Need a script to open ROX in icon view - SOLVED

[mow9902]

Using frugal install of fossapup64

My default rox view is "list" (not icon) and this suits me almost all of the time.
But - there are occasions when I want to open a rox window in icon view.

Is it possible to launch rox from a bash script which will open the window in "icon" view, and then revert back to the default "list" view when the window is closed?

Thanks in anticipation.

[geo_c]

Using frugal install of fossapup64

My default rox view is "list" (not icon) and this suits me almost all of the time.
But - there are occasions when I want to open a rox window in icon view.

Is it possible to launch rox from a bash script which will open the window in "icon" view, and then revert back to the default "list" view when the window is closed?

Thanks in anticipation.

I was just looking at Rox --help in the terminal and I don't see options to open with different default display settings.

If you want to open specific directories with set display settings like icon view, you can right click on the file window and choose: >Display>Save Current Display Settings and that directory will open in the future with whatever settings you have at the moment.

I think you can display the manual in a browser using: file:///usr/share/ROX-Filer/Help/Manual.html

I haven't combed the manual for an answer, but I probably will soon.

[JakeSFR]

It is possible:

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#!/bin/sh

if [ -z "$1" ]; then
	echo "Usage: $0 <directory>"
	exit 1
fi

filename="$1"
style='Automatic'	# Large, Small, Huge, Automatic
details='None'		# None, ListView, Size, Type, Times, Permissions
sort='Name'		# Name, Type, Date, Size, Owner, Group
hidden='false'		# true, false

rox --RPC << EOF
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<env:Envelope xmlns:env="http://www.w3.org/2001/12/soap-envelope">
	<env:Body xmlns="http://rox.sourceforge.net/SOAP/ROX-Filer">
		<OpenDir>
			<Filename>$filename</Filename>
			<Style>$style</Style>
			<Details>$details</Details>
			<Sort>$sort</Sort>
			<Hidden>$hidden</Hidden>
		</OpenDir>
	</env:Body>
</env:Envelope>
EOF

See Appendix C. SOAP RPC for more info.

Greetings!

[geo_c]

It is possible:

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#!/bin/sh

if [ -z "$1" ]; then
	echo "Usage: $0 <directory>"
	exit 1
fi

filename="$1"
style='Automatic'	# Large, Small, Huge, Automatic
details='None'		# None, ListView, Size, Type, Times, Permissions
sort='Name'		# Name, Type, Date, Size, Owner, Group
hidden='false'		# true, false

rox --RPC << EOF
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<env:Envelope xmlns:env="http://www.w3.org/2001/12/soap-envelope">
	<env:Body xmlns="http://rox.sourceforge.net/SOAP/ROX-Filer">
		<OpenDir>
			<Filename>$filename</Filename>
			<Style>$style</Style>
			<Details>$details</Details>
			<Sort>$sort</Sort>
			<Hidden>$hidden</Hidden>
		</OpenDir>
	</env:Body>
</env:Envelope>
EOF

See Appendix C. SOAP RPC for more info.

Greetings!

How would you suggest running it? Locating the script in /root/my-applications/bin and running it from a terminal or linking to the desktop, something like that?

[JakeSFR]

Depends on OP's preferences, I guess.
Although the above example is meant to be provided with a directory as an argument, it can be easily done by linking it to the pinboard, then right-click the shortcut -> Edit item -> Arguments to pass (for executable).
Or just hardcode the desired directory in the script itself.

Greetings!

[mow9902]

It is possible:

JakeSFR: Thanks a heap for this. It works perfectly and does just what I wanted.

I had seen and read the SOAP RPC but I'm afraid I was not able to understand how it works. Thanks again.

[geo_c]

Or just hardcode the desired directory in the script itself.
Greetings!

Works great! I'll be using this scipt.

I just made an alteration to the script using @mikewalsh's present working directory line from his portable scripts, so that now you can navigate to the directory you want to open in a file manager, open a terminal in that directory (or maybe just use a "run" box) and run the script and it will open the pwd in icon view.

Actually it's great for terminal navigation to see image thumbnails using rox.

I named the script: rxvpwd for Rox view present working directory

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#!/bin/sh

HERE="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")"
filename=$HERE
style='Automatic'	# Large, Small, Huge, Automatic
details='None'		# None, ListView, Size, Type, Times, Permissions
sort='Name'		# Name, Type, Date, Size, Owner, Group
hidden='false'		# true, false

rox --RPC << EOF
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<env:Envelope xmlns:env="http://www.w3.org/2001/12/soap-envelope">
	<env:Body xmlns="http://rox.sourceforge.net/SOAP/ROX-Filer">
		<OpenDir>
			<Filename>$HERE</Filename>
			<Style>$style</Style>
			<Details>$details</Details>
			<Sort>$sort</Sort>
			<Hidden>$hidden</Hidden>
		</OpenDir>
	</env:Body>
</env:Envelope>
EOF