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Color Folder

2.0.0

KDE Service Menu

Score 77%

HessiJames

Version Control: Link
Downloads: 7887

Submitted: Jan 20 2006
Updated: Feb 1 2016

Description:

A KDE service menu for changing the color of specific folders, compatible with KDE4 and Plasma 5.

Install by running the install.sh file.

Changelog:

2.0.0:
Add: Plasma 5 compatibility

1.0.2:
Fix: Installation if user is already root or kdesu is not installed (Thx Jonathan Kolberg)

1.0.1:
Add: Serbian translation (by Mladen Pejaković)
Add: Option to install as top level action
Fix: Create ServiceMenus directory if needed when installing
Fix: Run kbuildsycoca4 after installing

1.0.0:
Updated to oxygen icon set
Dropped all other icon sets
Added install and uninstall scripts

0.3.4:
Add: Translations: Slovak and Czech (Thx Jozef)
Fix: Russian translation

0.3.3:
Add: Translations: Russian (Thx Alex)

0.3.2:
Add: nuoveXT version

0.3.1:
Add: Translations: Italian (Thx Marco)

0.3:
Fix: Folders with spaces in name are now supported. Other Characters like " and ' are still unsupported!

0.2:
Add: Translations: Spanish and Catalan (Thx Miguel Angel, I guess), Polish (Thx Jakub Stachowski), France and Hungarian
Add: An extra version for the crystal icon set

0.1:
Initial release

License: GPL

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Useful addition

by tonyc236 on: Jul 22 2011

Score 50%

tonyc236

This is a really useful addition. Makes it very easy to find frequently used folders.

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Unless of course …

by Evi1M4chine on: Feb 2 2016

Score 38%

inactive user

… one can read and write,

and uses these obscure things called “names”.

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color on mounted directory

by dinomoser on: May 7 2013

Score 50%

dinomoser

at the moment it seems not run the color on a mounted folder (with samba)

for the rest it's a great job!

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Re: color on mounted directory

by HessiJames on: May 7 2013

Score 50%

HessiJames

Could you please be a little bit more specific. I don't use samba so I can't test anything.
Did you mount the folder or are you accessing it with the smb kio slave (url starts with smb://)?
If you use the smb kio slave then it is not possible and the color folder context shouldn't even show up.
Otherwise, have you checked permissions? Could you try changing the icon manually (right click on the folder -> properties -> click on the icon).

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Re: Re: color on mounted directory

by dinomoser on: Feb 12 2014

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dinomoser

here is a video where I show what's appens
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16793324/color_folder.mp4

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Re: Re: Re: color on mounted directory

by HessiJames on: Feb 12 2014

Score 50%

HessiJames

Unfortunately this doesn't answer my question. But I have to assume that use are using a smb:// url. In this case it is not possible to color the folder. Dolphin will simply not show a different icon because it would have to check every directory for a .desktop file and that wouldn't be efficient over a network.

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Improvement

by pejakm on: Mar 29 2014

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pejakm

Hi. My I propose an improvement:

https://gist.github.com/pejakm/9855609

(Feature to add styles.)

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Re: Improvement

by HessiJames on: Mar 30 2014

Score 50%

HessiJames

Hi. Although the idea is similar, I don't think it would be a good idea to merge both service menus.
I would suggest you create your own release and if you wish, we can each add a link to the description so interested users can find the other service menu more quickly.

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install.sh errors

by dovidhalevi on: Feb 2 2016

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dovidhalevi

Line 7, expected (

I tried bypassing and simply running the Plasma 5 leg. Could not create /colorfolder.desktop and /colorfolder.sh. Obviously, a correct path must precede these. Maybe then, need run sudo.

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Re: install.sh errors

by HessiJames on: Feb 2 2016

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HessiJames

Could you try the install.sh from https://github.com/HessiJames/kde-color-folder and run it using "bash ./install.sh".
Also, could you tell me the bash version using "bash --version".

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Re: Re: install.sh errors

by dovidhalevi on: Feb 2 2016

Score 50%

dovidhalevi

Install.sh on git looks the same.
Bash version is 4.3.42

Did, indeed, work using bash install.sh. Question is: Why did sh not work. Mine points to dash. Why?

Running Debian Sid.

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Not installing

by VaporEidolon on: Apr 8 2016

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VaporEidolon

$ ./install.sh

creating file: /home/adriano/.local/share/kservices5//colorfolder.desktop
creating file: /home/adriano/.local/share/kservices5//colorfolder.sh
kbuildsycoca5 running...
Reusing existing ksycoca
Recreating ksycoca file ("/home/adriano/.cache/ksycoca5_en-GB_h3H5AGgCOUUqYffP2OqscuyRd8c=", version 303)
modified: "colorfolder.desktop"
Still in the time dict (i.e. deleted files) ("apps")
kf5.kservice.sycoca: Parse error in "/home/adriano/.config/menus/applications-merged/xdg-desktop-menu-dummy.menu" , line 1 , col 1 : "unexpected end of file"
Menu "applications-kmenuedit.menu" not found.
Saving

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Re: Not installing

by HessiJames on: Apr 9 2016

Score 63%

HessiJames

The output looks good.
Does color folder show up in the context menu of directories?
Are you using the Frameworks 5 version of dolphin?

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Re: Re: Not installing

by VaporEidolon on: Apr 9 2016

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VaporEidolon

Don't ask me why, but a reboot later everything seems OK. Sorry and thanks!

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Superb

by ShalokShalom on: May 6 2016

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ShalokShalom

I am very happy with the app.

I know its challenging with the KDE names:

Both plasma5 and KDE4 isnt correct, if thats important to you.

KDE SC 4 and KDE Applications 5 fit it most, i guess.

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Re: Superb

by ShalokShalom on: May 6 2016

Score 50%

ShalokShalom

Or Dolphin 4 and Dolphin 5

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Color Folder

KDE Service Menu

A KDE service menu for changing the color of specific folders, compatible with KDE4 and Plasma 5. Install by running the install.sh file.

Useful addition

This is a really useful addition. Makes it very easy to find frequently used folders.

Unless of course …

… one can read and write, and uses these obscure things called “names”.

color on mounted directory

at the moment it seems not run the color on a mounted folder (with samba) for the rest it's a great job!

Re: color on mounted directory

Re: Re: color on mounted directory

here is a video where I show what's appens https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16793324/color_folder.mp4

Re: Re: Re: color on mounted directory

Improvement

Hi. My I propose an improvement: https://gist.github.com/pejakm/9855609 (Feature to add styles.)

Re: Improvement

Hi. Although the idea is similar, I don't think it would be a good idea to merge both service menus. I would suggest you create your own release and if you wish, we can each add a link to the description so interested users can find the other service menu more quickly.

install.sh errors

Line 7, expected ( I tried bypassing and simply running the Plasma 5 leg. Could not create /colorfolder.desktop and /colorfolder.sh. Obviously, a correct path must precede these. Maybe then, need run sudo.

Re: install.sh errors

Could you try the install.sh from https://github.com/HessiJames/kde-color-folder and run it using "bash ./install.sh". Also, could you tell me the bash version using "bash --version".

Re: Re: install.sh errors

Install.sh on git looks the same. Bash version is 4.3.42 Did, indeed, work using bash install.sh. Question is: Why did sh not work. Mine points to dash. Why? Running Debian Sid.

Not installing

Re: Not installing

The output looks good. Does color folder show up in the context menu of directories? Are you using the Frameworks 5 version of dolphin?

Re: Re: Not installing

Don't ask me why, but a reboot later everything seems OK. Sorry and thanks!

Superb

I am very happy with the app. I know its challenging with the KDE names: Both plasma5 and KDE4 isnt correct, if thats important to you. KDE SC 4 and KDE Applications 5 fit it most, i guess.

Re: Superb

Or Dolphin 4 and Dolphin 5

A KDE service menu for changing the color of specific folders, compatible with KDE4 and Plasma 5.

Install by running the install.sh file.

… one can read and write,

and uses these obscure things called “names”.

at the moment it seems not run the color on a mounted folder (with samba)

for the rest it's a great job!

here is a video where I show what's appens
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16793324/color_folder.mp4

Hi. My I propose an improvement:

https://gist.github.com/pejakm/9855609

(Feature to add styles.)

Hi. Although the idea is similar, I don't think it would be a good idea to merge both service menus.
I would suggest you create your own release and if you wish, we can each add a link to the description so interested users can find the other service menu more quickly.

Line 7, expected (

I tried bypassing and simply running the Plasma 5 leg. Could not create /colorfolder.desktop and /colorfolder.sh. Obviously, a correct path must precede these. Maybe then, need run sudo.

Could you try the install.sh from https://github.com/HessiJames/kde-color-folder and run it using "bash ./install.sh".
Also, could you tell me the bash version using "bash --version".

Install.sh on git looks the same.
Bash version is 4.3.42

Did, indeed, work using bash install.sh. Question is: Why did sh not work. Mine points to dash. Why?

Running Debian Sid.

The output looks good.
Does color folder show up in the context menu of directories?
Are you using the Frameworks 5 version of dolphin?

I am very happy with the app.

I know its challenging with the KDE names:

Both plasma5 and KDE4 isnt correct, if thats important to you.

KDE SC 4 and KDE Applications 5 fit it most, i guess.