On Tue, 2015-03-03 at 21:12 +0100, Jan Claeys wrote: > Colin Law schreef op di 03-03-2015 om 09:05 [+0000]: > > On 2 March 2015 at 15:40, Johan Kriel <j...@hotmail.co.za> wrote: > > > I would like to suggest the availability of shortcuts to files and folders > > > (like those used in Windows) also in addition to the currently available > > > symbolic links. Symbolic links do have their useful place, but they can > > > also > > > be a real pain in the ass on occasion. For example, I regularly have to > > > jump > > > back and forth several times during the day between two or more folders. > > > Using Ubuntu symlinks for this purpose just takes me deeper and deeper > > > into > > > an artificial directory structure with an ever increasing path length. > > > Windows type shortcuts, which jumps directly to another folder using the > > > normal path, would work much better in this case. Please consider this. It > > > would help a lot. > > > > Do you mean just a .desktop file that runs nautilus and opens the > > required folder? > > I think he means some way to create a special file that when > double-clicked "instructs" the *current* Nautilus window/tab to show > another directory, and not open a new window/tab. I don't think > Nautilus supports this right now (but I might be wrong).
This is possible with .desktop files: [Desktop Entry] Name=Foo Type=Link URL=file:///path/to/foo
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