1) Open a Thunar window to a directory containing an archive
2) Open a second Thunar window to the home directory
3) Right-click+drag the archive into the second Thunar window, and click "Extract here".
But it extracts in the directory containing the archive, not in the home directory.
In Xubuntu 16.04, I got it working by installing Ark, and using a custom ark.tap file and a bunch of symlinks -
Code:
#!/bin/sh
#
# file-roller.tap - Wrapper script to create and extract archive files
# in Thunar, via the thunar-archive-plugin, using the
# KDE ark archive manager.
#
# $Id$
#
# Copyright (c) 2006 Benedikt Meurer <benny@xfce.org>.
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
# Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option)
# any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for
# more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
# this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple
# Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA.
#
# determine the action and the folder, $@ then contains only the files
action=$1; shift;
folder=$1; shift;
# check the action
case $action in
create)
exec ark --dialog --add "$@"
;;
extract-here)
exec ark --destination "$folder" --batch --autosubfolder "$@"
;;
extract-to)
exec ark --destination "$folder" --batch --dialog "$@"
;;
*)
echo "Unsupported action '$action'" >&2
exit 1
esac
But in 18.04, this isn't a solution, because Ark is completely silent (no progress dialog like in Xubuntu 16.04). I have no way to know how far along it is, nor do I have a way to know when it's done without looking at a system monitor.
So how to get this working with the default Xubuntu archive manager?