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tinrib · Nov 26, 2001, 05:52 AM

For OSX - a contextual menu item that lets you attach a script as a new contextual item. for example if I control click on the desktop I get the opportunity to add a script, so I may add a script which opens the Desktop System Prefs Panel, and name it "Change Desktop Background". Then whenever I control click on the desktop, this new item appears. Likewise scripts I attach to finder windows will only appear in my contextual menu if I am control clicking a finder window. Basically easy home programmable contextual menu items. If anyone could code this that would be cool. You could have an online library of scripts people had coded.

I'm not much of a programmer - I wouldn't know where to begin. If it's possible though, (and AFAIK, anything's possible), has someone got the time to take it on? Could be a money earner. (Don't give up the day job though

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absmiths · Nov 26, 2001, 09:08 AM

Apple hasn't released a pluggable CMM yet - I'm sure they will but I don't know that they are committed to it at this point. Until this happens I wouldn't expend any energy on it.

seb2 · Nov 26, 2001, 11:06 AM

haven't yet looked at it, but supposedly the new version of stuffit deluxe does add a contextual menu to the finder's contextual menu.

well, then, of course, they probably got better documentation than we mortals do. ("description forthcoming"

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Angus_D · Nov 26, 2001, 01:17 PM

Umm... There is CFPlugin-based CMM API in OS X 10.1. See Menus.h

benh57 · Nov 30, 2001, 03:32 AM

Originally posted by absmiths:
Apple hasn't released a pluggable CMM yet - I'm sure they will but I don't know that they are committed to it at this point. Until this happens I wouldn't expend any energy on it.

Yeah, this is wrong. Menus.h:

/* Contextual Menu Plugin Interface */
/* */
/* For Mac OS X, we will support a new type of Contextual Menu Plugin: the CFPlugIn */
/* based plugin. Each plugin must be in a CFPlugIn in the Contextual Menu Items */
/* folder in one of these paths: */
/* /System/Library/Contextual Menu Items/ */
/* /Library/Contextual Menu Items/ */
/* ~/Library/Contextual Menu Items/ */
/* */
/* It must export the following functions using the following interface or a C++ */
/* interface inheriting from IUnknown and including similar functions. */
/*�� */

I'll have to try writing one.

Geobunny · Dec 5, 2001, 02:22 PM

Bump to top. I thought someone might've got somewhere with this

you'd be surprisingly popular if you did something REALLY simple like display a dialog with an item's filename obtained via context menu and then release your code. We might even see FinderPop come to OS X

3R1C · Dec 6, 2001, 12:38 AM

oh please dear god, give me back my finder-pop...

my dream cm plugin would put the current menubar items in a contxtual menu under the mouse.

Geobunny · Jan 17, 2002, 01:33 PM

Resurrecting this one!

Now that people know how to write CMMs for OS X (eg look for Zingg! on versionTracker) can someone write a CMM to open the currently selected folder in the terminal? You know, when you drag a folder over the Terminal item in the dock while holding down cmd-option

I'd do it myself, but I don't have the time right now.

[Edit: Sample code apparently on geowar1 iDisk. Filesharing not on so you'll have to mount it from apple.com]

[ 01-17-2002: Message edited by: Geobunny ]

Arkham_c · Jan 17, 2002, 02:08 PM

Originally posted by Geobunny:
Resurrecting this one!

Now that people know how to write CMMs for OS X (eg look for Zingg! on versionTracker) can someone write a CMM to open the currently selected folder in the terminal? You know, when you drag a folder over the Terminal item in the dock while holding down cmd-option
[ 01-17-2002: Message edited by: Geobunny ]

This may or may not suit your needs, but take a look at Terminal Here, an AppleScript for your Finder Window menu bar. Very neat.

Geobunny · Jan 17, 2002, 05:46 PM

Originally posted by Arkham_c:


This may or may not suit your needs, but take a look at Terminal Here, an AppleScript for your Finder Window menu bar. Very neat.

Yeah, that's what I'm using just now, but it only works for the folder you're in, not the one you've clicked on - I'm really used to doing that in RedHat. Oh well, never mind...just another wee annoyance that Apple left out, but that's for another thread in another place!

3R1C · Jan 18, 2002, 04:14 AM

it opens the terminal to the selected folder on my machine.

Geobunny · Jan 21, 2002, 08:57 PM

This is what I've been after for a while!

http://homepage.mac.com/tkukiel/cmworkshop.html

[APi]TheMan · Jan 21, 2002, 09:07 PM

Originally posted by Geobunny:
This is what I've been after for a while!

http://homepage.mac.com/tkukiel/cmworkshop.html

Wow, that looks neato indeed. I am looking forward to trying the FileUtilsCM... The "Copy Path to Clipboard" feature could come in handy, although I usually just drag and drop to the Terminal and it says the path, but this could come in handy, too. Thanks for the heads up, man.