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HOWTO: MAKE CUSTOM FOLDER ICONS
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Find some cool icons in /usr/share/icons/... and get to work!
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Tested in LM Xfce 19.3 we was on ubuntu 18.04 and on thunar 1.6.15.
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Now, that we are on LM 20 xfce and on thunar 1.8.14 ... we are able to show custom folder icons in thunar.
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(Might be useful for music-collections - or image-collections ... e.g.)
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As shown on the xfce4 website we will need two scripts to do it.
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I will show you the way i got it to work (without the use of terminal)
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1. open up thunar and create a folder in your home-directory and name it like "mythunarfiles" (without quotes) ... or whatever you want.
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2. open up xed and copy the first script to it :
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Code: Select all
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#!/bin/bash
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convert -thumbnail "$1" "$2/cover.jpg" "$3" 1>/dev/null 2>&1 ||\
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convert -thumbnail "$1" "$2/.icon.png" "$3" 1>/dev/null 2>&1 ||\
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rm -f "$HOME/.cache/thumbnails/normal/$(echo -n "$4" | md5sum | cut -d " " -f1).png" ||\
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rm -f "$HOME/.thumbnails/normal/$(echo -n "$4" | md5sum | cut -d " " -f1).png" ||\
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rm -f "$HOME/.cache/thumbnails/large/$(echo -n "$4" | md5sum | cut -d " " -f1).png" ||\
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rm -f "$HOME/.thumbnails/large/$(echo -n "$4" | md5sum | cut -d " " -f1).png" ||\
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exit 1
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3. save the script as :
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Code: Select all
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folder-thumbnailer
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to the folder home/yourname/mythunarfiles
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4. now copy the second script to xed :
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Code: Select all
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[Thumbnailer Entry]
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Version=1.0
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Encoding=UTF-8
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Type=X-Thumbnailer
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Name=Folder Thumbnailer
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MimeType=inode/directory;
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Exec=/usr/bin/folder-thumbnailer %s %i %o %u
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5. save the script as :
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Code: Select all
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folder.thumbnailer
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to the folder home/yourname/mythunarfiles
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Open up thunar and
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home/yourname/mythunarfiles
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Open up a new thunar window
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6. navigate to > filesystem > usr > bin
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7. make a right click on the folder and choose "open as root"
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8. Drag and drop the file
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Code: Select all
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folder-thumbnailer
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from the thunar-window home/yourname/mythunarfiles to the window /usr/bin (which is now opened with root-privilegues.)
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9. now do a right click on the file folder-thumbnailer (that now sits in /usr/bin/
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and choose > Properties> Access rights and mark: "File can be started as a program"
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10. close the Folder
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11. navigate to > filesystem > usr > share > thumbnailers.
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12. now do a right click on the folder and choose "open as root"
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12. Drag and drop the file
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Code: Select all
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folder.thumbnailer
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from the thunar-window home/yourname/mythunarfiles to the window /usr/share/thumbnailers (which is now opened with root-privilegues.)
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13. now do a right click on the folder.thumbnailer (that now sits in /usr/share/thumbnailers
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and choose > Properties> Access rights and mark: "File can be started as a program"
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14. close the folder.
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15. Very important :
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to get it to work : you must install imagemagick
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Code: Select all
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apt install imagemagick
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16. Now restart the system
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17. And now restarted :
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...... if you place a jpg-image with the name :
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cover.jpg
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or
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.icon.png
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into a folder ..... the folder icon will show it .
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And if you delete the file thunar will show the "normal" file icon again ...
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