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kasperd
Asked: 2017-03-06 07:55:20 +0800 CST

Copy path from meld window

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When viewing files in meld I sometimes need to copy the path of a file. In 14.04 and earlier the file names were shown as text fields where I could easily copy the path from.

In 16.04 the text field has been replaced with a widget used for loading a file. So I can no longer copy the path like I used to.

How can I copy the path of a file I am viewing in meld in 16.04?

16.04

2 Answers

  1. I downgraded Meld to 1.5.3 with the following actions:

    sudo wget http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/m/meld/meld_1.5.3-1ubuntu1_all.deb -O /var/cache/apt/archives/meld_1.5.3-1ubuntu1_all.deb 
sudo dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/meld_1.5.3-1ubuntu1_all.deb 
sudo apt-get install -f

cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/pin-meld
Package: meld
Pin: version 1.5.3-1ubuntu1
Pin-Priority: 1337
EOF

    It works better for me. It has for example very useful <Ctrl+Shift+R> shortcut and close with <Ctrl+Q>. Also you can copy file paths with it.

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  2. Yet another (still not too convenient) way to copy path is to click on the widget, use a context menu of "Open file" dialog.

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    Reasons, why a convenient text field has been replaced by these buttons, are explained here. I'm also going to rollback to a latest usable version of meld: 1.8.6.

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