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xdg-utils |
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Wednesday Feb 20 3:05:39 2013 |
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I do not really remember how I discovered the 'xdg-utils' debian |
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package. All I know is that I do a lot of work at the command line but |
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I also like the eye candy of the desktop environment. As a matter of |
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chance I came across the 'xdg-open' command to open a graphical window |
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manager instance in the same location where you are on the command |
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line. |
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It comes really handy for example, when you are working inside a git |
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repository and you want to "visually" ensure that everything is right |
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in place before pushing. This way you can use the power of the command |
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line to work like a pro and revise stuff, if needed, on your desktop. |
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I use many aliases to move faster at the command line in the form of: |
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$ cdgitrepo1 |
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or |
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$ cdgitrepo2 |
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and once there, I can launch my graphical window manager by simply |
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typing: |
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$ open |
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(Which is an alias for: 'xdg-open .') |
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By the way, I'm currently using pcmanfm with xfce4 since thunar takes |
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ages to open because it supposedly checks mounted filesystems on the |
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network. In my regular desktop thunar takes 15 seconds to open whereas |
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pcmanfm only 2 seconds. |
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Besides, pcmanfm has the F4 keyboard shortcut that opens a terminal |
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emulator right where you are on the gui manager so they (terminal and |
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gui manager) complement each other perfectly to move from one to the |
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other. |
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Welcome home pcmanfm :) |
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Gophered by Gophernicus/1.6 on NetBSD/amd64 9.1 |
