How to install caja extensions?

pregrine · Post by **pregrine** » Mon Jul 28, 2014 12:15 pm

I would like to install https://github.com/cygwinports/mate-fil ... compare.py in caja 1.8.1

The help tells somethong about a folder $HOME/.mate2/caja-scripts, but even ~/.mat2 doesn't exist on my mint 17. Creating it and copy the executable .py file doesn't change anything.

How to get this extension running?

PatH57 · Post by **PatH57** » Mon Jul 28, 2014 4:20 pm

what's your DE (cinnamon, mate or...)?

eanfrid · Post by **eanfrid** » Mon Jul 28, 2014 4:30 pm

You need at least to install python-caja in order to use caja extensions written in python

Edit: and the path may be wrong (related to an older release of MATE); for other caja 1.8 scripts it is ~/.config/caja/scripts... Indeed these python scripts are 2 years old and probably need some review if not completely obsolete.

pregrine · Post by **pregrine** » Mon Jul 28, 2014 4:42 pm

PatH57 wrote:what's your DE (cinnamon, mate or...)?

Mate

eanfrid wrote:You need at least to install python-caja in order to use caja extensions written in python

python-caja is installed.

PatH57 · Post by **PatH57** » Mon Jul 28, 2014 4:56 pm

check if you have ~/.local/share/caja-python/extensions/ (hidden folder)

pregrine · Post by **pregrine** » Mon Jul 28, 2014 4:59 pm

PatH57 wrote:check if you have ~/.local/share/caja-python/extensions/ (hidden folder)

No, this folder doesn't exist on my ~

PatH57 · Post by **PatH57** » Mon Jul 28, 2014 5:03 pm

in caja click oh home (yourname left side) then Ctrl+h to show hidden files and folders

home hidden files.png

pregrine · Post by **pregrine** » Mon Jul 28, 2014 5:05 pm

Hidden files are displayed on my system - enabling this is one of the first actions after installation

PatH57 · Post by **PatH57** » Mon Jul 28, 2014 5:23 pm

bit puzzled there.
Here's a slightly different approach that works great for me

Select two or more text files (any extension. Say foo.php , bar.py, abc.txt)
Right click on them. Goto properties.
Under the "Open With" tab. Select "Show other Applications".
Select Meld from the list and Add. (Don't make it the default application)
Close the dialog box.

From now on, whenever you need to compare 2 or more files, select the files, right click on them, and select 'meld' listed under "Open With". Meld will open with the diff.

I dig this setup. Keeps the Right click context menu cleaner and also gets meld working from inside caja or nemo

pregrine · Post by **pregrine** » Mon Jul 28, 2014 5:31 pm

Nice solution, thanks a lot.

Extensions: Caja extensions (common files) are installed on my system, but Edit|Preferences|Plugins is still empty. Looks like the extension mechanics are broken.

PatH57 · Post by **PatH57** » Mon Jul 28, 2014 5:37 pm

don't think broken it must be somewhere else now we just couldn't find it right away

pregrine · Post by **pregrine** » Mon Jul 28, 2014 5:45 pm

caja help 'Caja Scripts' states phantastic things on extensions - but nothing is true...

PatH57 · Post by **PatH57** » Mon Jul 28, 2014 5:51 pm

wouldn't know how to use half of it anyway and on my older PCs it would run as fast as a snail on steroids

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