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[Solved] Looking for a TUI file manager that has "open with..." functionality (feddit.org)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by mech@feddit.org to c/linuxquestions@lemmy.zip

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Edit: Thanks for the help, Yazi seems to be what I'm looking for.

Basically the title. I am looking to use a TUI file manager, but most seem to only support opening files in one external application based on mime-type.

What I need:
Select an image -> file manager shows a preview (unpixelated)
Open image -> it opens in my default image viewer
Open image with... -> file manager lets me select a program to open it

I need this cause I often want to open images in gimp, but I don't want it to be my default image viewer.

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[–] stepan@lemmy.cafe 5 points 4 months ago

I use Yazi, and I have a separate bind to open the file in Junction. Junction is an "open with" chooser. Relevant lines from keymap.toml:

[[mgr.prepend_keymap]]
on = ["b", "j"]
desc = "open in Junction"
run = '''
shell 'flatpak run re.sonny.Junction "$@"' --confirm --orphan
'''

I'm not the biggest fan of Junction, but sadly I haven't found anything better yet.

[–] fdnomad@programming.dev 5 points 4 months ago

Have you checked out yazi? It shows a file preview and you can Open with with O

[–] Object@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Yazi allows you to set multiple openers, though I assume you have already looked into it already?

[–] mech@feddit.org 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Nope, the Duck failed me on this one. Thank you!

[–] Object@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Nice. Yazi's probably the best in this niche, you are going to like it a lot.

[–] mech@feddit.org 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Took me half an hour to figure it out, because I'm thick as a brick, but holy shit this is nice:

Thanks again.