default file manager of the MATE Desktop Environment
Questions tagged [caja]
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Mounting LUKS from the command line
When in nautilus or caja I click on the icon of an encrypted disk and enter my password, the underlying block device gets mapped to /dev/mapper/luks-$UUID and it gets mounted at/media/$USER/$DISK, no root password required.
Is there a way to invoke…
Petr Skocik
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Add custom menu action to Caja file manager
There should be a tool to create such actions in Caja (default file manager in Mate desktop environment), installed with
sudo apt install caja-actions
But it doesn't seem to work, as indicated here.
In my case, this tool is in the start menu, but…
user32012
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How do I get Caja to open a directory and select the file?
I have a script that "generates" a sequentially named image (e.g. img_001.jpg) and saves it in a fixed directory, e.g. ~/Documents/Images.
After the file has been created, I'd like to display the folder with the file selected, i.e. similar to how…
makhdumi
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caja is not mounting smb shares
Recently, caja refuses to "mount" smb locations for which it previously gave no complaint. Usually, I would access various share points using caja by typing smb:/// in the Location text-box. When the credentials dialogue window…
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Prevent MATE from launching Caja Desktop when running i3
A while back I installed i3 on my MATE box, and I'm quite happy with it, however despite disabling Caja Desktop (x-caja-desktop) when setting i3 as the default window manager through dconf editor, every time I install a .deb package via the gui…
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How to edit Caja's / Nautilus' "open with list"?
Due to testing several programs I've ended up with a lot of entries on Caja's "open with list" menu when opening files. How does one edit that list in order to remove undesired entries?
user329296
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Where does caja put its preferences
I am running/using mate 1.20.2 amd using caja as my file and folder explorer (GUI-based) .
I have tried to figure out where caja puts it preferences but have failed.
$ caja --version
MATE caja 1.20.2
I tried to first see in .config/caja if it has…
shirish
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Set custom application for file comparison in caja
How can I set custom application which is being invoked when I press "Differences" button in "File Conflict" dialog?
I did not find corresponding option in "File Management Preferences".
I did not find it using "dconf Editor" in org.mate.caja.*.
I…
Egor Skriptunoff
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Mate/Caja: Disabling recursive file search in caja's "open/save file" dialogs
I'm using Ubuntu Mate 19.04 Disco, using MATE Caja 1.20.3.
Recently after a system update (think from 18.10 to 19.04) the behavior of the open file/close file GTK dialogs changed:
When I typed something previously there, it searched within the…
Jonas Mechtheim
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how to add a folder to Places in caja?
In caja it seems there is no way to add a folder to the Places menu. I tried caja help menu > F1 but didn't get anywhere. Any help would be appreciated.
This is in caja 1.20.0
shirish
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Extract the thumbnail which is shown in Caja from a video
When I go to a folder with a video file in (flv, mp4, for example) in Caja, which is my File Explorer program in my version of Linux (Mint MATE), it has a little thumbnail graphic.
Where does this come from? Is it stored in the video's…
Max Williams
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How to run Java program in Bash script and give it one argument?
I will add an item on a context menu, called "Open with ABC".
This context menu appear when I right-clicked a folder.
When the "Open with ABC" is selected, it will launch a Java program, "abc.class".
That Java program need "directory path" of that…
mshahrim
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Where does Caja save folder state and icon?
I'm using icons to categorize my folders but sometimes I move the icons to a more appropiate place so the next time I load the folder, the folder icon isn't set. Could I edit manually (replace text) the folder configuration to avoid searching its…
user329296
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How do you add “open in terminal” to the right-click mouse menu for folders/directories for caja?
I know about that question, but how to do this in caja ?
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Setting a shortcut's cwd
I have a program that works correctly if:
I run it from the command line in its own directory.
I run it from the command line from wherever, using cd /path/to/prog && ./prog.
I double-click it in Caja.
I right-click it in Caja, pick Make Link, and…
Kev
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