<div dir="ltr">2008/7/18 Peter Garrett <<a href="mailto:peter.garrett@optusnet.com.au">peter.garrett@optusnet.com.au</a>>: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> <div class="Ih2E3d">On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 06:05:28 +0200 "Johnny Rosenberg" <<a href="mailto:gurus.knugum@gmail.com">gurus.knugum@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > When, in Nautilus, I drag a file from one map to another and press > Ctrl+Shift when releasing the mouse button, a link will be created in the > destination folder, but the really annoying thing is that the destination > link will be called something like "Link to Myfile.xxx" </div>I had never noticed this, since I usually make links with "ln -s" - it really *is* annoying, isn't it? Not to mention stupid, since among other things it introduces spaces into the link name... which means more work/attention if writing scripts etc. I know that you specified nautilus, but you might consider using a different file manager for this task. I use the Rox filer: sudo apt-get install rox-filer On drag-and-drop, rox offers to make a link, copy or move (you get a little menu to choose from), and it doesn't do this sort of silly stuff - it just gives you a symlink as $DEITY intended :) Rox is quite small, fast, and configurable, and its help file is actually helpful ( *gasp* ). As far as I can see it does not create a menu entry, but you can of course create your own with the menu editor, or make a custom launcher for it. You can change the default blue Rox "folder" icons under right-click -> Options -> Types ( choose "human" or whatever suits you ) There are lots of other options, but that's more than you asked for anyway :) Worth exploring - I have used rox for years now when needing a graphical file manager, and hardly ever use Nautilus any more... If you want to create a lot of links graphically, this might be a solution for you. -- Peter Garrett <<a href="mailto:peter.garrett@optusnet.com.au">peter.garrett@optusnet.com.au</a>> </blockquote>Thanks! I might just try it! J.R.</div>