create-shortcut-nemo-action

A Nemo Action that allows you to create .desktop files linking to a file, link, or directory of your choosing. (This action is also available as a stand-alone application!)

NOTICE BEFORE YOU CONTINUE

I'm no longer maintaining this project. This was made entirely with GitHub Copilot and Python, which I have not and do not plan to learn. The executable is very slow and unreliable, and any links that may break will not be updated.

Installation

To contribute, clone the repository to your local machine:

git clone https://github.com/mxchakitty/create-shortcut-nemo-action.git

To download, get the files from https://mxcha.cf/create-shortcut-nemo-action.tar.gz and extract them to your local machine.

tar -xvf create-shortcut-nemo-action.tar.gz

As a Nemo Action

1. Find Nemo's preferences in the Edit menu.

2. Click Plugins and then press the folder icon under the Actions heading.

3. Move the create-shortcut and the create-shortcut.nemo_action files into the newly opened Actions folder.

You can now use the Create Shortcut Here action within Nemo.

As a stand-alone application

1. Open a terminal and navigate to the directory where you downloaded the files.

    cd create-shortcut-nemo-action
   

2. Move the create-shortcut binary to where you want to install it. In this case, I installed it in /usr/local/bin.

    sudo mv create-shortcut /usr/local/bin/
   

3. Make the binary executable, if it isn't already.

    sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/create-shortcut
   

You can now use the Create Shortcut action from the terminal.