bookmarks-indicator

Bookmarks indicator for Ubuntu, written in Python.

Think of it as a handy way to quickly open the files you use regularly, without needing to open a new file manager window, or manually hunt it down in the Unity Dash.

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brief guide

• Put in config all the folders and files you want to bookmark, one per line; environment variables like $HOME are expanded;
• Use --- or --- Some Header where you want to place a menu separator;
• Open a terminal in the folder containing bookmarks-indicator.py;
• Run python bookmarks-indicator.py.

Example of a config file:

$HOME/Documents
$HOME/Downloads
--- Media
$HOME/Music
$HOME/Pictures
$HOME/Videos
---
$HOME/Documents/TodoList.txt

requirements

This indicator requires the following python modules: os, sys, tempfile, subprocess, gtk, appindicator, argparse. You can install the missing ones using pip (link).

advanced usage

usage: bookmarks-indicator.py [OPTIONS]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help  show this help message and exit
  -i COLOR    icon color (default: '#010101')
  -c CONFIG   config file path (default: '<script-path>/config')
  -l LABEL    indicator label (default: '')
  -o OPENER   file opener (default: 'xdg-open')
  -t SHELL    shell (default: 'gnome-terminal')

Copyright (c) 2016, Antonio Coratelli.
Released under BSD 3-Clause License. See 'LICENSE' file.

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