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I have:

  • a bash script running in terminal that gives me a list of files from my local computer

  • phpstorm properly configured, so that I can open a file in phpstorm by typing "phpstorm /path/to/file" in terminal

Now I want the script to provide not only the list of filenames, but each filename should act as a link. Clicking on the link should have the same result as typing "phpstorm /path/to/file" in terminal.

I checked this answer Terminal - create hyperlinks, but couldn't modify it to my needs.

This doesn't work at all:

echo -e '\e]8;;phpstorm /path/to/file\aLinktext\e]8;;\a'

This does something, but opens the file in gedit:

echo -e '\e]8;;file:///path/to/file\aLinktext\e]8;;\a'

I looks like I "only" have to switch the preferred editor to phpstorm... But how would I do that?

Any ideas?

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  • I was wondering the same. Commented Sep 8, 2022 at 17:31

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You might want to associate the file type using XDG Mime applications.

The steps you'd take are similar to other file types you want associated with certain applications.

  1. create a mimetype and map it to the file extension, if necessary (e.g., in ~/.local/share/mime/packages/text-x-php.xml)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<mime-info xmlns="http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/shared-mime-info">
    <mime-type type="text/x-php">
        <comment>PHP source file</comment>
        <icon name="text-x-php"/>
        <glob-deleteall/>
        <glob pattern="*.php"/>
    </mime-type>
</mime-info>

$ update-mime-database ~/.local/share/mime
  1. map the mimetype to a default application (e.g., in ~/.config/mimeapps.list)
[Default Applications]
text/x-php=phpstorm.desktop

This assumes that the phpstorm.desktop file exists somewhere conventional, like for system-wide applications:

  • /usr/share/applications/
  • /usr/local/share/applications/

or local ones

  • ~/.local/share/applications/
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