Idea of a new feature for nemo: Folder notes

[Arzakon]

The idea is to have a panel in the sidebar which loads the contents of a specified file in the active folder. Let's say, for example, a hidden file with the name ".info.md". If the directory we are in has this file, it is shown at the sidebar. Ideally, the panel showing the file contents must have a way to not just display the file, but to edit it as well.

The idea is similar to that of the README.md in Github and similar platforms. It could be an easy way to give context to some folders, for example, shared folders over a LAN or through the internet, keep track of seen videos in a folder, nomenclature explanation... In Git folders, could be used to display README.md instead (or this could be the filename chosen across all the system, though it may be a little too shout-y).

If a markdown interpreter is too much to implement, it could work with simple plain text, though it wouldn't be as appealing.

If someone knows any extension to achieve this effect, just let me know. In the case there's none, I would appreciate if someone points me to any kind of documentation on Nemo's extension system, I'd love to see if I can pull something like this off.

[Cosmo.]

If you want to reach the developers, your place is here: https://github.com/linuxmint/nemo/issues

[Arzakon]

Thanks for the tip. I'll take a look into it, though I wanted to see if somebody knew about a way to achieve that very same thing, via extension or even with some other browser. And I also wanted to see if the idea was something that may interest the community.

[mikeflan]

That's not a bad idea. I might not use it much, but I could see others wanting something like this. It gets tiring to name files with the date, content, version number, helpful hints, etc. Perhaps if you investigate "content managers" you might find something like that:
https://sourceforge.net/software/conten ... ent/linux/