Nautilus annoyances - can configuration change these, if so how?
Chris G
cl at isbd.net
Thu Jan 31 10:47:06 UTC 2008
On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 10:32:12AM +0000, Stuart Sears wrote:
> Chris G wrote:
>> Nautilus opens a new window for every directory, this rapidly gets
>> annoying with deep hierarchies. Is there an option to get
>> Nautilus to open a new directory/folder in the *same* window?
>> (Windows can do it, when using XP I always have this option set)
>
> No. Not as far as I can tell. Even when delving into the depths of the
> (mostly undomcumented) hideosity that is gconf.
>
>> When using the File - Open Location option nautilus defaults the
>> location to the home directory *and* selects it so that it
>> overwrites what's in the clipboard. This is *intensely* annoying
>> if you have just carefully selected the directory you want to go
>> to (in another window) and have put it in the copy buffer already.
>> Can I turn off the auto-entry of the home directory and/or the
>> automatic selection of the text?
>
> Also no.
>
> Welcome to GNOME. "our way or the highway" :)
>
I wonder why I use the command line most of the time! :-)
>
> Incidentally, if you want a filemanager that does behave the way you like
> (and has some *very* cool features, like proper regex-based
> search-and-replace file renaming, or renaming based on audio tags), you
> should look at Thunar, which is also gtk-based so has a fairly small
> footprint. I use this for preference on whatever desktop env I run.
>
OK, thanks, I'll take a lok at thunar.
Nautilus has some other annoyances that would be good to be rid of.
--
Chris Green
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