Whippet (formerly Ease): application launcher and xdg-open replacement

Whippet is a Bash script which opens files and urls with applications associated by name and/or MIME-type. Applications and associations may be customized within an SQLite database, and can be weighted according to the importance you assign to them. Whippet can serve as an xdg-open replacement for those who wish to have total control over which applications are associated with which types of files. For more experienced users only, but ideal for integrating with light desktop environments and file managers. Whippet uses dmenu to manage its menus, and you will also need a program such as DB Browser for SQLite for managing the SQLite database. Once installed from the AUR package, execute the command 'man whippet' for more information.
Edit on 2015-06-23: Updated for Whippet 2.1.2.
Edit on 2015-03-15: Rebranded as Whippet; was formerly Ease.
Last edited by ninian (Today 14:24:22)

Version 1.2.0 has been released, with the following new features:
Can now optionally associate applications by matching regexes to file/URI names in the configuration file.
New option -n and configuration variable $assocname control the usage of associations by file/URI name.
Also:
Fixed a bug causing a loop in the fallback menu when an alternative configuration directory is specified.

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You can also specify applications that you wish to open in terminal, and linopen knows when the process should be opened in new terminal or in your current open terminal.
Example configuration
# linopen configuration
# enviroiment variables can be used
# Specify your terminal emulator here
# for terminal support.
terminal=xterm
# Specify all programs you want to
# open in terminal like this:
interm=vim
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# The following examples are in the order
# which linopen chooses the program as well.
# 1. File extension
# .png:sxiv
# .mp4:mplayer
# .txt:vim
# 2. Mime type
# image/png:sxiv
# video/mp4:mplayer
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# 3. Mime category
image:sxiv
video:mplayer
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?'^http:\/\/':$BROWSER
?'^https:\/\/':$BROWSER
?'^www.':$BROWSER
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# here if you are a GUI user.
directory:echo
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# was feed. If you are using DE you could
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PKGBUILD here
Refer to the configuration file for more detailed how-to.
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Last edited by Cloudef (2012-07-17 16:08:41)

In this case it would be better to change the PKGBUILD to this
# Maintainer: Cloudef <[email protected]>
# Intelligent and suckless replacement for xdg-open
pkgname=linopen
pkgver=1.0
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc='Intelligent and suckless replacement for xdg-open'
arch=('any')
url='http://cloudef.eu'
license=('WTFPL')
provides=('xdg-utils')
conflicts=('xdg-utils')
backup=('etc/linopen.conf')
source=('xdg-open' 'linopen.conf')
package() {
cd "$srcdir"
mkdir -p "${pkgdir}/usr/bin"
mkdir -p "${pkgdir}/etc"
ln -s "/usr/bin/xdg-open" "$pkgdir/usr/bin/open"
install -m755 xdg-open "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/"
install -m755 linopen.conf "${pkgdir}/etc/"
md5sums=('f5487fc4c305a20124da7bb164e6b04d'
'2c9078f3ee82d619dc150bb44837d9e8')
or (imho nicer) with this package function
package() {
install -Dm755 "$srcdir/xdg-open" "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/xdg-open"
install -Dm755 "$srcdir/linopen.conf" "${pkgdir}/etc/linopen.conf"
ln -s "/usr/bin/xdg-open" "$pkgdir/usr/bin/open"
Last edited by Army (2012-07-03 16:04:13)

How to raise application error and preserve open cursor...

Hello,
I have to raise an application error under certain circumstances.
In some cases there's an open cursor that has to be read by the calling application anyway because there are data that have to be read.
In other cases the cursor does not have to be read.
sample code:
create or replace procedure get_address(
pv_street varchar2,
pv_number varchar2,
pr_retid in out number,
pr_refcurs in out get_streetpkg.t_refcurs )
v_rowcount number;
v_no_suiting_number boolean := false;
begin
delete temp_addr;
-- get suiting rows
insert into temp_addr
select * from addr
where street like pv_street
and number like pv_number;
v_rowcount := sql%rowcount;
-- if no suiting row found then get all
-- suiting streets regardless of number
if v_rowcount = 0 then
v_no_suiting_number := true;
insert into temp_addr
select * from addr
where street like pv_street;
end if;
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select count(*)
into v_rowcount
from temp_addr;
-- set return id if only one row is found.
if v_rowcount = 1 then
select id from temp_addr
into pr_retid;
end if;
-- open cursor to provide data
open pr_refcurs for
select * from temp_addr;
-- generate error - if no data found at all
-- no data has to be read...
if v_rowcount = 0 then
raise_application_error( -20001, 'no data found' );
end if;
-- generate error - or better notification - message if no number found...
-- SELECTED ROWS HAVE TO BE READ ANYWAY!!!
if v_no_suiting_number then
raise_application_error( -20002, 'streets found, but no suiting number' );
end if;
return;
end;
Prerequisites:
- The calling application reads the open cursor and closes it.
- The application cannot provide additional arguments and the stored proc cannot be converted into a stored func.
- I cannot put the procedure into a package.
- The application has to get information about success or failure (and reason of failure) through provided error numbers (-20999..-20000).
Whenever the error is raised and pr_retid was set, retid is not set in the application, neither is the cursor.
So what can I do to provide return ID and row data???
Hope anyone can help me.
Greetings, Heiko Kaschube
null

Sorry, I didn't read your list of pre-requisites carefully enough. Your problem is that prerequiste #4 (return Application Error number) is in flat contradiction with prerequisite #1 (calling application continues processing).
To restate: RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR means "the called program has encountered a problem so please cease processing and handle the error". Using RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR prevents the calling program doing any more processing: control goes to the EXCEPTION handler. Therefore RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR should only be used for abnormal processing conditions.
I fail to see why you want to use RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR to handle a situation which is quite obviously not an application error: your called program has found some data that you want to process.
yours in puzzlement, APC

Safari and firefox won't launch and explorer opens but won't load correctly

Hi
Something weird is happening to our emac!
Got home yesterday after a few days away and all the apple aps have stopped working
Safari and itunes won't launch at all - they just bounce a couple of times in the dock - then nothing.
Firefox won't launch either - the only browser I can get to launch is explorer - and that won't load properly.
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In desperation overnight I re-installed the software from the software restore discs - but this morning it's no better.
I saw a thread earlier that suggested that rogue fonts might be to blame - which could be something because the only page that loads in explorer displays strangely with the fonts all over the place.
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thanks x

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*"In desperation overnight I re-installed the software from the software restore discs - but this morning it's no better."*
Better check the startup disk for errors.
Insert Installer disk and Restart, holding down the "C" key until grey Apple appears.
Go to Installer menu and launch Disk Utility.
Select your HDD (manufacturer ID) in the left panel.
Select First Aid in the Main panel.
(Check S.M.A.R.T Status of HDD at the bottom of right panel. It should say: Verified)
Click Repair Disk on the bottom right.
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If DU reports errors Repair again and again until DU reports disk is repaired.
When you are finished with DU, from the Menu Bar, select Utilities/Startup Manager.
Select your start up disk and click Restart
While you have the Disk Utility window open, look at the bottom of the window. Where you see Capacity and Available. Make sure there is always 10% to 15% free disk space.
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Application launches and immediately quits without any message

I have an old powerbook G4 which I use for only one purpose- to run Mathcad 6 in the Classic environment. (Mathsoft discontinued supporting Macs many years ago so I'm stuck.)
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I use firefox exclusively. I open many sessions simultaneously mostly one site per session in a single tab. At times during the day when I keep firefox open, I will return to a previous site/session and before I am able to see it, I am getting browser 'pop-ups' of ads for TJ MAxx (a site I never visit) and hard-core porno (a site i never visit and not part of my browsing demographic). These are completely random and hide behind legitimate browsing sessions and are not listed in history etc. They are not being removed by adware or Norton and they are driving me nuts not to mention the embarassment of trying to launch a legitimate site and getting disgusting porno in your face while working with colleagues. Please help!

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* [http://support.kaspersky.com/faq/?qid=208283363 TDSSKiller - AntiRootkit Utility]
[http://windows.microsoft.com/MSE Microsoft Security Essentials] is a good permanent antivirus for Windows 7/Vista/XP if you don't already have one.
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'''Reset Firefox'''
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How can I make applications, documents, and downloads open directly in finder?

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tnx

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tnx
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I take my MacBook Pro back and forth from home to work. Open Directory is set up at both locations running on Snow Leopard server. These two locations are entirely separate domains and IP networks. The only thing that is the same is my username and password, which is the same in both locations.
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Introducing ayr - a high density but no-nonsense application launcher

Ayr has been forked from fyr and it uses dmenu to manage menus of application launchers, which can be either executables or desktop files. It also opens files and URIs with launchers, desktop files, or applications associated by MIME-type. Desktop files and file associations are detected according to XDG standards, as far as is practical, and a wrapper is provided to let ayr function as an xdg-open replacement. Launchers can be grouped and/or made read-only with tags. Available now as an AUR package; execute the command 'ayr -h' for much more information once installed.
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Version 1.2.0 has been released, with the following new features:
Can now optionally associate applications by matching regexes to file/URI names in the configuration file.
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Also:
Fixed a bug causing a loop in the fallback menu when an alternative configuration directory is specified.

Missing files, user folder, application folder and system folder

I am using a MacBook Pro 2011 model with OS X 10.9.4.
Since I bought the machine several years ago, I have had only a few small problems with it. Yesterday I wanted to reduce the size of a video, so I downloaded a video compressor/converter software, and left the computer on and the program compressing my video whilst I went off to work. When I returned home, the compressing program had a pop-up saying ''Could not complete compression, system full'' or something along those lines.... After trying to play the movie without success, I decided that I would restart my computer, as it had been on all day.
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I tried to open Word, and although it is also missing from the applications folder, and it opened, also allowing me to open a document which I know is located within the 'empty' folders. I have a feeling that my documents and files are still on my computer, but I don't know how to access them!
Please if someone could shed light on the situation! All my work files and personal files are on this computer and I would be devastated to loose them!
Let me know if you need any more ino or screen shots!
Kind regards,
Lauren

OS X- Gray progress bar appears under Apple logo during startup
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Repair
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Hi All,
I have Elements 11 running on Win 8.1 on a Dell XPS. The Organizer has worked fine before, but now, all of a sudden it will launch from the desktop icon, ask me to find the catalog, but then it simply stays minimized in the task bar. If I right click on the icon in the task bar, I can see a small image from my catalog, I just can't get it to restore to where I can use it. (I'm not sure what precipitated this behavior, but it's not the upgrade to 8.1, as it happened before that.) If it matters, the catalog is on an external hard drive. This hasn't mattered before. Also, I share this catalog with someone using Elements 11 for the Mac. This too, has worked in the past. The only thing I can think of that might be related is that we upgraded my friend's computer recently and imported the whole collection into iPhoto on her Mac. But that didn't involve Elements at all. Any ideas? I have tried shutting down and rebooting to no avail.
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Message was edited by: copperberry

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Application launcher update problem

I have one user that travels between 2 sites and whenever they go to one
site or the other they run nalexpld.exe which tells them there is a new
version of application launcher and they must reboot. Both of these sites
are running SP3 with a Zen patch for COMCTL32.dll on top of that so they
SHOULD be the same.
The user in question might spend alternate days between sites so this is
quite annoying for them. I have done a search under NAL* in the public
directory and some of the files are slightly different date wise.
What files are looked at when NALEXPLD.EXE runs and can I manually copy
across one set from one server to the other without causing a problem to
finally get these fiels in sync.

Simon, look at this TID:
What files does NAL update automatically when launched?
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/se...?/10054188.htm
If all these files are at the same version on both servers, then the
user shouldn't get the message. Also pay attention the timestamps of the
files and the timezone settings of the servers and the workstation.
You also use naldesk.exe instead of nalexpld.exe - it will just start
nal without updating any files.
Deyan
[email protected] wrote:
> I have one user that travels between 2 sites and whenever they go to one
> site or the other they run nalexpld.exe which tells them there is a new
> version of application launcher and they must reboot. Both of these sites
> are running SP3 with a Zen patch for COMCTL32.dll on top of that so they
> SHOULD be the same.
>
> The user in question might spend alternate days between sites so this is
> quite annoying for them. I have done a search under NAL* in the public
> directory and some of the files are slightly different date wise.
>
> What files are looked at when NALEXPLD.EXE runs and can I manually copy
> across one set from one server to the other without causing a problem to
> finally get these fiels in sync.

Best XDG Opener?

What is the best XDG Opener? (Like rox, exo-open (XFCE), gnome-open, mimeopen, kioclient)
Right now I'm using "rox", but I don't like how it comes with a file manager. I'd like to be able to have a seperate file manager and xdg opener, so I can pick and choose easily. Also rox can't open urls.

It seems that xdg-open will always use one's browser if one does not have a major DE (that is KDE, Gnome or XFCE). This is denoted generic in xdg-utils.
From the change log it seems that xdg-open would query mimeopen . This functionality is not present in xdg-open at the moment though. I might have something to do with this bug.
I found a nice patch that will make query mimeopen when using xdg-open.
The patch is located here.
Basically one just needs to change the open_generic() function in /usr/bin/xdg-open to:
open_generic()
if mimeopen -v 2>/dev/null 1>&2; then
mimeopen -n "$1"
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
exit_success
fi
fi
IFS=":"
for browser in $BROWSER; do
if [ x"$browser" != x"" ]; then
browser_with_arg=`echo "$browser" | sed s#%s#"$1"#`
if [ x"$browser_with_arg" = x"$browser" ]; then "$browser" "$1";
else $browser_with_arg;
fi
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then exit_success;
fi
fi
done
exit_failure_operation_impossible "no method available for opening '$1'"
It works well for me. I don't know why the removed this IMO essential feature. They mention something about protocols in the bug report. . . If somebody knows more please enlighten me.
--Rasmus

Xdg-open is indecisive and causes applications to not respond!

For some reason, xdg-open will not respond usually when only called once on a file. Repeating the command rapidly however will work eventually (!?)
$ touch foo.txt
$ xdg-open foo.txt
$ xdg-open foo.txt
$ xdg-open foo.txt # after rapid [up-key]+[enter]s, this will work, for example
$ xdg-mime query filetype foo.txt
text/plain
$ xdg-mime query default text/plain
org.gnome.gedit.desktop
It looks like everything should work fine, from the examples given above, but the problem is there. As a result, I have to repeat the command rapidly in the command line to work, and in Chromium I have to keep on clicking "open in folder" to get Nautilus to launch
I remember when the problem started - it was when I installed libreoffice, and for whatever not-so-smart reason, it sets itself as the default app for text/plain, and application/javascript, in my limited usage. So I used:
$ xdg-mime default gedit.desktop text/plain
$ xdg-mime default gedit.desktop application/javascript
... to try and solve the issue, however I faced the same symptoms I am facing now, and even after removing .local/applications/*, I'm still experiencing the same problems
I'm in desperate need of some help, and would appreciate anyone who has insight on this

I've had this bug ever since GNOME 3.14 came in to Arch but have never found anybody else reporting it so I thought it was something specific to my configuration. Glad to see some others have it!
If you run xdg-open once then it does start nautilus but nautilus does not open the window, e.g. "xdg-open .". Nautilus will stay running for about 1 min and it you run xdg-open again within that time it will work and open the window. As soon as Nautilus stops (or after you stop it with nautlius -q), then the next invocation of xdg-open will not work.
PS later edit: I should point out that, consistent with my description of the problem above, if you use Nautilus to manage your desktop (i.e. set "Icons on Desktop" in GNOME Tweak Tool) then you won't see this bug because Nautilus is always running.
Last edited by bulletmark (2014-12-22 05:34:16)

Whippet (formerly Ease): application launcher and xdg-open replacement

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