I'm reopening this bug for Saucy since this patch won't work with Nautilus 3.8 which we'd like to add for Ubuntu 13.10 since it fixes numerous bugs and adds back a form of tree navigation.
This patch took advantage of a bug that has since been fixed. Nautilus developers prefer that users create whatever templates they want to use themselves in the ~/Templates/ directory. Perhaps we could add a ~/Templates/Text File in /etc/skel/ but that will only work for new users. https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=687139 ** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu Raring) Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1113648 Title: Add a context menu entry to create a new blank file Status in Nautilus: Invalid Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “nautilus” source package in Raring: Fix Released Status in “nautilus” source package in Saucy: Triaged Bug description: Release of Ubuntu: Raring, 13.04 Package Version: 3.6.3-0ubuntu5 Expected Results: Be able to create an empty file from the context menu Actual Results: There's not possible till I create manually an empty file in $HOME/Templates There is no easy way to create 'new blank' files in Files, you can do it by creating a file in $HOME/Templates/new or by installing an extension: http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/add-new-empty-file-entry-to- nautilus-36.html I don't think normal people will be interested in doing any of those procedures, exist a Gnome bug about it: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=687139 But it's closed, so I'd like to see this fixed in Ubuntu at least, what about providing some default files so people using Ubuntu can create empty files since the first boot? To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/1113648/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
