Finding Nautilus - newbie

[Norman Silverstone]

On Mon, 2005-02-21 at 08:08 +0000, Norman Silverstone wrote:
> 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

I have just looked at this again and the cursor does not have to be in
the window.

Norman