## A Simple Extension

Create an empty file with the following code:

Example 1. A Simple Extension

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    from gi.repository import Nemo, GObject

    class ColumnExtension(GObject.GObject, Nemo.MenuProvider):
        def __init__(self):
            pass

        def menu_activate_cb(self, menu, file):
            print "menu_activate_cb",file

        def get_file_items(self, window, files):
            if len(files) != 1:
                return

            file = files[0]

            item = Nemo.MenuItem(
                name="SimpleMenuExtension::Show_File_Name",
                label="Showing %s" % file.get_name(),
                tip="Showing %s" % file.get_name()
            )
            item.connect('activate', self.menu_activate_cb, file)

            return [item]

Save this file as TestExtension.py in the ~/.local/share/nemo-python/extensions folder. You may need to create this folder. To run, simply restart Nemo.

Once Nemo restarts, right-click on a file and you should see a new menu item, "Showing #filename#". It is as simple as that!

As mentioned above, in order to get loaded by Nemo, a python extension must import the Nemo module from gi.repository, create a class derived from a nemo *Provider and a gobject.GObject, and create the methods that will be called by Nemo when it requests information from its providers. In this case, when someone right-clicks on a file, Nemo will ask all of its MenuProviders for additional menu items to show the user. When folders or files are clicked, the get_file_items method is called and a list of Nemo.MenuItems is expected.