x800700c1 when launching `C:\Users\asian\Desktop\test.sh']
These where everything I could think of and none of it was working. Help and pointers are appreciated. Thank you!
I suggest you install the Git for Windows package, as it comes with a light-weight bash environment. This is likely to be able to be in the list of available apps when right-click -> Properties on a .sh or .bash file and say Open With and click the Change button next to Open With.
Other options are Cygwin or WSL for a 95% pure Linux environment on Windows.
I want to use Emacs as and editor and shell.
On Windows 7 I installed cygwin , X11 and emacs.
In terminal I added to /etc/profile file these lines:
XWin -multiwindow 2> /dev/null&
export DISPLAY=:0.0
sleep 1
emacs 2> /dev/null&
I created a shortcut that execute this command: C:\rhcygwin64\bin\mintty.exe -
Now every time I start that shortcut it starts emacs. No problem.
My goal is: associate some file types like .txt , .csv and etc with emacs in order when I start foo.txt it'll open in emacs.
When I tried to do it 'Set Associtation' control it accepts only file name and it does not take '-'. Hence when I try to open foo.txt it does not work. I tried to create a shortcut to mintty.exe but it didn't work either.
Could someone help me to create association in order to start to mintty.exe but rather mintty.exe - ?
Thanks in advance
I am taking my question off .
I realized that my problem is related to subshell issue ... when I try to invoke first cygwin, then emacs under it and etc.
I decided that I will not use much Windows Explorer but rather go directly to the file and open it. This way I don't need file association.
Please close my ticket.
Thanks
To edit files from terminal I use subl (for sublime text) in order to edit the file;
example: If i need to edit app.js file I use subl app.js
Is there any way I can set up webstorm to open from the terminal ?
Try in terminal 'wstorm' and 'webstorm'
If the commands don't work you can run in WebStorm: "Tools" -> "Create Command Line Launcher..."
Note: The solution works only for Linux / MacOS
Update January 2016 using Webstorm 11.0.3 on mac os x
There was no option as described in the accepted answer.
Instead, just use the already installed command line binary wstorm designed for this purpose. Location shown below:
If you actually wish to open webstorm and have it load the contents of the current working directory for example, then place a . after the command:
wstorm .
Noted, others had made similar comments in this answers section, and wished to clarify the situation.
In Webstorm 2020.1.2 you need to do it via JetBrains ToolBox Settings. To do that go to JetBrain Toolbox, click on the settings cog, open Shell Scripts and type the path: /usr/local/bin click apply. Go to your terminal, from your project folder type webstorm . Hope this helps.
As suggested by Ali Faris(comment below), if you have an error like this Shell Scripts failed: /usr/local/bin/webstorm (Permission denied): inside of the logs
Jetbrains Toobox -> settings -> show log files -> toolbox.log (for me in: ~/Library/Logs/JetBrains/Toolbox).
Change /usr/local/bin to another folder name of your choice with the correct access rights, e.g - I chose this name: ~/.jetbrains-launchers.
You can check if script is created by Jetbrains: ls ~/.jetbrains-launchers (you should see a script for each of the jetbrains applications you use).
Add this to your path if needed for example if you use zsh add this at the bottom of your .zshrc export PATH="$HOME/.jetbrains-launchers:$PATH"
Open a new terminal window and this should work.
Basically jetbrains will create script like this (in this case for webstorm cat ~/.jetbrains-launchers/webstorm):
#!/bin/bash
#Generated by JetBrains Toolbox 1.22.10970 at 2022-01-08T12:57:24.803251
declare -a ideargs=()
declare -- wait=""
for o in "$#"; do
if [[ "$o" = "--wait" || "$o" = "-w" ]]; then
wait="-W"
o="--wait"
fi
if [[ "$o" =~ " " ]]; then
ideargs+=("\"$o\"")
else
ideargs+=("$o")
fi
done
open -na "/Users/[YOUR-USER]/Library/Application Support/JetBrains/Toolbox/apps/WebStorm/ch-0/213.6461.79/WebStorm.app/Contents/MacOS/webstorm" $wait --args "${ideargs[#]}"
I also downloaded WebStorm and wanted to use a similar shortcut to open files directly from the terminal.
I was surprised to find I already had a shortcut in my command line tools for webstorm:
subl is to Sublime as wstorm is to Webstorm.
Otherwise, as anstarovoyt has kindly pointed out, you can simply create your own shortcut via "Tools" > "Create Command Line Launcher"
Another way to do that:
open -a /Applications/WebStorm.app #Open last project
open -a /Applications/WebStorm.app Desktop #Open particular folder
open -a /Applications/WebStorm.app Desktop myscript.js #Open particular file
You can add alias to your config file:
#Edit your config:
vim ~/.bashrc
#add line:
alias ws='open -a /Applications/WebStorm.app'
#Read your config file:
source ~/.bashrc
Now you can use it:
ws . myscript.js
I know this is an older thread, but trying to achieve this using Windows was kind of a pain and I wasn't able to find anything specifically designed for my purposes. I created a Bash function that you can add as an alias (for Git Bash on Windows) that works similar to the command line functions in Visual Studio Code.
Here's the link to the Gist.
If you change the integrated terminal in WebStorm to Git Bash (instructions included in the Gist), you can perform the following actions:
Create a new file in the current working directory and open it in the editor:
wstorm foo.js
Create a new file in an existing relative path and open it in the editor:
wstorm foo/bar.js
This also works with subdirectories that don't exist:
wstorm this/path/doesnt/exist/file.js
If you're working in a Git Bash terminal (not in WebStorm) and want to open WebStorm up in the current directory, you can open it similar to Visual Studio Code:
wstorm .
Note: This needs to be done in a directory with a .idea folder.
As of 2019-03-09, WebStorm 2018.3.4 on Mac does not have Tools > "Create Command Line Launcher...". However, this works:
WebStorm Preferences > Keymap > Main Menu > Tools > Create Command-line Launcher...
Right-click "Create Command-line Launcher..." > Add Keyboard Shortcut
Assign a keyboard shortcut
Close Preferences
Type the keyboard shortcut to open "Create Launcher Script"
Click Ok to run the script
You can now launch WebStorm from the terminal with webstorm and can choose a directory to open
After setting up WebStorm to create the cli launcher you actually want to run
wstorm . &
to run the IntelliJ on the background otherwise IntelliJ closes if you happen to close the terminal you have launched the app from.
In WebStorm IDE, click DOUBLE CLICK ON SHIFT and type Create Command Line Launcher then click OK from luncher script promote .
cd project_folder_path using terminal and type webstorm ./ .
that is not for Windows OS
In Ubuntu terminal type:
/var/opt/webstorm6/WebStorm-129.664/bin/webstorm.sh
Note: please see your WebStorm build version, code mine is 129.664
In the terminal, while being in the given project folder:
webstorm .
I know that this is a pretty old thread, but I recently came across this problem on Windows (I'm using the JetBrains Toolbox).
With the following steps all new and existing applications that have been installed with the Toolbox will be added to your path!
Follow these steps to achieve this:
Because of permissions, we need to create a new directory in your user. I named it .path, so that I can also store any other application there in the future. So this will be C:\Users\<PC_USER>\.path\.
The the Toolbox click on the gear icon in the top right corner.
Then click on Enable Shell Scripts and/or Generate Shell Scripts.
In the input field that is located under the switch paste your path folder. (C:\Users\<PC_USER>\.path\)
Open your Edit the system environment variables program that can be found in Windows search or the control panel.
Click on the Environment Variables... button that is located in the right corner, a new window should pop up.
In the new window select the variable that says Path in the Variable column from the top list and then click on the edit button that is situated under the top list. Another new window should pop-up.
Click on new and paste your path there. (C:\Users\<PC_USER>\.path\)
Click on Ok in Edit environment variable > Environment Variables > System Properties.
Go to C:\Users\<PC_USER>\.path\ and all your toolbox installed applications should be there.
Restart your CLI and it should work.
The wstorm command didn't work in my Git bash, so I added the following function to my .bash_profile instead:
wstorm() {
/c/Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/JetBrains/WebStorm\ 2016.2.2/bin/WebStorm.exe $PWD/$1
}
A short solution relevant to the year 2021 for Linux users.
Just execute the comand:
sudo ln -s /<your path to Webstorm directory>/bin/webstorm.sh /usr/local/bin/webstorm
Since /usr/local/bin should be in the PATH environment variable by default, you should be able to run the webstorm command from anywhere in the shell.
More details Webstorm docs
I am running Windows 10 and whipped up a batch file (ws.bat) that implements this with optional command line argument for path to load).
:: place this batch file in your path and set to your WS EXE
:: ref: https://www.robvanderwoude.com/battech_defined.php
:: author: bob#bobchesley.net
#echo off
set target=%1
if defined target (goto passedarg) else (goto noarg)
:passedarg
echo Starting WebStorm with '%target%'
"C:\Program Files\JetBrains\WebStorm 2018.3.2\bin\webstorm.exe" %target%
goto:EOF
:noarg
echo Starting WebStorm with 'Current Dir'
"C:\Program Files\JetBrains\WebStorm 2018.3.2\bin\webstorm.exe" .
Pretty simple but it works.
webstorm . doesn't work on Windows. Try this for the current folder:
webstorm $pwd
$pwd is the current folder's path
I've downloaded a couple of ipython notebooks, and I'd like to open them in browser tabs without navigating to the directory I've downloaded them to and running ipython notebook notebook_name.ipynb.
I realize this probably means I'm lazy, but it seems like a common use case to me. Am I missing something obvious?
Use Pineapple application for opening and working on your IPython/Jupyter notebooks. It is pretty cool.
Update:
Now there is nteract, which is a new jupyter-like Desktop app. After installing it, make it the default app for opening .ipynb files. Then just double-click any notebook to start it right away.
I have found a nice way using Automator (Oct. 2017; with information from here):
open Automator and create a new Application
to add Run Shell Script drag and drop it from the list; might need these settings Shell: /bin/bash and Pass input: as arguments
insert the code below; if necessary adjust the path to jupyter
Code
#!/bin/sh
variable="'$1'"
the_script='tell application "terminal" to do script "/usr/local/bin/jupyter notebook '
osascript -e "${the_script}${variable}\""
save the script as an application (!)
try to open a .ipynb file and change the default app to this newly created one.
notes
This will open a terminal and run the jupyter notebook command, such that you can interrupt and stop the notebook-server from there.
Also note that you cannot test the app like that in Automator, but need to add the Get Specified Finder Items and insert some test notebook there (just for testing purposes).
As pointed out in the comments, there are two more notes:
To avoid spamming your browser history with notebooks, you can start your notebooks in incognito/private mode: Run jupyter notebook in incognito window
If you want to run notebooks in one server and don't mind an extra tool, Sachit Nagpal has pointed out (thank you), that one could also use nbopen. To use this workflow just replace "/usr/local/bin/jupyter notebook ' with "nbopen '. Any other tool should work alike.
pip install nbopen.
open Automator, create new Application
Drag'n drop Run Shell Script
Change Pass input to as arguments
Copy/paste this script:
variable="'$1'"
the_script='tell application "terminal" to do script "nbopen '
osascript -e "${the_script}${variable}\""
Save the new application to Applications directory as nb_open
Right click any ipynb file and select "Open with > Other" and select the nb_open in the Applications folder. Don't forget to check "Always Open With".
Select an ipynb file, get info (command + i) > Open With (select nb_open if not selected already) > Click Change All.... Done.
The application posted here worked pretty well for me: http://bioequity.org/2013/11/16/ipynbviewer/
You also need to download iTerm2, as described on that page.
Note that this doesn't work if there are spaces in the filename, but you can modify it so that it works with spaces in the filename. Control-click on the iPyNbViewer.app and select "Show package contents". Edit the file Contents/Resources/Scripts/main.scpt. Change three instances of "POSIX path" to "quoted form of POSIX path". Now it will work with spaces in the filename.
To set all of your .ipynb files to open with the app, you'll need to Get Info (command-I) on one of the files and select the iPyNbViewer app to open all .ipynb files.
It would be great if this was the default behavior of double-clicking on an iPython notebook file...
I came up with a way of doing it on Ubuntu. (It works for me but I can take no responsibility). It's explained here. In a nutshell, you need to create a new MIME type, then write a script that works as the app that launches them:
#!/bin/bash
netstat -tln |grep "8902"
# if not found - equals to 1, start it
if [ $? -eq 1 ]
then
ipython notebook / --no-browser --port=8902 &
sleep .5
fi
xdg-open http://localhost:8902/notebooks$1
This always opens the notebook server on port 8902, but first checks whether there is already a server running, and, if so, uses it.
Then you can use ubuntu tweak to select your script as a default application for the MIME type "IPython Notebook" you just created.
Not very elegant, but worth it, in my opinion.
PyCharm now supports Jupyter ipynb files:
which is from the documentation https://www.jetbrains.com/help/pycharm/editing-jupyter-notebook-files.html.
But I think this feature is only available in the Professional version now; hopefully it will be added to the Community version in the future.
Look at this link.
Put a bash script in the folder where you keep your ipython notebooks and simply double click it to open up a notebook instance. From the link above, the bash script has just:
path=$0 # path is path to this file
cd ${path%/*.*} # clip off the file name to get directory path and cd
ipython notebook --pylab inline
Finally, you need to chmod u+x the script to make it executable and you're done.
I have used the command line application 'nbopen' and put it in a Platypus wrapper to get drag'n drop and double click opening on Macos. 'nbopen' is downloadable using 'pip'
It works well when used as described above by DanHickstein.
Only problem with my code is that it requires the full path to the nbopen command. I know I should be able to use 'which nbopen' somehow but can't get it to work.
Heres my Platypus code:
#!/bin/bash
# Opens ipynb files in a Jupyter Notebook
# echo $1
# $1 is the path of the dropped file
/Users/robw/anaconda/bin/nbopen $1
# Based on an idea from
# https://www.quora.com/Is-there-a-straightforward-way-to-open-an-IPython-Notebook-in-Windows-by-double-clicking