Ubuntu Tweak with Power Scripts
March 9th, 2008 | by TualatriX |When I released the Ubuntu Tweak 0.2.7, I said: this is the last major release of 0.2 series. So, 0.2.8 is only a improved version.
Today I want to break it, because a new feature is added to Ubuntu Tweak again. This time, with Power Scripts.
You may ask what is “Power Scripts”. First, it is a kind of nautilus scripts.
Have you ever used nautilus scripts? Through nautilus scripts, you’ll done many kinds of work by just selecting files, and choosing what script to run.
But there’s a little limitation of nautilus scripts, we can’t do the work with interactive, and it has none output to tell us the progress or status. zenity isn’t so flexible as I expect.
I wrote some simple code the make the scripts more powerful. So I called it “Power Scripts”. And I wrote a interface of Ubuntu Tweak to manage the scripts.
Here’s the screenshots:
The way to manage the script is the same as Manage Teampltes. Just drag and drop.
Three default power scripts with interactive mode.
For example, select a file and run “Copy to”, a file chooser dialog will disappear and you can select the folder where you want copy the file to. If the target is exist, it will display a dialog and stop the work.
And multiple selection is supported.
I only wrote the three scripts with interactive, in the future, more power scripts will be added. Such as convert pictures, music or videos. This should take much time.
Of course, the nautilus scripts is supported too. Just drag and drop them.
What’s next? Waiting for your translation, the power scripts are translatable!
The version will be 0.2.10. I’ve made a mistake while releasing 0.2.8, so the 0.2.9 is used:)
Tags: power-scripts, ubuntu-tweak
10 Responses to “Ubuntu Tweak with Power Scripts”
By mybunche on Mar 9, 2008 | Reply
I stumbled across your website about a month ago and have to say your work is amazing. I am still running 6.10 so I hope to try the fruits of your labour in 8.04, but for now I just keep up to date with the news via RSS. I would like to see this integrated in the default install. Thanks.
By Lee Jarratt on Mar 9, 2008 | Reply
Excellent work again!
By Surreal Killa on Mar 9, 2008 | Reply
Ubuntu Tweak is a great program. I don’t know why it isn’t in the repos. These scripts you’re incorperating sound really good. Could you also add in the other nautilus scripts like browse directory as root, etc?
By TualatriX on Mar 10, 2008 | Reply
@Surreal
I’ve added another two scripts: browse as root and open with gedit as root.
By leandrox on Mar 11, 2008 | Reply
another script for music files: enquee in xmms (audacious or bmp)
nice work! tnx!
By Stephen on Mar 30, 2008 | Reply
Would there be any way to integrate this with Nautilus Actions rather than just as scripts?
I use Nautilus Actions for most of my scripts as it integrates directly into the right click menu, not a sub-menu, and it looks far more professional.
Great stuff, I really appreciate your work.