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.
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Chris Green