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
