[Wolves] GNOME + nautilus questions

Rob Annable rob.annable at gmail.com
Mon Jan 31 11:47:54 GMT 2005


On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 11:43:26 +0000, Mike Peters <mike at ice2o.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 13:04:05 +0000
> Rob Annable <rob.annable at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 12:40:26 +0000, Ron Wellsted <ron at wellsted.org.uk>
> > wrote:
> > > On Sun, 2005-01-30 at 12:35 +0000, Rob Annable wrote:
> > > > On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 12:24:25 +0000, Alan Pope
> > > > <alan.pope at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 12:17:40 +0000, Rob Annable
> > > > > <rob.annable at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > Firstly, is there a way you can get nautilus to open folders
> > > > > > in the browse format straight away, rather than right-click
> > > > > > and choose'browse folder'? I need the back/forward/up buttons
> > > > > > and a location bar and I want to be able to double click and
> > > > > > get going.
> > > > >
> > > > > nautilus --browser
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Erk, that's 19 key presses.
> > > >
> > > > I'm Mr.GUI and my mouse has been surgically attached to my hand -
> > > > how about if I want to click on a desktop icon? At the moment I
> > > > just get the raw folder with no navigation buttons and further
> > > > clicking opens a new window - that sucks. I want it to default to
> > > > the browser setting.
> > > >
> > > > Rob
> > >
> > > Right click the nautilus icon, select properties and modify the
> > > command to read "nautilus --browser"  (mine has "nautilus
> > > --no-desktop--browser")
> > >
> > > --
> > > Ron Wellsted
> >
> > Cool, that sounds like the answer (I'll try it later, I'm on my Dad's
> > Windoze box at the moment), what does the --no-desktop bit do?
> > 
> An easier way of doing this is to open up Configuration Editor from your
> menu (or gconf-editor from a prompt) and browse to apps -> nautilus ->
> preferences and tick the always_use_browser option. Although as Jono
> said I would give Spatial Nautilus a chance, it takes a bit of getting
> used to but is worth it once you get the hang of it. Here's a link which
> will give you an outline of the way things work:
> 
> http://www.bytebot.net/geekdocs/spatial-nautilus.html
> 
> --
> Mike


Thanks Mike, looks like a great link - will have a read over lunch.

Rob
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