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Re: stupid nautilus question



On Sat, 2008-10-18 at 22:24 +0100, Michal R. Hoffmann wrote:
> On 18/10/08 16:15, Damon L. Chesser wrote:
> > Here is a stupid nautilus question:
> > 
> > you can open (in browser mode) nautilus and start typing,
> > say, /usr/share/doc and a small window opens on the bottom right with
> > your paty you are typing.  However, it never brings you to the location
> > when you hit enter, at lesast on my box.  IIRC this used to work and it
> > worked in XFCE.  I stoped using XFCE due to massive memory leaking.
> > 
> > How do you get that function working and if it does not work, what is
> > the typing supposed to be for?  It is much faster to typ /path then to
> > use the point and click navigation.  Don't make me go to KDE!
> 
> Ctrl-L opens the location bar, where you can type the path where you 
> want to go.
> 
> When you just start typing it does sort of 'quick find' - goes to the 
> first file in the directory which matches what you typed.
> 
> -- 
> Kind regards,
> Michal R. Hoffmann

Well, I said it was a stupid question, but a good answer.  In the words
of Linus, "that's real intuitive!"

Thanks.

-- 
Damon L. Chesser <damon@damtek.com>


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