Use clifm as qutebrowser file picker

[jonnieey]

Describe the bug
Cannot select file in qutebrowser

To Reproduce

~/.config/qutebrowser/config/py

c.fileselect.handler = "external"
c.fileselect.single_file.command = [
    "st",
    "-e",
    "/home/$USER/.config/clifm/plugins/call_file_picker.sh",
]

$HOME/.config/clifm/plugins/file_picker.sh
# Options to be passed to clifm
p() {
	CLIFM_OPTIONS=""

	clifm "$CLIFM_OPTIONS"
	sel_file="$(find "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-${HOME}/.config}/clifm/profiles" -name 'selbox*')"
	if [ -z "$sel_file" ]; then
		sel_file="$(find /tmp/clifm-$USER -name 'selbox*')"
	fi

	if [ -f "$sel_file" ]; then
		cmd="echo"
		while [ -z "$cmd" ]; do
			printf "Enter command ('q' to quit): "
			read -r cmd
		done

		[ "$cmd" != "q" ] && sed 's/ /\\ /g' "$sel_file" | xargs $cmd
		rm -- "$sel_file"
	else
		printf "No selected files\n" >&2
	fi
}
p

~/.config/clifm/call_file_picker.sh
#!/bin/bash

# The path to your file_picker.sh
FILE_PICKER_SCRIPT="$HOME/.config/clifm/plugins/file_picker.sh"
# Check if the file exists
if [[ -f "$FILE_PICKER_SCRIPT" ]]; then
    # Source the script
    source "$FILE_PICKER_SCRIPT"
else
    echo "Error: file_picker.sh not found at $FILE_PICKER_SCRIPT" >&2
    exit 1
fi

Expected behavior
Select file, quit and file is selected in qutebrowser.

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Archlinux
• Terminal: st (suckless)
• CliFM version 1.20.5
• Installation source: AUR (clifm-git)
• qutebrowser version 6.7.1 (pyQt6)

Additional context

Using nnn -p - works which outputs to same as above script

[leo-arch]

Hi @jonnieey. Got it working as follows:

~/.config/qutebrowser/config.py

c.fileselect.handler = "external"
c.fileselect.single_file.command = ['st', '-e', 'clifm', '--sel-file={}']

After clifm is launched, select the file you want and exit. That's it.

No plugin required!

[leo-arch]

You can also use the new file_picker plugin as follows:

~/.config/qutebrowser/config.py

c.fileselect.handler = "external"
c.fileselect.single_file.command = ['/path/to/file_picker.sh']

The plugin defaults to xterm as terminal emulator. Edit the plugin file and set CLIFM_TERM to your preferred terminal. You can also set CLIFM_TERM as environment variable.

It is recommended to copy file_picker.sh to your local plugins directory (~/.config/clifm/plugins/).

Consult the documentation for more information.

[jonnieey]

thanks, confirm the above solution works, thanks.

closing this.