[Thunar-dev] Create File

[Vincent]

On 1/30/06, Jannis Pohlmann <info at sten-net.de> wrote:
>
> Benedikt Meurer schrieb:
> > Benedikt Meurer wrote:
> >
> >>>You could use a translation of "File", and prepend it with the
> >>>extension. E.g. txt file, php file, odf file... Not ideal though...
> >>
> >>Dunno yet. Please add suggestions (if any) to
> >>http://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1391.
> >
> >
> > The functionality is now available in Thunar SVN. For 1.0.0 we'll stay
> > compatible with Nautilus, using the ~/Templates folder.
>
> I'd like to vote against this decision. This is a somewhat special
> folder and therefor should be hidden. The home directory shouldn't
> contain program files/special folders, only files/folders created by the
> user himself.


Well, actually, the files which are in my ~/Templates folder are created my
me, so from that pov it's ok...

>From my personal point of view, it's nasty to have visible program
> directories in my home directory, because
>
>   1. this disallows me to create a folder with this name by my own for
>      whatever use,
>
>   2. it creates a misch-masch of personal folders and program folders,
>      which leads to confusion.
>
> I wouldn't mind creating new Templates for my own (even as a user)
> instead of making use of this ugly Nautilus behaviour.
>
> Regards,
> Jannis


Vincent

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