ubuntu 13.04 select applications to open when media player is detected ?

[AgentZ86]

I want to be able to select which program opens when a media device is plugged in.

For example:
System Settings / Details / Removable Media / Music Player / Other Applications from the pulldown menu
I want to select an application that is not shown in this pulldown list ?

The applicating or program I want to select is a custom script.

Please advise

[Shrek01]

System Settings -> Hardware -> Device Actions

and add your programs

[stinkeye]

Your post is tagged kubuntu but sounds like your using ubuntu.

Find your application's launcher in /usr/share/applications
Copy it to ~/.local/share/applications
Drag the copied launcher from ~/.local/share/applications and drop in a gedit window.
Look for an Exec= line and append with a space then %U

Eg

Exec=smplayer %U

Your app should now show up in "other application"

To revert just delete the launcher from ~/.local/share/applications

[AgentZ86]

System Settings -> Hardware -> Device Actions

and add your programs

Thanks, please reread my post I don't have the option I'm looking for in there
I need to add my script or program that I want

On 13.04 it's
System Settings / Details / Removable Media / Music Player / Other Applications
But there is not option to select custom or point to a different script or application except for what is listed there

[AgentZ86]

Your post is tagged kubuntu but sounds like your using ubuntu.

Find your application's launcher in /usr/share/applications
Copy it to ~/.local/share/applications
Drag the copied launcher from ~/.local/share/applications and drop in a gedit window.
Look for an Exec= line and append with a space then %U

Eg

Exec=smplayer %U

Your app should now show up in "other application"

To revert just delete the launcher from ~/.local/share/applications

Yep I don't know why they retagged this as kubuntu I posted it as ubuntu.

Anyhow, I see the local/share/applications folder but I can't drag or write anything to that folder for some reason
So I copied my script to the applications folder with sudo cp
I see a symlink in that folder that says defaultlist which is a symlink to etc/gnome/list

I do not see a file called applications but only an applications folder

[stinkeye]

What's the application you want to use?

[AgentZ86]

What's the application you want to use?

It's my own script I wrote that copies files to the media device automatically and is already executable but I wanted it to run on dection of the removable media device
I still want prompting like you would get but just wanted to add my own application or script to the list

I'm not sure I understand what you mean by applications's launcher.

I see the applications folder but no applications launcher, except for the default symlink I mentioned

[stinkeye]

It's my own script I wrote that copies files to the media device automatically and is already executable but I wanted it to run on dection of the removable media device
I still want prompting like you would get but just wanted to add my own application or script to the list

I'm not sure I understand what you mean by applications's launcher.

I see the applications folder but no applications launcher, except for the default symlink I mentioned

The files in ~/.local/share/applications and /usr/share/applications are what I call launchers or .desktop files.
They are the same format in both locations except in /usr/share/applications they show the icon with no .desktop extension. (permission thing)

By default there is no ~/.local/share/applications directory but when created, .desktop files placed in this directory will
override desktop files in /usr/share/applications

If it's a script you want in the list, make a .desktop file for it.
eg create the file in terminal with...

gedit ~/.local/share/applications/usb-copy.desktop

Paste in this....

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Icon=gnome-panel-launcher
Name=usb-copy
Exec=/full/path/to/script %U
Comment=usb copy script

Edit for the path to your own icon if desired.
Edit using full path to your script

Save the file and you should have a usb-copy that shows in the dash and other applications

[AgentZ86]

Thanks for the replies.
This will help me with some other apps I want to write also until I learn how to make a daemon and use dbus in the future.

So when you say it will show in the dash and other applications great.
Will it be available in the list where you select which application starts when a removeable drive plugged in ?

Thanks again

[stinkeye]

Yep.
Must use %U in the Exec line of the .desktop file as shown earlier.