dired-open: support for opening multiple files at once about dired-hacks

[gvoysey]

I have been using https://github.com/xenodium/dwim-shell-command for this.

[Fuco1]

@FrostyX It seems like a great addition for this package. If you are still interested in implementing this, I will try to assist where possible.

[FrostyX]

I started working on this and the biggest problem is that xdg-open doesn't accept multiple parameters. So I came up with something like:

(defun dired-open-xdg ()
  "Try to run `xdg-open' to open the file under point."
  (interactive)
  (when (executable-find "xdg-open")
    (let ((files (or (dired-get-marked-files)
                     (ignore-errors (dired-get-file-for-visit)))))
      (dolist (file files)
        (call-process-shell-command
         (concat "xdg-open '" (file-truename file) "' &"))))))

It kinda works but not as well as I would like. Do you understand what file managers like nautilus or dolphin do, when you select multiple files and press enter?

[Fuco1]

Not really, my linux environment is really weird :D I use Xmonad as window manager on top of some form of xfce but nothing like a normal desktop environment. But there must be something "simple" to use :/