Bug 267916

Summary:	Dolphin User-Defined Tools/Services and configuration
Product:	[Applications] dolphin	Reporter:	whatmeurgent <whatmeurgent>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	andydecleyre, claudius+kde, kde.podagric, mariusz.libera, whatmeurgent
Priority:	NOR
Version:	16.12.2
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	dolphin-meld patch

Description whatmeurgent 2011-03-07 20:18:11 UTC

Version:           unspecified (using KDE 4.6.0) 
OS:                Linux

A user should be able to easily manage custom tools, and configure kde-supplied tools.

Example 1: Dolphin includes a tool to compare two selected files. According to the help file, it invokes 'kompare' but, at least in Kubuntu 10.10, this is not included by default. (reference my bug report ---). In any event, a user should be able to easily replace kompare with, say, meld or another application of his/her choice for specific tool.

Example 2 (reference feature request # ----): Dolphin does not currently have an integrated visual directory tree tool (eg. filelight, kdirstat), although this is available via context menu. A user should be able to easily integrate tools. If competition is what motivates you ... last I checked, thunar and nautilus allow for this.

Reproducible: Didn't try

Comment 1 Jeroen van Meeuwen (Kolab Systems) 2012-08-24 16:19:54 UTC

Resetting assignee to default as per bug #305719

Comment 2 andydecleyre 2019-03-25 18:59:44 UTC

I know this is 8 years old, but still very much an annoyance, to the point that I maintain a patched package for Arch Linux's AUR: dolphin-meld

It uses meld rather than kompare (I simply cannot figure out how to be productive with kompare), uses meld's icon rather than kompare's (meld's is actually hideous in the Papirus theme, but it seems the proper thing to do), and allows for up to three documents to be selected and compared. I'll attach the patch file, in case it helps someone interested in this bug.

Comment 3 andydecleyre 2019-03-25 19:00:19 UTC

Created attachment 119031 [details]
dolphin-meld patch

Comment 4 andydecleyre 2019-12-12 18:18:46 UTC

The patch is still working fine as of dolphin 19.12.0, if anyone's interested.

Comment 5 Claudius 2020-02-28 16:03:05 UTC

This would be great as a global setting. Kdevelop and Kate also seem to have no UI to set the diff tool. Krusader has it however.

Comment 6 Podagric 2020-09-29 03:31:22 UTC

*** Bug 420637 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 7 Podagric 2020-09-29 03:34:32 UTC

thanks andydecleyre@gmail.com for, patch. but it doesn't seem to work on dolphin 20.08.1
I installed the version available in AUR but even with the meld installed it is not displayed as an option to compare the files.
The strange thing is that when I installed kompare the option was available but it still opens kompare and not meld

Comment 8 andydecleyre 2021-05-14 15:44:12 UTC

@Podagric

The patch continues to work fine here.

My guess is that you're using a diff/compare plugin, which the patch doesn't affect. It only affects the built-in Compare Files action, available under the Tools menu, or as a toolbar button.

Comment 9 Podagric 2021-05-15 18:46:03 UTC

yes it is i got it working. 
but it is only displayed in the Tools menu or the toolbar, not the right click as with Kompare