Bug 400263 - Better workflow for creating template files
Summary: Better workflow for creating template files
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 191632
Alias: None
Product: frameworks-kio
Classification: Frameworks and Libraries
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: 5.51.0
Platform: Arch Linux Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: David Faure
URL:
Keywords: usability
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Reported: 2018-10-24 20:09 UTC by Jagannathan Tiruvallur Eachambadi
Modified: 2023-11-20 16:29 UTC (History)
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Description Jagannathan Tiruvallur Eachambadi 2018-10-24 20:09:17 UTC
The idea is to easily add entries to the "Create New" context menu in dolphin. Currently for that one needs to:
1. create a template somewhere.
2. write a .desktop file in ~/.local/share/templates like https://j605.tk/blog/post/shorts/new-templates-in-dolphin/

One solution would be to skip the second step and just show files in ~/Templates. Another option is to provide an easier way to create them by abstracting the desktop file creation from the user.
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2018-10-25 04:10:45 UTC
> just show files in ~/Templates
That one makes sense to me. Then we wouldn't have to create a whole desktop file creation UI.
Comment 2 Andrew Shark 2021-11-01 08:40:51 UTC
There is a "KDE 5 Template Manager" (see here: https://store.kde.org/p/1454391) downloadable service menu (extension). It solves this exact task. But I agree, it is rather hard to find when you do not know it exists. I was searching for the solution for this task, searched existing extensions.  I found an obsolete extension for this task, ported it to kde 5. And then at a publish time, discovered there is "KDE 5 Template Manager". For some reason, I did not found it at a first search.

Maybe dolphin could "recommend" in some way to install certain extensions to get "proper experience"?
Comment 3 Thiago Sueto 2023-11-20 16:29:30 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 191632 ***