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Thunar custom actions including "root terminal here" without gksudo

Posted 11-18-2010 at 10:54 AM by catkin
Updated 11-20-2010 at 01:36 AM by catkin (Changed title to mention gksudo)

Here's a way to implement Thunar custom actions using rxvt unicode (urxvt) but could be adapted to other terminal emulators. It has been used to provide:
  • Terminal here
  • root terminal here
  • vi
  • vi as root
Optionally it allows the custom action to set background colour and a fullscreen window.

Caveats: the mechanism is "proof of concept" and not widely tested at the time of posting. It is designed for use on a workstation with a single user.

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