I've tested the latest bug you've reported in this bug report and I can indeed confirm that setting '--path=%M' as the argument of an action doesn't do anything if you're trying to execute '/usr/bin/gnome-search- tool'.
I'm reporting this issue upstream. ** Summary changed: - nautilus-actions-config-tool + Can't provide %M as a working argument for Nautilus Actions ** Changed in: nautilus-actions (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: nautilus-actions (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Released => Triaged ** Description changed: Binary package hint: nautilus-actions - When I try to use the config tool of nautilus-actions. - It goes down in a crash. + When you want to e.g. create an action that launches GNOME Search Tool for the selected folder you could set the following details: + Path: /usr/bin/gnome-search-tool + Parameters: --path=%M - LOG output: - apport (pid 8163) Tue Mar 9 16:28:53 2010: called for pid 8160, signal 6 - apport (pid 8163) Tue Mar 9 16:28:53 2010: executable: /usr/bin/nautilus-actions-config-tool (command line "nautilus-actions-config-tool") - apport (pid 8163) Tue Mar 9 16:28:55 2010: wrote report /var/crash/_usr_bin_nautilus-actions-config-tool.1000.crash + If you set the conditions correctly this should make an action appear in + the context menus of directories that you can use to easily search the + contents of the directory with use of GNOME Search Tool. - Attaching the _usr_bin_nautilus-actions-config-tool.1000.crash + However, when you press the context menu entry it turns out that the + --path argument doesn't do anything. This is strange because it does + work if you execute the command with a path manually. + + It seems that %M doesn't work. + + This bug was originally reported by yop on Launchpad in Ubuntu at + <https://launchpad.net/bugs/535119>. ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #617210 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=617210 ** Also affects: nautilus-actions via https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=617210 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- Can't provide %M as a working argument for Nautilus Actions https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/535119 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs