Creates a context-menu in nautilus that allows to open a directory (or a list of selected directory) as project folder. Only for current user (no root required).

README.md

Atom context menu

Synopsis

This simple script creates a new element in context menu that opens current directory (background click) or a list of directory (selected elements) as project folder. It does not open single files (that should be done as MIME type, search on google!)

Installation

Prerequisites

Script requires python-nautilus to be installed:

Debian/Ubuntu

sudo apt install python-nautilus

Arch

sudo pacman -S python-nautilus

Extension directory

Current user must have an extension directory, that probably must be created manually:

mkdir -p ~/.local/share/nautilus-python/extensions
cd ~/.local/share/nautilus-python/extensions

I think that it can be installed globally in /usr/share/python-nautilus/extensions, but I never tested it.

Download script

Now that we are in the python-nautilus/extensions directory (either of the cirrent user or the global one), we can download the script:

wget "https://bit.ly/AtomContextMenu" -O atom-directory.py

It will work when we reload nautilus

killall nautilus

It should be available in Nautilus context on right-click.

atom-open-dir.py

import os

from gi.repository import Nautilus, GObject

class AtomOpenDirectory(GObject.GObject, Nautilus.MenuProvider):
    def __init__(self):
        pass

    def menu_activate_cb(self, menu, file):
        try:
            path = file.get_location().get_path()
            os.system("atom %s & pid=&!" % path)
        except AttributeError: # it is a list of elements
            dir_list = [f.get_location().get_path() for f in file if f.is_directory()]
            os.system("atom %s & pid=&!" % ' '.join(dir_list))

    def define_menu_helper(self, name, window, file):
        item = Nautilus.MenuItem(name="AtomOpenDirectory::" + name,
                                 label="Open directories in Atom",
                                 tip='', icon='')
        item.connect('activate', self.menu_activate_cb, file)
        return item,

    def get_background_items(self, window, file):
        return self.define_menu_helper("Background", window, file)

    def get_file_items(self, window, file):
        return self.define_menu_helper("File", window, file)