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[Mateusz Drożdżyński]

On 7/31/06, Richard A Downing FBCS CITP <richard at langside.org.uk> wrote:
> One of the things that I really hate about Windows is the Trash can.
> When I say delete, I want it gone - forever.  On windows I can set it up
> so that delete means delete.  How do I do that with Ubuntu?
In Nautilus, go to Edit->Preferences, then select the Behaviour tab
and check 'Include a Delete command that bypasses the Wastebasket'.

> And why does the documentation call it Trash, but the application calls
> it wastebasket?
Maybe you're viewing American documentation? In American English it's
the Trash, in British English its the Wastebasket. There is a bug
filled regarding inconsistence of using both terms in GNOME, you can
have a look at it here:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=83764

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Best regards,
Mateusz Drożdżyński