So, https://help.launchpad.net/HelpOnFormatting says that the MoinMoin wiki syntax is supported, which it is evidently not, so here's the code bit from my post, cleaned up:
[...] this experiment, which worked well: mkdir ~/.templates touch ~/.templates/document.txt Edit relevant bit in ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs: XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="$HOME/.templates" -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1632027 Title: New Document feature missing from Nautilus 3.20+ To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/1632027/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs