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AlanW
AlanW

Reputation: 105

KDE Dolphin Service Menu to Print PDFs

I tried to create a service menu so that I can print pdf files directly from dolphin's context menu.

Here's the print-pdf.desktop file:

[Desktop Action print-pdf]
Exec=/home/me/.kde/share/kde4/services/print-pdf.sh %D %U
Icon=stock_print
Name=Print PDF

[Desktop Entry]
Actions=print-pdf
Icon=print
MimeType=application/pdf
ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin
Type=Service
X-KDE-Priority=TopLevel

And here's the script it's supposed to execute:

#! /bin/bash
for FILE in *.pdf;
do lp $FILE;
done

However, as to be expected, all pdf files are printing at once instead of only those selected. I tried using '$1' as well, but that did nothing.

Is there a way to tell dolphin to process only selected files?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1242

Answers (1)

Long
Long

Reputation: 819

Following the .desktop spec, we can use %f to pass in a single file as an argument (%D is deprecated). Using %f has the additional benefit that we do not need to loop over the selected files ourselves.

So to make your service menu work, replace the Exec=... line with

Exec=lp %f

Furthermore the .desktop file has to be placed in

~/.local/share/kservices5/ServiceMenus/

to be recognised by Dolphin. I wish this was documented somewhere.

Upvotes: 3

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