“Open in Atom” in macOS context-menu

atom-macos-context-menu.md

Open in Atom

• Open Automator
• Create a new Service
• Set “Service receives selected” to files or folders in any application
• Add a Run Shell Script action
• Set the script action to /usr/local/bin/atom -n "$@"
• Set “Pass input” to as arguments
• Save as Open in Atom

Add to Atom

Let's repeat the steps above for a second entry, this time to add files or folders to an existing Atom window

• Open Automator
• Create a new Service
• Add a Run Shell Script action
• Set “Service receives selected” to files or folders in any application
• Set the script action to /usr/local/bin/atom -a "$@"
• Set “Pass input” to as arguments
• Save as Add to Atom

Keyboard Shortcuts

You can assign a global shortcut to run the services we just created

• Open “System Preferences”
• Select “Keyboard” then the “Shortcuts” tab
• In the left pane, click on “Services”
• In the right pane, scroll to “Files and Folders”
• Select “Open in Atom” (or “Add to Atom”) and click “add shortcut”
• Select a shortcut

Edit Context Menu items

You might want to rename or edit the items we just created

• Activate Finder
• Click on “Finder” in the Apple menu, select “Services” then “Services Preferences”
• In the right pane, scroll to “Files and Folders” and scroll to the item you want to edit
• Right click the item and select “Open in Automator”
• Edit and save

Alternatively, you can edit the workflow (e.g. ~/Library/Services/Open in Atom.workflow) in your preferred text editor

I just want to mention one thing that as I pay some time to figure it out to solve it for this trouble, important one for this shell script in Automator

If you have several Shells in /etc/shell like ksh - tcsh - fish - bash - zsh - and so on
Just be sure that you set it to your default shell I mean bash in most of times

If you don't do this and its works leave it alone

First rule of programmer : If its works don't touch it :)

But if you don't set to def and it gives you the workflow error for that cannot complete the task do this

Enjoy scripting services in UNIX based OS

Trying to get this to work on my mac, but fails to get the atom action script to show up in the shell automation. I did install the shell commands through atom like si458 mentioned above. If I do it through atom I don't get a password question so I also installed it through command line sudo apm install atom-shell-commands. Any clues to why im missing the action?

Side note which atom work properly and atom opens atom like it should.

Thought I would drop a note to say that my app Service Station can used to easily customize the right-click menu.

Atom is one of the default options for text files:

• https://github.com/knurling/ServiceStation (support site)
• https://servicestation.menu/

Service Station is implemented via a modern Finder Sync Extension. I like this better than the Services menu as you don't have to dig through a submenu packed with multiple other Services.