An interesting behaviour in Lucid.....

Basil Chupin blchupin at iinet.net.au
Thu Apr 15 14:06:35 UTC 2010


On 15/04/10 23:27, Markus Schönhaber wrote:
> 15.04.2010 15:18, Basil Chupin:
>
>    
>> On 15/04/10 23:09, Markus Schönhaber wrote:
>>      
>    
>>> Since, in default Gnome, the desktop is nothing else but a special
>>> nautilus "window", the settings made for the file browser windows also
>>> apply to the desktop.
>>> In a file browser window, open Edit/Preferences/Behaviour and set the
>>> single/double click option to your liking.
>>>
>>>        
>> Thank you!
>>
>> Now fancy hiding such an option in the preferences for a file manager! :-)
>>      
> Well, some time ago IIRC, the settings dialog was by default accessible
> through System/Settings in the main menu. This is no longer the case[1],
> since the Gnome devs are really great when it comes to removing
> configuration options or functionality that might confuse you.
> So don't say you're confused, since it's all just for your own good!
>
>    

Is that a touch of sarcasm I can detect in what you wrote? :-)

BC

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