Launcher shortcut to open XnView Favorites

[contrast9390]

Hello, Ubuntu Community. I am running Linux Mint which is for all means Ubuntu 18.04 LTS base

XnView was installed as a 64 bit .deb directly from the developers website as it is not in Bionic's repos
https://www.xnview.com/en/xnviewmp/#downloads

I am not complaining about a feature that is not in XnView but rather trying to do something unorthodox such as making a command line path "xnview --(WHATEVER IS NEEDED)"
to make a shortcut to my bookmarked folders that I can place as desktop icons for easy access. Finding a way to get specific favorited folders to be opened from desktop icons is the goal.

https://media.discordapp.net/attachm..._favorites.png


Thanks anyone in advance who takes time to troubleshoot my problem.

[wildmanne39]

Hello and welcome to the forum.

Thread moved to MINT a more appropriate sub-forum.

Please use the attachment facility by clicking on the paperclip or use url's for images because apart from bandwidth issues for some, it makes it difficult for those using mobile devices to browse the forum.

[contrast9390]

It's about software. It could be on Arch, Fedora, Gentoo, or whatever distro (the same hypothetical answer would apply to all of them) I asked in the multimedia software section for help for that reason.

[wildmanne39]

I understand that but since it is running on Mint it belongs in the Mint forum, most of the users that help here use the activity page to view threads so your thread is just as likely to get answered here as in the Multimedia forum.

This is a link to the activity page so you can see for yourself.

https://ubuntuforums.org/activity.php

[contrast9390]

Problem solved by myself!

Open terminal/bash

For directories without spaces
xnview /home/USERNAME/Pictures/FOLDER

For directories with spacesxnview /home/USERNAME/Pictures/FOLDER\ OF\ INTEREST

-note the "\" key represents spaces in bash
This applies to all distros running xnview not just Mint or Ubuntu, you can make desktop icons, add it too your start menu or add keyboard shortcuts for easy access to picture galleries.
Make habit of not using spaces in folder names to make this easier.


Happy Linuxing.