Am Freitag, den 08.08.2008, 08:20 +0200 schrieb Emmanuel Dupoux: > if you open a directory through a symbolic link > you are stuck in the subpart of the directory tree that is pointed by > the link. > It is a major pain in the neck. Is there a way to access the .. > directory?
No, because that's how symbolic links are supposed to work, and how they work in a UNIX shell. If you want a shortcut rather than a “pseudo duplicate”, you have to create a launcher, for instance by right-clicking on the desktop, chosing "Create Launcher..." and entering the target URI into the dialog. You can then move the launcher wherever you want. I have been thinking about more intuitive ways of exposing the launcher vs. symbolic link concept, but I could not come up with a satisfying solution. Maybe both should be called “Link”, and for local links you have two right-click context menu entries [ ] Symbolic Link [X] Launchable Link, or Shortcut Toggling would replace the symlink with a launcher and vice versa. The proposed naming is poor, a concise naming that is intuitive for the majority of users has to be found. In essence, the difference is “behaves-like” vs. “points-to”. best regards, Christian Neumair -- Christian Neumair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- nautilus-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/nautilus-list
