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Symptom:
– Your default File Manager is e.g. Thunar but Firefox uses Nautilus when saving files which is driving you bananas.
Solution (for XFCE):
1. Firstly make sure that your default Applilcation for that particular mime type (in this case it is the ‘inode/directory’ mime type) is actually setup properly. Open the “Preferred […]
Using Kdiff3 tool as example action to add to the SendTo menu of Thunar.
Create the following file in ~/.local/share/Thunar/sendto and name it <whatever>.desktop (I named mine ‘kdiff3.desktop’) :
# kdiff3.desktop – Integrate kdiff3 into
# the “Send To” menu.
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Version=1.0
Encoding=UTF-8
TryExec=kdiff3
Exec=kdiff3 %F
This was something which I found to be quite annoying on the Xfce Desktop Environment version 4 (4.4.3), it probably is the same for some other Xfce versions too…
The XFCE Window Manager defines the so called global Window shortcuts, meaning that when this key-combo shortcut is pressed, no matter where (from which application), the […]
