Idea
#2785: Open a terminal window through Nautilus
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This idea was marked as being not considered for implementation the 2 June 08.
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Written by Virus the 3 Mar 08 at 16:47.
Category: System.
Related to:
Nothing/Others.
Status: Won't implement
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Description
Sometimes it's unconfortable when you're searching some files (for example when compiling and installing a program) and when you are "inside" the folder in the file manager, you want to compile. You need the terminal.
So, you need to reach the folder and reach that folder typing all the way to do it, and it's very tedious when the program name is too long.
I suggest that in the menu (File menu) it would appear an item called "Open Terminal in this folder" or simply "Open terminal".
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Developer comments
This used to be available by default in GNOME but it was a conscious design decision to remove it by default. There are no plans to implement this by default in Ubuntu.
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Rabbid wrote on the 3 Mar 08 at 16:59
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Maybe just install nautilus-open-terminal from the repositories?
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vexorian wrote on the 3 Mar 08 at 17:03
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I wish that was installed by default though.
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rafaelcapanema wrote on the 3 Mar 08 at 17:04
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There's a plugin on the repositories that does exactly what you're asking for:
sudo apt-get install nautilus-open-terminal
I think it should be installed by default, though.
Look up for "nautilus" on Synaptic. There are other Nautilus goodies available, such as audio and video converters and an "open as administrator" plugin.
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tomatz wrote on the 3 Mar 08 at 19:37
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vexorian said...
I wish that was installed by default though.
Is this not why we use linux and not windows "bloatware"?
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tomatz wrote on the 3 Mar 08 at 19:37
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vexorian said...
I wish that was installed by default though.
Is this not why we use linux and not windows "bloatware"?
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Vadim P. wrote on the 3 Mar 08 at 19:55
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I don't believe it needs to be installed by default.
However, there should be a way of finding about that package - I didn't know about it, and was using a nautilis script from the wiki instead.
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akiratheoni wrote on the 3 Mar 08 at 20:23
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I use the nautilus-open-terminal pretty much everyday... this needs to be installed by default, most definitely.
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stevec wrote on the 3 Mar 08 at 20:30
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I use this a lot also. That said I kind of agree with the idea of keeping default installs minimal. What I think would be better is some highly publicized, visible list of programs commonly installed after a fresh install.
You could probably do something fairly close just by looking at what packages are highest rated by the Popularity Contest feedback. You could do exactly what I'm thinking by combining that with a specific window (say 1 week) after a "fresh install."
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BungaMan wrote on the 3 Mar 08 at 21:08
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People who need to play with the command line often will be able to find the package or even use something else than nautilus. Use MC for example. Can't really see a reason to have this installed by default even though i use it often enough. I'm not everybody :)
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zettberlin wrote on the 3 Mar 08 at 21:15
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Is this not why we use linux and not windows "bloatware"?
Me not - I use Linux because it is free software, a unix, quite stable, most secure - it is quite nice, that it is leaner then others also but being lean is is a 2-edged sword: if your diet is too harsh, you loose powers, you might need/want.
To have a single entry in a menu more is no bloat. But working with a filemanager, that does not have this usefull feature (BY DEFAULT!!) can be very annoying very fast...
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lgb wrote on the 3 Mar 08 at 21:29
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'Is this not why we use linux and not windows "bloatware"?'
Not think so. However please note if you want to provide a Linux distribution for begineers, non-linux-geeks, etc you SHOULD provide a 'standard' easy to use default install which includes quite huge amount of stuffs, it's true. However if you prefer you can install/remove custom packages etc, so it depends on your choice.
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larryfroot wrote on the 3 Mar 08 at 21:35
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Anything that gets me up and running as sudo asap gets my vote. It helps workflow loads and offers a usability that migrants from windows would feel a little more at home with. Mind you, a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing....but I'm for including it as default.
Or at least have something in Nautilus to point me to where I can fetch scripts...
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leggy wrote on the 3 Mar 08 at 21:56
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Dragging icons into an already open terminal window inserts the quoted file name there, without any extras installed.
You don't need to type the whole thing every time, or install software. To me this offers more functionality than the package described above (since you can drop file names into any point in any command), although it takes slightly longer.
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terlmann wrote on the 3 Mar 08 at 22:02
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This already exists , it is simply not installed by default.
It should be.
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ryanhaigh wrote on the 3 Mar 08 at 22:40
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While it is indeed useful and I use it myself I do not think that it should be installed by default. Most users would not use the terminal on any regular basis, for those that do a search in synaptic should find it.
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twright wrote on the 3 Mar 08 at 23:02
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there should just be a meta package for thing's like this (tilda, open terminal), thing's that are essential but only if you know what a terminal is
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christopher_lees wrote on the 4 Mar 08 at 03:58
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Having nautilus-open-terminal and nautilus-gksu preinstalled is an absolute necessity. Firstly, Open Terminal allows new users to get into a terminal in the correct directory in order to execute "./GoogleEarthLinux.bin" or "./configure; make; sudo make install" without having to learn the terminal or ask for help. And "Open As Administrator" is great for if you need to edit a file but don't fancy opening up a terminal just to do that.
I believe Kubuntu comes with those two functions already?
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Yunfeng wrote on the 4 Mar 08 at 05:18
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Terminal should be hided as deep as possible for majority of users. This idea is against the principle for dump users.
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some_random_noob wrote on the 4 Mar 08 at 05:22
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Have it as feature by default - it doesn't matter if most people don't use it. There's plenty of crap in the menus that I don't use, but that doesn't bother me.
I just want it to be official and preinstalled
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Estesark wrote on the 4 Mar 08 at 10:34
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It seems to me like nautilus-open-terminal only appears in your menu when you are already using nautilus as root. The most obvious way of getting into nautilus as root is "sudo nautilus" in a terminal, but that kind of defeats the point.
This should be installed by default, and it should be in the non-root users' menus as well. KDE does this already, and it's a useful feature.
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qinjuehang wrote on the 4 Mar 08 at 11:38
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I think anyone who needs such a feature would be able to install it from the repos...I mean u don't expect someone to be able to use the terminal and actually USE it, and not know this package exists, especially when it is quite popular.
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kukuku wrote on the 4 Mar 08 at 14:07
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How about a former Windows user who moved to Ubuntu and has no problems using a terminal and compiling programs with it, but obviously very little experience with Ubuntu and Linux in general? Thanks for the tip about this package, it'll come in handy.
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lubosz wrote on the 4 Mar 08 at 15:11
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this exist, you need to install "nautilus-python", and add the extension "open-terminal.py".
its even found in the gnome svn.
but you have to compile nautilus-python and add the extension by yourself.
but anyone who needs this feature should be able to do this, shouldnt he.
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antistress wrote on the 4 Mar 08 at 22:56
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"Frequently Asked Questions
I can't find the "Open Terminal" menu item on the desktop context menu. Was that functonality removed in Nautilus 2.12?
Yes, this was removed from Nautilus, since we consider terminals only suitable for power users. However, there is a more powerful third party extension to Nautilus: nautilus-open-terminal. It can open terminals in all your local folders and on SFTP machines."
http://live.gnome.org/Nautilus
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antistress wrote on the 4 Mar 08 at 22:57
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see also
idea #1117: "open a terminal" on the right click
idea #2210: nautilus-open-terminal installed by default
related :
idea #2517: Open terminal in the current folder by clicking F4 in Nautilus
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schlemihl wrote on the 18 Mar 08 at 21:58
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It would be great if this action could have its own icon in nautilus.
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Jeff Dougson wrote on the 5 Apr 08 at 01:26
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I can understand the reasons for not making this available by default, but that raises a couple of other interesting options (not mutually exclusive):
- Make these extensions more easily discoverable; e.g. if a more advanced "add/remove programs" application is developed with hierarchical categorisation and all that, you could have some way of viewing popular extension packages that are available for Nautilus.
- Have a few different preset package lists in the installer, e.g. "Regular", "Power user", "Developer", "Multimedia", "Ultimate" (etc.) with a nice graphical explanation of how they're related. Somewhat similar to the different Vista offerings, but more meaningful, they're all just preset lists of packages/settings from the same DVD, and you don't pay for them. ;)
I would love the option of installing a much "heavier" Ubuntu (lots more popular apps for various purposes) without hunting down individual packages.
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semorehighknee wrote on the 8 May 08 at 16:56
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@ jeff dougson
Reconstructor is a pretty good way to make your own "heavy" ubuntu. Currently it only works with gutsy i believe tho. i have an install dvd with all my programs and nautilus extensions etc ready to go or copy and distribute to friends.
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dburanen wrote on the 12 May 08 at 15:06
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-1 We want to get away from the term. I love that nautilus-open-terminal is there for myself and other power users, but it shouldn't be default.
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audriusa wrote on the 13 May 08 at 04:02
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I have been using Konqueror under Gnome for a while just because of the absence of the "open terminal" capability in Nautilus. I suspected that the terminal item was removed on purpose but was thinking that the feature can only be restored through patching the sources. I searched through the Nautilus configuration GUI but did not find the way to turn the missing menu item back.
It is better not to force people to make the web searches to get obvious things running. If one needs the item, must be able to activate it in a user friendly way by selecting the check box in the configuration menu. Aggressive removal of the frequently used features is really very "M$ style".
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tlyon wrote on the 12 Jun 08 at 18:52
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I also really wanted this, and luckily I stumbled over the extension.
I've never understood removing functionality like this. Most new users I know don't even look through the preferences. They just use the default configuration and deal with it if it sucks for them. So removing even the option of enabling it in preferences somewhere doesn't make sense, because the non-power users probably wouldn't even stumble over the option in the first place.
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animaniac wrote on the 5 Jul 08 at 18:15
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"Developer comments
This used to be available by default in GNOME but it was a conscious design decision to remove it by default. There are no plans to implement this by default in Ubuntu."
Man some of these conscious decisions suck, making default work flow worse. Luckily its easily fixable.
dburanen wrote on the 12 May 08 at 15:06:
While that may be true, we should try to make everything work in the gui. The terminal should always be conveniently accessible, just to accommodate the learning process for using it.
Getting away from it should not be the same as discouraging it.
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animaniac wrote on the 5 Jul 08 at 18:16
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post above: dburanen didn't write that, that was my reply.
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Shinobiteno wrote on the 20 Aug 08 at 07:51
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"Developer comments
This used to be available by default in GNOME but it was a conscious design decision to remove it by default. There are no plans to implement this by default in Ubuntu."
Thats the first stupid decision(IMHO,sorry for calling things with their names) i saw U'devs made... Not good.
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