is there a way to allow just one dolphin session? so as when i click “ctrl+e” it opens the running dolphin window and does not open a new window?
There must be a way.
Ctrl+e
just runs ‘dolphin’ and will create a new window for me every time. That setting is in ‘shortcuts’ and to me, it is a little annoying.
I can set that to do dolphin --new-window
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I set it to open ‘HOME’ with a gesture/shortcut
dolphin --new-window ~
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=183429
So I guess I’m going to go with xdotool, because I have the old-but-good desktop. If you use the new-slicker-but-non-functioning one, you’ll have to investigate ydotool
#!/bin/bash
for WINDOW in $(xdotool search --desktop 0 dolphin);
do xdotool windowactivate ${WINDOW}
done
Gets the Dolphin window up if it’s hidden…
#!/bin/bash
for WINDOW in $(xdotool search --desktop 0 dolphin);
do xdotool windowactivate ${WINDOW}; xdotool key ctrl+t
done
This one gets it up and ‘presses’ Ctrl_T
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So to manage this: [First copy that script into clipboard, Ctrl+C]
I first made it a script ‘dolt’ in my $PATH
Now you can cancel Ctrl+E or bind it to somthing else
- If it works, mark it Solved
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