nautilus in Ubuntu has a patch that is supposed to bring back the "New Document" menu option, without having to make a template. Please file a bug if that is not working.
On 28/03/15 07:55, Marc Thomas wrote: > > The bug David is talking about is not that he can't create template files or > that he can't use the right click menu to create a new document > based off the template files, but that there are no template files included > by default, and a non - technical user won't know that there is > prep work involved before making that feature work. > > On Mar 27, 2015 3:34 PM, "Narcis Garcia" <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > *V*isual explanation: > > https://askubuntu.com/questions/208291/how-to-create-a-new-blank-file-in-nautilus-3-6-and-above > > Command line universal way: > touch "$(xdg-user-dir TEMPLATES)/Empty document" > > > El 27/03/15 a les 17:59, Marc Thomas ha escrit: >> Catch 22. You can't create a new document in the template folder because >> there are no templates in the template folder. >> >> As far as I know, that is working as it is intended, which is definitely >> inconvenient. My recommendation, open up whatever application >> that generated the file type you want (gedit, libreoffice, etc) and save >> a blank file into that folder. Then, you willl be able to create >> a new document from that template in any folder. You can also just >> create a new file in that folder with vim (or whatever text editor you >> want) and save it with whatever extension you want (txt, odt, py, cpp, >> etc). >> >> -- >> Marc Thomas >> mthx.org <http://mthx.org> | Github: mthxx | @mthx_ >> >> On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 11:50 AM, David González <[email protected]> >> <mailto:[email protected]> wrote: >>> I've been testing the latest daily build ISO and reporting bugs since >>> yesterday... I was thinking if they were going to leave this be as >>> the default choice? http://i.imgur.com/bUEZ88G.png (users can't create >>> new documents, not even by the directions given in the >>> notification). Let me know if I should report it as a bug or if it's >>> working as intended. >>> -- Ubuntu-GNOME mailing list [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-gnome >> >> > > > -- > Ubuntu-GNOME mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-gnome > > > -- Ubuntu-GNOME mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-gnome
