No files in ~/.shortcuts

[Sepero]

Latest release v0.13 no longer appears to see files in ~/. shortcuts

The widget displays "No files in ~/. shortcuts"

After uninstalling and reinstalling v0.12, everything working again as before.

• Termux application version: 0.117
• Android OS version: 10
• Device model: OnePlus 6

[agnostic-apollo]

Related to #57. ~/.shortcuts must be a directory and not a symlink. Create a symlink under it for now. If you want scripts in ~/.termux to show, create a symlink for them inside ~/.shortcuts, like for a script file with ln -s ~/.termux/script ~/.shortcuts/script or for a whole directory with ln -s ~/.termux/dir ~/.shortcuts/dir. Support for ~/.termux/widget directory is planned for later.

[Sepero]

Understood

Will support for symbolic link be brought back? I need to use a symbolic link because I keep the true directory in a separate location with other directories for keeping regular backups. Thank you

[agnostic-apollo]

You will have to keep the true directory either under ~/.termux or ~/.shortcuts directory even in future, that won't change. The canonical path must be under either of those, even if a symlink. You can always run rsync command to sync the files to some external directory before backup. Support is also planned to choose a custom parent directory under ~/.termux or ~/.shortcuts directories so that prefixes do not show in widget, like dir/..., which would look better with the new restrictions if creating a directory symlink as mentioned above.

[Sepero]

I also use the same backup procedure with the ~/.termux directory. I use a symlink for ~/.termux. Is there a technical reason for not being able to support symlink for ~/.shortcuts?

Since the future location will be based as ~/.termux/shortcuts, then this could make my backup process simpler (backing up one directory instead of two). I could have the true directory under the symlink'd ~/.termux directory. I assume that wouldn't be an issue?

I appreciate your help.

[agnostic-apollo]

Is there a technical reason for not being able to support symlink for ~/.shortcuts

It might be possible to allow ~/.shortcuts to be a symlink to a directory under ~/.termux but that will require more code to be added and more checks. However, I don't specifically see any reason for supporting that if a user can select any directory under ~/.termux directly anyways. No point in making code more complex.

I could have the true directory under the symlink'd ~/.termux directory.

If your true directory would be under ~/.termux, you won't need to play around with symlinks anyways since support can be added for custom directory, with the default to be ~/.termux/widget. Then you can just backup entire ~/.termux. FYI, all this likely won't be done anytime soon though.