v

Open things from console. Uses associated application automatically. Examples (file associations for my system!):

> v ~/download/   # ==> nautilus ~/download/
> v ~/file.jpg    # ==> gwenview ~/file.jpg
> v ~/video.mp4   # ==> mplayer ~/video.mp4

Supports additional modifiers

> v movie.mkv 1.2x +10dB  
  ==> mplayer -af volume=+10dB,scaletempo -speed 1.2 movie.mkv

Smart mode for folders

> ls music_cd/
  01.mp3
  02.mp3
  ...
  album.jpg
  songs.txt

> v music_cd
  ==> will play mp3's with mplayer

> ls dev_app/
  ...
  README.md
  ...

> v dev_app/
  ==> open folder with sublime

Requirements

v currently runs on Linux and requires:

• ruby and gems

Installation

> gem build *.gemspec && gem install *.gem

Usage

Refer to:

> v -h

Default file associations

According to Arch Linux wiki applications should look inside

• /usr/share/applications/mimeapps.list and
• ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list

for mime associations. These are the files v checks primarily, so it is recommended to edit them if you want adjustments.

Here is an example, which uses evince for pdf, sublime for text files and firefox for htmls.

> cat ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list 

  [Default Applications]
  application/pdf=evince.desktop
  text/plain=sublime_text.desktop
  text/x-ruby=sublime_text.desktop
  text/html=chromium.desktop

Note: An example mimeapps.list can be found in examples/mimeapps.list. It is configured to use firefox, sublime, evince, and mplayer.

Changing file associations

I found that on a general Linux installation associations can be quite messed up. Here's how you should approach changing them:

1. Identify a file you want to change. Here, v misbehaves on README.md

    > v README.md   # ~> misbehaves
   

2. Find out how v handles this file.

    > v README.md -p -d
    .. got mime 'text/plain' for /t/README.md, validating...
    -- got mime 'text/plain' for /t/README.md
    .. desktop file 'cr3.desktop' found for 'text/plain' in 
       /usr/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache (key: 'MIME Cache')
    -- got runner 'cr3 %F' for /t/README.md
    -- run: cr3 "/t/README.md"
   

3. In this example text/plain was the identified mime type and it was associated to cr3.desktop. Let's change text/plain to work with sublime by default. You must find your program's desktop file:

    > ls /usr/share/applications
    ...
    sublime_text.desktop
    ...
   

   Sometimes these .desktop files are found in subfolders, e.g.

    /usr/share/applications/kde4/gwenview.desktop
   

   Use the subfolder as part of the name of the desktop file, i.e.

    kde4-gwenview.desktop
   

4. So the name I want is sublime_text.desktop. Now add it to my mimeapps. Edit

    ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list 
   

   Under Default Applications add the association via the mime-type (text/plain) and the executable (sublime_text.desktop)

    [Default Applications]
    ...
    text/plain=sublime_text.desktop
    ...
   

5. Try it out

    > v README.md
   

   You can also view the new association

    > v README.md -p -d
    .. got mime 'text/plain' for /t/README.md, validating...
    -- got mime 'text/plain' for /t/README.md
    .. desktop file 'sublime_text.desktop' found for 'text/plain' in
       /home/me/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list (key: 'Default Applications')
    -- got runner 'subl %U' for /t/README.md
    -- run: subl "/t/README.md"