Re: Empty "Create Document" menu

2008-10-30 Thread Matthew East
On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 1:50 PM, Sebastien Bacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Le jeudi 30 octobre 2008 à 12:42 +, Matthew East a écrit : >> >> However, I don't agree that just because an issue requires discussion >> on a mailing list, it is appropriate to mark the bug as "Invalid". >> Valid bu

Re: Empty "Create Document" menu

2008-10-30 Thread Sebastien Bacher
Le jeudi 30 octobre 2008 à 12:42 +, Matthew East a écrit : > > However, I don't agree that just because an issue requires discussion > on a mailing list, it is appropriate to mark the bug as "Invalid". > Valid bugs are frequently discussed on the lists. The bug has not been closed because it

Re: Empty "Create Document" menu

2008-10-30 Thread Matthew East
Sebastien, On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 12:17 PM, Sebastien Bacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > the launchpad nautilus bug has been closed > because that's not a nautilus bug and such changes should be discussed > on a mailing list where you will get comments on and not a bug tracker. > the way to do t

Re: Empty "Create Document" menu

2008-10-30 Thread Mikko Ohtamaa
Hi, This is a little offtopic, but... > > > > that is a wrong statement, the launchpad nautilus bug has been closed > because that's not a nautilus bug and such changes should be discussed > on a mailing list where you will get comments on and not a bug tracker. > the way to do that would be to c

Re: Empty "Create Document" menu

2008-10-30 Thread Sebastien Bacher
Le jeudi 30 octobre 2008 à 08:30 +, Matthew East a écrit : > it's been closed by the Ubuntu developer because we have one Gnome > developer, not even the nautilus maintainers, with a loud voice on a Hi, that is a wrong statement, the launchpad nautilus bug has been closed because that's not

Re: Empty "Create Document" menu

2008-10-30 Thread Didier Roche
2008/10/30 Matthew East <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > It seems plain to me having read the thread that the correct approach > here is for distros to take responsibility for this and ship some > templates in ~/Templates by default (whether using /etc/skel or other > technical means). It's only distros wh

Re: Empty "Create Document" menu

2008-10-30 Thread Odysseus Flappington
On 30/10/2008, Matthew East <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 4:38 PM, A. Walton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I personally have no problem seeing Ubuntu ship a few default > > templates in /etc/skel/. From my GNOME point of view, I think it'd be > > a healthy thing

Re: Empty "Create Document" menu

2008-10-30 Thread Matthew East
Hi, On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 4:38 PM, A. Walton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I personally have no problem seeing Ubuntu ship a few default > templates in /etc/skel/. From my GNOME point of view, I think it'd be > a healthy thing to do, and I think distros have the good sense to > manage what they p

Re: Empty "Create Document" menu

2008-10-29 Thread Mikko Ohtamaa
> > > > You do not need to be a C programmer nor do you need a computer > science degree to open your home folder and see a folder named > "Templates", wonderfully translated into the language you read. And > you do know, as you just told me what directory it was yourself an > email ago. You mos

Re: Empty "Create Document" menu

2008-10-29 Thread A. Walton
On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 2:26 PM, petr bug <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/10/29 A. Walton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 12:21 PM, petr bug <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> 2008/10/29 A. Walton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: It's perfectly supported as designed. Put some template in ~/T

Re: Empty "Create Document" menu

2008-10-29 Thread petr bug
2008/10/29 A. Walton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 12:21 PM, petr bug <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> 2008/10/29 A. Walton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> It's perfectly supported as designed. Put some template in ~/Templates >>> and enjoy. If you want to push it to new users, put it in >>>

Re: Empty "Create Document" menu

2008-10-29 Thread A. Walton
On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 12:21 PM, petr bug <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > Basically I see the "Create Document" menu equivalent (in > abuse-ability sense) to the "Main Menu" (the one in top left for > launching all the applications). Any package or user that can add item > there can abuse it.

Re: Empty "Create Document" menu

2008-10-29 Thread Wouter Stomp
On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 5:21 PM, petr bug <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Perhaps if we add item "Add or Remove Templates..." to the bottom of > the list which would open Nautilus with the directory. That sounds like a good idea, but perhaps it could then give a list of templates for programs you

Re: Empty "Create Document" menu

2008-10-29 Thread petr bug
Hi Basically I see the "Create Document" menu equivalent (in abuse-ability sense) to the "Main Menu" (the one in top left for launching all the applications). Any package or user that can add item there can abuse it. So if ugly distro or super-user clutter either of the menus then super-user can

Re: Empty "Create Document" menu

2008-10-29 Thread Martin Pitt
A. Walton [2008-10-29 11:10 -0400]: > On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 10:39 AM, Mikko Ohtamaa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I can clean up my menu if my evil Linux software > > vendors try to clutter it up. > > Yeah, if you have root privelidges to remove said templates from a > global directory. This is

Re: Empty "Create Document" menu

2008-10-29 Thread A. Walton
On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 10:39 AM, Mikko Ohtamaa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I can clean up my menu if my evil Linux software > vendors try to clutter it up. Yeah, if you have root privelidges to remove said templates from a global directory. This is fine if you're working on a single user machine

Empty "Create Document" menu

2008-10-29 Thread Mikko Ohtamaa
Hi, After 3 years of discussion it looks like Ubuntu is still going to ship with empty "Create Document" menu in Nautilus. This menu should be populated which choices "Create text file", "Create OpenOffice Writer document" and so on. Bug #23332 was marked as invali