Re: a short cut on desktop on gnome3
2011/12/2 doug dmcgarr...@optonline.net: On 12/02/2011 01:28 PM, Brian Flaherty wrote: On 12/02/2011 03:03 AM, abdelkader belahcene wrote: *Hi, I am trying to be familiar with gnome 3, So I installing from debian testing the gnome 3, It seems good, but sometimes I am lost, for example, I want to put a file on the Desktop, like drag it from the usb to the screen!! as usual, it didn't work !!! another case I used to add button on the bar just by clicking on the topbar menu to add it, the right click is not working ??!! How to enable it?? is it possible?? thanks for help* My understanding is that by default, GNOME 3 desktop does not correspond to a directory as in previous GNOME and Mac (for example). But there's an option in gnome-tweak-tool to tell the file manager (nautilus, I assume) to manage the desktop. I haven't tried it, but it sounds like it should do what you want. If you can't put icons on your desktop, what good is the desktop? You might as well have DOS! --doug I'm not using GNOME, but my desktop doesn't have any icons. Beside I always have some windows maximized, which would make them quite useless. And desktop without icons is good for managing _windows_ ;P darkestkhan -- Feel free to CC me. jid: darkestk...@gmail.com May The Source be with You. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cacrpbmhspcx1i7qadxjc6vidsf5qsrerubpg6alcuxddtdn...@mail.gmail.com
a short cut on desktop on gnome3
*Hi, I am trying to be familiar with gnome 3, So I installing from debian testing the gnome 3, It seems good, but sometimes I am lost, for example, I want to put a file on the Desktop, like drag it from the usb to the screen!! as usual, it didn't work !!! another case I used to add button on the bar just by clicking on the topbar menu to add it, the right click is not working ??!! How to enable it?? is it possible?? thanks for help*
Re: a short cut on desktop on gnome3
On 12/02/2011 03:03 AM, abdelkader belahcene wrote: *Hi, I am trying to be familiar with gnome 3, So I installing from debian testing the gnome 3, It seems good, but sometimes I am lost, for example, I want to put a file on the Desktop, like drag it from the usb to the screen!! as usual, it didn't work !!! another case I used to add button on the bar just by clicking on the topbar menu to add it, the right click is not working ??!! How to enable it?? is it possible?? thanks for help* My understanding is that by default, GNOME 3 desktop does not correspond to a directory as in previous GNOME and Mac (for example). But there's an option in gnome-tweak-tool to tell the file manager (nautilus, I assume) to manage the desktop. I haven't tried it, but it sounds like it should do what you want. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4ed918d6.3050...@yahoo.com
Re: a short cut on desktop on gnome3
On 12/02/2011 01:28 PM, Brian Flaherty wrote: On 12/02/2011 03:03 AM, abdelkader belahcene wrote: *Hi, I am trying to be familiar with gnome 3, So I installing from debian testing the gnome 3, It seems good, but sometimes I am lost, for example, I want to put a file on the Desktop, like drag it from the usb to the screen!! as usual, it didn't work !!! another case I used to add button on the bar just by clicking on the topbar menu to add it, the right click is not working ??!! How to enable it?? is it possible?? thanks for help* My understanding is that by default, GNOME 3 desktop does not correspond to a directory as in previous GNOME and Mac (for example). But there's an option in gnome-tweak-tool to tell the file manager (nautilus, I assume) to manage the desktop. I haven't tried it, but it sounds like it should do what you want. If you can't put icons on your desktop, what good is the desktop? You might as well have DOS! --doug -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4ed9248d.30...@optonline.net
Re: a short cut on desktop on gnome3
On Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:18:37 -0500, doug wrote: On 12/02/2011 01:28 PM, Brian Flaherty wrote: On 12/02/2011 03:03 AM, abdelkader belahcene wrote: *Hi, I am trying to be familiar with gnome 3, So I installing from debian testing the gnome 3, It seems good, but sometimes I am lost, for example, I want to put a file on the Desktop, like drag it from the usb to the screen!! as usual, it didn't work !!! another case I used to add button on the bar just by clicking on the topbar menu to add it, the right click is not working ??!! How to enable it?? is it possible?? thanks for help* My understanding is that by default, GNOME 3 desktop does not correspond to a directory as in previous GNOME and Mac (for example). But there's an option in gnome-tweak-tool to tell the file manager (nautilus, I assume) to manage the desktop. I haven't tried it, but it sounds like it should do what you want. If you can't put icons on your desktop, what good is the desktop? You might as well have DOS! I don't have icons on my desktop, but that is through choice. $ cd Desktop $ ls -A $ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jbb96k$hju$1...@dough.gmane.org
Re: a short cut on desktop on gnome3
On 02/12/11 19:18, doug wrote: On 12/02/2011 01:28 PM, Brian Flaherty wrote: On 12/02/2011 03:03 AM, abdelkader belahcene wrote: *Hi, I am trying to be familiar with gnome 3, So I installing from debian testing the gnome 3, It seems good, but sometimes I am lost, for example, I want to put a file on the Desktop, like drag it from the usb to the screen!! as usual, it didn't work !!! another case I used to add button on the bar just by clicking on the topbar menu to add it, the right click is not working ??!! How to enable it?? is it possible?? thanks for help* My understanding is that by default, GNOME 3 desktop does not correspond to a directory as in previous GNOME and Mac (for example). But there's an option in gnome-tweak-tool to tell the file manager (nautilus, I assume) to manage the desktop. I haven't tried it, but it sounds like it should do what you want. If you can't put icons on your desktop, what good is the desktop? You might as well have DOS! --doug I find Icons on the desktop pretty useless - they are always hidden by windows - except when you aren't running anything. I just spent a week exploring in depth how to manage my workload in both KDE 4.7 following frustration with Gnome 3 (Not because of the new shell, which after a couple of weeks I got use to - but because of the flakeness of Nautilus FTP (it was failing with permission errors where the Firefox FTP plugin was performing flawlessly when overwriting files with a new version) and with Gedit (which has taken to crashing when you have multiple tabs open and you close one of them). In particular, I spent some exploring the KDE Activities concept along with the ability to put different desktop widgets on different activity desktops. In the end, I spent more time in KDE getting the work done than I can with Gnome and have now gone back to the Gnome-Shell. I populate the Activity Bar with those applications I use all the time (Web Browser, Mail, Terminal Window, Text Editor, Virtual Box, MythTV, LibreOffice writer and Freemind) and now its just a flick of the mouse to the top left corner (or hitting the logo key on my keyboard to shrink in the windows to the desktop and get at the Icons I wish to use. -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4ed9346a.9060...@chandlerfamily.org.uk
gnome-commander? [was Re: a short cut on desktop on gnome3]
On 12/02/2011 12:26 PM, Alan Chandler wrote: I find Icons on the desktop pretty useless - they are always hidden by windows - except when you aren't running anything. I agree. I just spent a week exploring in depth how to manage my workload in both KDE 4.7 following frustration with Gnome 3 (Not because of the new shell, which after a couple of weeks I got use to - but because of the flakeness of Nautilus FTP I don't know because I haven't tried, but midnight commander (mc) has ftp and sftp built in and I have used those in the past. Perhaps gnome-commander has the same functionality and maybe it even works? I populate the Activity Bar with those applications I use all the time (Web Browser, Mail, Terminal Window, Text Editor, Virtual Box, MythTV, LibreOffice writer and Freemind) and now its just a flick of the mouse to the top left corner (or hitting the logo key on my keyboard to shrink in the windows to the desktop and get at the Icons I wish to use. I agree here too. I switched from stable to unstable because I like gnome 3. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4ed93768.5090...@yahoo.com
Re: a short cut on desktop on gnome3
On 02/12/11 20:45, Erwan David wrote: On 02/12/11 21:26, Alan Chandler wrote: I populate the Activity Bar with those applications I use all the time (Web Browser, Mail, Terminal Window, Text Editor, Virtual Box, MythTV, LibreOffice writer and Freemind) and now its just a flick of the mouse to the top left corner (or hitting the logo key on my keyboard to shrink in the windows to the desktop and get at the Icons I wish to use. For me a compoisite way mouse + keyboard is unnacceptable because of the time it takes. Moreover the logo key is *bnot* available on my keyboard : I need it as a compose key. Sending this back to the list because this wasn't meant to be a private exchange I think you misunderstand - you don't need mouse AND keyboard, its mouse OR keyboard Although I haven't had time to try it yet, it looks to me relatively easy for people to develop plugins to change gnome-shells behaviour. With javascript and html as the underlying technologies, it sounds as though the situation is set up to allow people to develop extensions to change behaviours etc - indeed there already are a few simple ones around (although sadly not yet packaged for debian) -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4ed945d3.7060...@chandlerfamily.org.uk
