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Is there any way how to mark folders or files with tags(or labels, new columns or whatever) in Nautilus? It would be nice to sort marked folders or files through this tags.
Especially my first idea was to mark folders in my Movie directory with tags seen, not seen, must see, and so on. Then I realized it would be useful in any other workspaces with any custom tags…
Is there any nautilus extension for this? Or any other file manager which can do this?
It might look like this:
Follow this excellent how-to: Adding metadata columns in Nautilus (Ubuntu).
Here is a screenshot I took after following the how-to:
There is a useful python extension that incorporates Meld into Nautilus
how to install
Obtain the source or the deb package from the authors website.
wget http://www.giuspen.com/software/nautilus-pyextensions_3.4.1-1_all.deb
sudo apt-get install python-nautilus
sudo dpkg -i nautilus-pyextensions_3.4.1-1_all.deb
Search for pyextension in Dash and run Nautilus PyExtension.
Activate the meld extension (install it if asked) and click the restart Nautilus toolbar option.
GConf error
In case you find an GConf related error when trying to open Nautilus PyExtension, install "gobject-introspection" and "gir1.2-gconf-2.0":
sudo apt-get install gobject-introspection
sudo apt-get install gir1.2-gconf-2.0
Best Answer
This can be achieved with extended attributes: