polytaxis-adventure is a browser for files indexed by polytaxis-monitor.

1. Install Python 3, pip, Qt, and pyqt5 using your distribution's package manager.
2. Run

pip install https://github.com/Rendaw/ptadventure.git

1. Install homebrew
2. Run

brew install --HEAD rendaw/tap/polytaxis-adventure

polytaxis-adventure requires no configuration to browse the index, but configuration may be necessary to use advanced features.

To launch applications from polytaxis-adventure, you must create a launcher configuration file.

1. Run and close polytaxis-adventure from a terminal
2. The output will contain a line with the expected launchers.json file path.
3. Create and edit launchers.json at the expected path.

launchers.json has the following format:

[
	{
		"name": "launcher name",
		"keys": ["file extension", "*", ...],
		"command": ["executable or script", "argument" or "{all-files}" or {"file"}],
		"unwrap": true,
	},
	...
]

name is the name of the command displayed in the open button/menu.

keys is a list of file extensions or *. The open button/menu shows the launchers that matched the most files in the selection/display. If * is included, the launcher will be displayed for all files.

command is the command to run, plus a template of its arguments. The special argument "{all-files}" in "command" is expanded to all selected files or all displayed files if none are selected. The special argument "{one-file}" in "command" is expanded to one files, and the command is run for each selected file (displayed file, if none are selected) individually.

unwrap indicates whether the paths should be translated to use polytaxis-unwrap. This argument is optional and defaults to true.

An example launchers.json:

[
	{
		"name": "mpv music",
		"keys": [
			".mp3", ".mp3.p",
			".aac", ".aac.p", 
			".ogg", ".ogg.p", 
			".wma", ".wma.p", 
			".mp4", ".mp4.p",
			".m4a", ".m4a.p"
		],
		"command": ["xfce4-terminal", "-x", "mpv", "--no-audio-display", "{all-files}"]
	},
	{
		"name": "collect",
		"keys": ["*"],
		"command": ["cp", "{one-file}", "/home/rendaw/pt-collection"],
		"unwrap": false
	}
]

mpv music will open all files with mpv in a new terminal.

export will copy files to /home/rendaw/pt-collection.

Ask questions and raise issues on the GitHub issue tracker.

See Contributing below for information about prioritizing issues.

1. Develop and submit pull requests.

2. Fund development via https://www.bountysource.com/