Search in Thunar context menu doesn't work in Linux Mint 17.2 Xfce

[cipricus]

The default Thunar 'Search' custom action does not work in Linux Mint Xfce 17.2.

The default command used is

catfish --fileman=thunar --path=%f

(also recommended here: http://docs.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/custom-actions).

But in fact it doesn't work. It does nothing.

It works by replacing the above command with:

catfish --path=%f

[EwenS (stephen-ewen)]

This fix is ugly but it fixes this issue for up to 110 user names:

http://pastebin.com/tYYPrLmc

[Omadas (bsperger)]

listed fix: catfish --path=%f
does not work for me.

[Omadas (bsperger)]

Added thunar and catfish to affected projects.

[Omadas (bsperger)]

Here is the terminal output of '$ catfish' :

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/catfish/bin/catfish.py", line 44, in <module>
    catfish.main()
  File "/usr/share/catfish/catfish/__init__.py", line 73, in main
    window = CatfishWindow.CatfishWindow()
  File "/usr/share/catfish/catfish_lib/Window.py", line 49, in __new__
    new_object.finish_initializing(builder)
  File "/usr/share/catfish/catfish/CatfishWindow.py", line 260, in finish_initializing
    self.settings = CatfishSettings.CatfishSettings()
  File "/usr/share/catfish/catfish_lib/CatfishSettings.py", line 37, in __init__
    self.read()
  File "/usr/share/catfish/catfish_lib/CatfishSettings.py", line 57, in read
    for line in open(self.settings_file):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/codecs.py", line 319, in decode
    (result, consumed) = self._buffer_decode(data, self.errors, final)
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xcc in position 4: invalid continuation byte

It is that last three lines that look like the fix, but i am not a programmer. Any idea on the code to replace the line?

Here is the line: (result, consumed) = self._buffer_decode(data, self.errors, final)

To verify, output of '$ locale':
$ locale
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=en_US
LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=

[Omadas (bsperger)]

Also, this was in a freshly upgraded Linux Mint 17.3 Rosa
The right click menu for search in Thunar still does not function (or respond) and the file drop down is the same. I have tried multiple variations of calling for catfish from the context menu. but it has not functioned for any.

[Omadas (bsperger)]

Can confirm this is also present in Linux Mint 18 Sarah.

[Omadas (bsperger)]

Catfish does not even start. Package broken.
$ catfish

** (catfish:6599): WARNING **: Couldn't connect to accessibility bus: Failed to connect to socket /tmp/dbus-JOCHDKc5TQ: Connection refused

(catfish:6599): Gtk-WARNING **: /build/gtk+3.0-6ZPWga/gtk+3.0-3.18.9/./gtk/gtkwidget.c:8456: widget not within a GtkWindow
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/catfish", line 42, in <module>
    catfish.main()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/catfish/__init__.py", line 74, in main
    window = CatfishWindow.CatfishWindow()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/catfish_lib/Window.py", line 168, in __new__
    new_object.finish_initializing(builder)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/catfish/CatfishWindow.py", line 124, in finish_initializing
    super(CatfishWindow, self).finish_initializing(builder)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/catfish_lib/Window.py", line 202, in finish_initializing
    settings = CatfishSettings.CatfishSettings()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/catfish_lib/CatfishSettings.py", line 43, in __init__
    self.read()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/catfish_lib/CatfishSettings.py", line 63, in read
    for line in open(self.settings_file):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/codecs.py", line 321, in decode
    (result, consumed) = self._buffer_decode(data, self.errors, final)
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0x99 in position 0: invalid start byte
brandon@Asu

[Bluesabre-1 (bluesabre-1)]

From https://bugs.launchpad.net/catfish-search/+bug/1476358

The default Thunar 'Search' custom action does not work in Linux Mint Xfce 17.2.

The default command used is

catfish --fileman=thunar --path=%f

(also recommended here: http://docs.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/custom-actions).

But in fact it doesn't work. It does nothing.

It works by replacing the above command with:

catfish --path=%f

[Bluesabre-1 (bluesabre-1)]

The "--fileman" flag is no longer supported. The other issues documented in this report are resolved in git and will be included in 1.4.6.