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[sunburnt]

RoxApps, or AppDirs do this, but I find no info. on the mechanism.
File associations it seems are only for files... Makes sense.

# So how to setup dir. associations?

The dir. has an extension: .sqApp
Want running the dir. to run the file SqApp inside it.

CLI would be the best because then a GUI click would be easy to setup.

For GUI I think I`ll have to pick a file browser like Xfe and mod it to work.
I dislike "Open With", never use it, I need control of click and Rt. click.

[ravensrest]

I am not sure how you might do it with a mouse click, but if it is always the same directory and same file, then you could write a very simple 2-line script to do it:

CD (desired directory)
exec (desired file)

You could run it from CLI or make it an icon on the pinboard.

BS

[Karl Godt]

I think the execute file is named "AppRun" for rox and maybe needs this additional AppInfo.xml .

If you want to click in the terminal : Are you referring to something like midnight commander ?

If so, did you get mouse support to work (by gpm or whatever) ?

[L18L]

[sunburnt]

Hi ravensrest; I forgot to mention it`s stand-alone like the ROX Apps.
The point is to have the dir. be the only thing required to run the app.

Hey Karl; No, not click in CLI just GUI. The CLI need is like the mime Q.
I`m looking for a method to get running a dir. to exec. a file inside it.
# Appinfo.xml only has app. info.:

[L18L]

[sunburnt]

Hi L18L; The file rox is a shell script, I can do that too, but that`s not it.
I don`t want to have to run a shell script to run another shell script.

I put an AppRun file in a dir. and ROX-Filer changed the icon, so that`s it.

Bash in a VT does nothing with RoxApp dirs. Only running the file works.
I`d be happy if Bash would recognize a dir. by extension like a file.
I can easily write a script to do this, but it`s not what I had in mind.

If Bash had sockets, behaviors could be added without patching it.

But I will probably have to settle for writing a AppDir script for Xfe.

[Bruce B]

[Karl Godt]

Just a short idea :

how about a function in .bashrc ?

like

[sunburnt]

Hi Bruce B; The thought was that Bash would recognize an "extension" on a dir. just like it does for a file.
Then this would allow for mime behavior with dirs. as well as files.
Of course Bash doesn`t really use mime any way, but it could / should.
That`s why I was dreaming of Bash plug-ins.

Karl; This comes about as close as I think it can get.
I was thinking maybe something could be done in profile.local or .bashrc.

Q: Wouldn`t all the tests after running AppRun be easier with just "else"?

I think this could work for the junction hack I made, and Bash mime too!
I`ll see how the whole idea pans out and let you know.

[Karl Godt]

i think that this can implemented in the bash source code . I am guessing the soure already uses a C case loop for this like i have often seen in main()s parsing parameters .

Don't know if you want a full bash or just your_bash .

which command seems not to work on shell buitins like return, here type is needed .

[sunburnt]

I tried your function and it works of course, but console is plain-vanilla.
There`s no command history and probably other behaviors are lost too.
But I`m thinking that a special sh fork could run the loop and be used?
This would keep Bash from being hijacked and made partly unusable.