Finding Nautilus - newbie

[Norman Silverstone]

On Mon, 2005-02-21 at 06:51 +0000, david wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-02-21 at 16:25 +1300, Lindsay wrote:
> >Sorry I get nothing with this direction either.
> >Linz
> >
> >On Sun, 2005-02-20 at 15:25 +0200, Ari Torhamo wrote:
> >> On su, 2005-02-20 at 08:00 -0500, David M. Carney wrote:
> >> >On Mon, 2005-02-21 at 01:42 +1300, Lindsay wrote:
> >> >>By right clicking I got a menu that allowed Open Terminal, Open Launcher
> >> >>and some others (not Nautilis),  but nothing with left click and ctrl l.
> >> >>
> >> >>On Sun, 2005-02-20 at 12:17 +0000, david wrote:
> >> >>> click on the desktop and then type Ctrl + l and then type ~ in the window and 
> >> >>> press enter.
> >> >>> 
> >> >>> regards
> >> >>> David
> >> >>> 
> >> >>> (It may be possible to assign a key stroke combination to this but I'm not 
> >> >>> sure.)
> >> >>> 
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >Click anywhere on the desktop. Not on a running program.
> >> >
> >> >A menu will not appear, but after clicking, you can hold down the ctrl
> >> >key and press the l key (both at the same time). A dialog box should pop
> >> >up.
> >> >
> >> >Then release them and press the ~ key. and press the enter key.
> >> >
> >> >David
> >> >
> >> 
> >> A small detail: when I press ~, I have to hold it down for a second. If
> >> I just press it quickly, the character doesn't get printed to the
> >> screen. There seems to be a small delay.

Please excuse the terminology but I think what is needed is to first
open a window, for example, which shows a list of folders and then, with
the cursor within that window press Ctrl+l.

Norman