No more right click terminal

[Jesse Keating]

On Tue, 2005-07-12 at 11:19 -0700, Per Bjornsson wrote:
> When did it move from the menu? I can't remember a time when it wasn't
> in System Tools > Terminal, but maybe my memory is too short? I think
> that the menu is pretty much the canonical spot for finding things in
> the current GUI, and dragging a menu entry to a panel if you want a
> launcher for easier access really isn't that much work.

I'm almost certain it changed locations a few times between RHL 7.2 and
FC4.  There was quite a shakeup on menu entries along that time line.

> > Especially given that people go "Oooh!  Thats handy!" every time I show
> > them it.
> 
> That's probably because you were teaching people stuff that involved
> terminal usage. Most people can't be bothered. The reaction I have seen
> from most people when they see me pop up a terminal window is just a
> some combination of horror and disgust. The terminal really can't be
> seen as part of the user interface for "regular" users.

Well yeah, the majority of the people I teach are entry level admin
types or slightly more advanced users than the secretary and need to
take advantage of some of the really useful things a Linux system can do
from the terminal.

> No need to tell me how great the terminal is, I know, and I have a
> launcher on my panel. It's not going anywhere. But I'm strange and I
> know it.

You may have a launcher, but new user Bob won't and thus I can't write
documentation assuming that he does.

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