[Thunar-dev] Create File

[Benedikt Meurer]

Jannis Pohlmann 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.
> 
>>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.

Well, we have basicly two options here:

1) Templates folder path as configure option.
2) Merge templates from multiple sources (including ~/Terminal if present).

I don't really like either of them, tho.

> Regards,
> Jannis

Benedikt