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Open From Explorer

Open From Explorer

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Adds a context menu item to the File Explorer to run xdg-open. Only works on common linux systems.
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Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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Open From Explorer

Adds a context menu item to the File Explorer to run xdg-open. Only works on common linux systems.

Features

Context Menu

Requirements

  • Restricted to Linux
  • Depends on xdg-open and xdg-mime
  • Limited functionality if .desktop files are not in /usr/share/applications

Known Issues

No Windows or MacOS support

Release Notes

0.1.0

Initial release

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