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Service Menus
This file explains how to add an item in the popupmenu (for both konqueror and kdesktop), without using the file associations.
Why
One reason for doing this is being able to associate some action with all files without this action becoming a default handler (called on left click).
Another is that for text-based programs and tools (e.g. gzip) it's faster than defining a desktop file for the application, making it hidden, and associate it with the relevant file types.
How
Create a file ~/.trinity/share/apps/konqueror/servicemenus/something.desktop
and write into it something like (without the comments):
[Desktop Entry]
ServiceTypes=text/html,text/plain # use all/all for all entries
# all/allfiles for files only
# and use inode/directory for dirs only
# you can also do things like image/* for all
# image mimetypes
Actions=gzip;mail # those are ';' separated, per the standard !
X-TDE-Submenu=Menuname # this optional entry allows grouping the
# entries in this servicemenu file into a
# common submenu, in this case "Menuname"
TryExec=gzip # Find if executable exist, if it doesn't exist
# menu entry is not displaying
ExcludeServiceTypes=application/x-zip # This entry is used to avoid to display menu
# when it's a specific servicetype
# for exemple when we use all/allfiles and zip
# them, we don't want to zip a zip file
[Desktop Action gzip] # One "Desktop Action <name>" group per Action
Name=GZip this file
Name[fr]=...
Icon=tgz
Exec=gzip %f
[Desktop Action mail]
Name=Mail this file
Name[fr]=...
Icon=kmail
Exec=kmail --there-is-no-such-option-yet %f
See also the desktop entry standard, which defines more formally the same concept of actions but for desktop files (e.g. eject on a device desktop file, etc.).