On 12/19/2011 11:54 PM, David Rosenstrauch wrote:
I took an alternate approach. On Windows, the Windows+E key combination
on the keyboard brings up the Windows Explorer file manager, and is a
key combo that I got used to when working on Windows. So under XFCE, I
just set up a similar key combo to
On 12/20/2011 03:40 PM, gt wrote:
sudo mv /usr/bin/xfdesktop /usr/bin/xfdesktop-off
sudo ln -s /usr/bin/nautilus /usr/bin/xfdesktop
more here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1167149
But, i don't know if symlinking is such a good idea. Moreover there'll
be no desktop icons.
Nah, tha
On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 02:32:42PM +0100, Vladimir Nikšić wrote:
> > I think this is handled by the same XDG 'mimeapps.list' which contains
> > file type associations. Just add an entry for "inode/directory" pointing
> > to Nautilus:
> >
> > ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list
> >
> > [
Am Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:32:42 +0100
schrieb Vladimir Nikšić :
> Tried that, didn't work. I even restarted X to be sure it's lodaded,
> but Thunar still always loads. I think the mimeapps.list may be on to
> something, not sure. I'll look into it more.
Try this:
"Settings -> Preferred Applications
> I think this is handled by the same XDG 'mimeapps.list' which contains
> file type associations. Just add an entry for "inode/directory" pointing
> to Nautilus:
>
> ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list
>
> [Default Applications]
> inode/directory=nautilus.desktop
Tried that, didn't
On 12/19/2011 10:42 AM, Vladimir Nikšić wrote:
I'm using xfce wm. I rarely even use a file manager, I do things through
the console almost all the time, but sometimes I need a file manager,
makes some things easier.
Thunar as a file manager is OK, but nautilus is a lot more powerful, has
decent
On 2011-12-19 17:42, Vladimir Nikšić wrote:
> I would like it so that Nautilus starts when I click on a directory or
> some sort of volume (loop mount, usb stick, whatever, nfs share) on the
> desktop. Instead, thunar always starts, which kinda defeats the whole
> purpose of the preferred applicati
I'm using xfce wm. I rarely even use a file manager, I do things through
the console almost all the time, but sometimes I need a file manager,
makes some things easier.
Thunar as a file manager is OK, but nautilus is a lot more powerful, has
decent tab implementation etc, etc, doesn't really m
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