Is reading nautilus docs a worthwhile activity?

Michal Jaegermann michal at harddata.com
Fri Jun 25 05:43:45 UTC 2004


I decided to see what I can do with Computer->Network in nautilus.
Well, one can click on that and this opens a window with something
which says "Windows Network".  The catch is that I do not have
any "Windows Network" around so this is kinda useless.  I do have
some, say, NFS servers exporting various file systems and in section
7.8.2 of nautilus help one can read this:

<quote>
To access UNIX shares, double-click on the Unix Network (NFS)
object. A list of the UNIX shares available to you is displayed
in the file manager window.
</quote>

Well, there is no "Unix Network" to double-click on but

<quote>
7.8.2.1 To Add a Network Place

To add a network place, perform the following steps:

 1. Open the file manager and choose Places->Computer.
  Alternatively, double-click on the Computer object on the
  Desktop. A file object window is displayed.

 2. Double-click on the Add Network Place object. The
  Add Network Place dialog is displayed. ...
</quote>

Try as might I cannot find any "Add Network Place object".
OK, so maybe not everything is lost.  We have in documentation this:

<quote>
7.8.3.1 To Add a Network Server

To add a network server, choose Applications->Network Servers.
A file object window is displayed. Double-click on the New Server
object. A New Server dialog is displayed. Enter the name of the
server in the dialog, then click OK.
<quote>

There are "Network Servers" on the main menu but choosing that
opens again useless "Windows Network" and no "New Server object"
around as far as I can discern.

Is this just a normal nautilus behaviour or I am missing something
profound?  I tried with the latest nautilus-2.6.0-6 from rawhide but
earlier versions looked exactly the same.

  Michal





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