nautilus-newfile

Adds a "New File..." option to the context menu of nautilus

Installation

• Install Python bindings for Nautilus extension API:
  • Fedora: sudo dnf install nautilus-python
  • Arch: sudo pacman -Sy nautilus-python
  • Ubuntu/Debian: sudo apt update && sudo apt install python3-nautilus
• Copy both nautilus-newfile.py and new-file-dialog.ui to ~/.local/share/nautilus-python/extensions

Limitations

• No filename validation is run (needs implementation) 🎉Now implemented
• Modal is not attached to the nautilus window (limitation of the nautilus extensions api)
• The newly created file is not automatically selected (limitation of the nautilus extensions api)