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--- xfce:thunar:start [2020/09/01 03:16] – added debugging support information kevinbowen
+++ xfce:thunar:start [2025/04/01 15:10] (current) – fixed broken link alexxcons
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 ~~NOTOC~~
-{{ :xfce:thunar:thunar.png?nolink|}}
+{{ :xfce:thunar.png?nolink|}}
 ====== Thunar File Manager ======
+  * **[[#Thunar Plugins|Thunar Plugins]]**
+  * **[[#Other Thunar Related Packages|Other Thunar Related Packages]]**
+  * **[[#Debugging Support|Debugging Support]]**
+  * **[[#Standards compliance|Standards compliance]]**
+  * **[[#Required Packages|Required Packages]]**
+  * **[[#Latest Release|Latest Release]]**
+  * **[[#Source Code Repository|Source Code Repository]]**
+  * **[[https://developer.xfce.org/thunar/index.html|thunar API documentation (for developers)]]**
+  * **[[#Reporting Bugs|Reporting Bugs]]**
+----
+===== Introduction =====
 //Thunar// is a modern file manager for the Xfce Desktop Environment. //Thunar// has been designed from the ground up to be fast and easy to use. Its user interface is clean and intuitive and does not include any confusing or useless options by default. //Thunar// starts up quickly and navigating through files and folders is fast and responsive.
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   * **[[unix-filesystem| The UNIX filesystem]]** -- understanding the UNIX File System
   * **[[send-to|The "Send To" Menu]]** -- how to customize the send to menu
+----
 ===== Thunar Plugins =====
-Thunar plugins can be installed as separate, additional packages in order to extend the functionality of Thunar. Most Thunar plugins offer additional options on files in the context menu or via shortcut. The interface which is used by thunar plugins is the [[https://git.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/tree/thunarx|thunarx API]].
+Thunar plugins can be installed as separate, additional packages in order to extend the functionality of Thunar. Most Thunar plugins offer additional options on files in the context menu or via shortcut. The interface which is used by thunar plugins is the [[https://developer.xfce.org/thunarx/index.html|thunarx API]].
+Since thunar version ''4.17.8'' it is possibly to define a list of plugin directories via the environment variable THUNARX_DIRS (separated by colon)
-  * **[[.:bulk-renamer:|Bulk Renamer]]** -- rename multiple files at once
+  * **[[:xfce:thunar:bulk-renamer:|Bulk Renamer]]** -- rename multiple files at once
   * **[[custom-actions|Custom Actions]]** -- custom commands associated with common mime-types or extensions
-  * **[[archive|Archive Plugin]]** -- allows to create and extract archive files
+  * **[[archive|Archive Plugin (thunar-archive-plugin)]]** -- allows to create and extract archive files
-  * **[[media-tags|Media Tags Plugin]]** -- improved support for ID3 tags
+  * **[[media-tags|Media Tags Plugin (thunar-media-tags-plugin)]]** -- improved support for ID3 tags
-  * **[[thunar-shares-plugin|Shares Plugin]]** -- Quickly share folders using Samba without requiring root access
+  * **[[thunar-shares-plugin|Shares Plugin (thunar-shares-plugin)]]** -- Quickly share folders using Samba without requiring root access
-  * **[[thunar-volman|Volume Manager]]** -- Automatic management of removable devices in Thunar
+  * **[[thunar-volman|Volume Manager (thunar-volman)]]** -- Automatic management of removable devices in Thunar
-  * **[[thunar-vcs-plugin|VCS Plugin]]** -- adds Subversion and GIT actions to the context menu
+  * **[[thunar-vcs-plugin|VCS Plugin (thunar-vcs-plugin)]]** -- adds Subversion and GIT actions to the context menu
+Here as well some unofficial plugins, which are not maintained by Xfce:
+  * **[[https://github.com/tristanheaven/gtkhash|thunar-gtkhash]]** -- desktop utility for computing message digests or checksums
+  * **[[https://github.com/rabbitvcs/rabbitvcs|rabbitvcs-thunar]]** -- svn/git version control
+[[|Back to Top]]
+----
 ===== Other Thunar Related Packages =====
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   * **[[:xfce:tumbler:start:|Tumbler]]** -- the remote thumbnail service for Thunar
+[[|Back to Top]]
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 | minimum| This is the default for release builds, and presents the recommended behaviour. |
 |no |Disables all sanity checks. Don't use this unless you know exactly what you do. |
+For some additional build & debug hints, as well check the [[https://wiki.xfce.org/thunar/dev|Thunar Wiki pages]].
+[[|Back to Top]]
+----
+===== Standards compliance =====
+Thunar supports the following standards/specifications:
+  * [[https://freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/basedir-spec|XDG Base Directory Specification]]
+  * [[https://freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/shared-mime-info-spec|Shared MIME Database Specification]]
+  * [[https://freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/direct-save|X Direct Save (XDS) Protocol for the X Window System]]
+  * [[https://freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/icon-theme-spec|Icon Theme Specification]]
+  * [[https://freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/thumbnails|Thumbnail Managing Standard]]
+  * [[https://freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/file-uri-spec|File URI Specification]]
+  * [[https://freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/trash-spec|Desktop Trash Can Specification]]
+[[|Back to Top]]
+----
+===== Required Packages =====
+Thunar depends on the following packages:
+  * [[https://github.com/Perl/perl5|perl]]
+  * [[https://www.gtk.org|GTK+]]
+  * [[https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GLib|GLib]]
+  * [[https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/exo|exo]]
+  * [[https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/libxfce4util|libxfce4util]]
+  * [[https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/libxfce4ui|libxfce4ui]]
+  * [[https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfconf|xfconf]]
+  * [[https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/intltool/|intltool]]
+Thunar can optionally be build with the following packages:
+  * [[https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/dbus|D-Bus]] (strongly suggested, required for inter process communication)
+  * [[https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-panel|xfce-panel]] (required to build the trash panel applet)
+  * [[https://sourceforge.net/projects/gudev/|gudev]] (required for thunar-volman)
+  * [[https://github.com/GNOME/libnotify|libnotify]] (required for mount notification support)
+For concrete information on the minimum required versions, check [[https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/-/blob/master/configure.ac|configure.ac]]
+----
+===== Latest Release =====
+{{rss>https://archive.xfce.org/feeds/project/thunar 1 date 2h}}
+[[https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/-/blob/master/NEWS|Read the CHANGELOG]]
+  * **[[https://archive.xfce.org/src/xfce/thunar/|Download current release]]** (older versions of this component are also available here)
+[[|Back to Top]]
+----
+===== Source Code Repository =====
+[[https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/thunar|]]
+For additional build, test and debugging tips, see [[https://wiki.xfce.org/thunar/dev/build_and_run|this page]] for more suggestions.
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 ===== Reporting Bugs =====
-  * **[[bugs|Reporting Bugs]]** -- Open bug reports and how to report new bugs
+  * **[[:xfce:thunar:bugs|Reporting Bugs]]** -- List of currently open bugs and instructions on how to submit new bug reports
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