Jim Richardson <warlock@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> On Mon, 02 Apr 2007 09:21:40 +0100,
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> __/ [ Jim Richardson ] on Monday 02 April 2007 07:59 \__
>>
>>> On Mon, 02 Apr 2007 03:35:38 +0100,
>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> __/ [ Jim Richardson ] on Sunday 01 April 2007 20:38 \__
>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, 01 Apr 2007 01:28:08 +0100,
>>>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>> __/ [ Jim Richardson ] on Saturday 31 March 2007 23:15 \__
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Click on the desktop, anywhere not a window, or icon/menu. Now hit /
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> a location requester pops up. Enter a location say /pub, and a file
>>>>>>> browser window opens to that location.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Neat :)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I don't know if this is ubuntu specific config, or just something that
>>>>>>> came with a more recent version of GNOME, but my CentOS4 box at work
>>>>>>> doesn't do it. (should be upgrading to CentOS 5 this week with any
>>>>>>> luck)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How about F10 for new directory in Konqueror?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> nah, this is from the desktop, not a filebrowser window. It's kinda cool
>>>>> is all. KDE may well have the same kind of feature. Dunno, I rarely use
>>>>> KDE.
>>>>
>>>> That has always disappointed me. I wish I could create directories in the
>>>> desktop not through the context menu route, which is problematic if you
>>>> create a whole bunch of directories (...in which case the CLI is the way
>>>> to go).
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Not sure I follow you. I rt click on the desktop. Select "Create new
>>> folder"
>>
>> True. But let's say you want to create 10 directories. One option is to
>> {click, click again, enter name, then ENTER (on keyboard)}x10 (repeat ten
>> times). Another option is to open a terminal (CTRL+ALT+A or CTRL+ALT+5 in my
>> case), then 'mkdir name1 name2 name3...' (can also use some regex here)
>>
>> The latter is much quicker.
>>
>
> Oh, agreed, there are many things that the cli is more suited for.
Of course. Just not creating a directory in most cases.
You can create a directory in the majority of "Save as" dialogs using a
single click. Most people create a single directory at the time.
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