Create the Thumbnailer Script: sudo nano /usr/local/bin/bsp-thumbnailer
#!/bin/bash
input_file="$1"
output_file="$2"
size="$3"
# Replace this with the command to generate a thumbnail from your application
/path/to/your/application --render-thumbnail "$input_file" --output "$output_file" --size "$size"
Create a new MIME type definition file in /usr/share/mime/packages/ for each file type.
Add support to run model-viewer as a cli tool to generate png thumbnails previews for files for the operating system.
For example, to create a thumbnailer for .bsp files:
sudo nano /usr/share/thumbnailers/bsp.thumbnailer
Create the Thumbnailer Script:
sudo nano /usr/local/bin/bsp-thumbnailer
Create a new MIME type definition file in /usr/share/mime/packages/ for each file type.
sudo nano /usr/share/mime/packages/quake2-resources.xml
Update the MIME database:
sudo update-mime-database /usr/share/mime