<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 8:24 PM, David Curtis <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dcurtis@uniserve.com">dcurtis@uniserve.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:43:58 -0500<br>
"Cybe R. Wizard" <<a href="mailto:cybe_r_wizard@earthlink.net">cybe_r_wizard@earthlink.net</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
> Derek Broughton <<a href="mailto:derek@pointerstop.ca">derek@pointerstop.ca</a>> said:<br>
> > Charlie, you _know_ this is Linux - we can do anything!<br>
> ><br>
> > As long as you can identify the desktop, it can't be that difficult<br>
> > (as xdg-open shows) to invoked the appropriate application for the<br>
> > desktop - or it could be done through the "alternatives" system.<br>
><br>
> As for xdg-open, it seems to me that it only opens a file with the<br>
> preferred application or a URL with the preferred browser. Am I missing<br>
> something? If it /does/ open a file manager I haven't been able to do<br>
> it.<br>
<br>
</div>'xdg-open ~' or 'xdg-open /etc' works for me. XFCE on Jaunty. LXDE does _not_ work, there seems to be a problem with pcmanfm and /etc/mailcap. A bug?<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> I am not familiar with the "alternatives" system.<br>
> <googles><br>
> hmmm...<br>
> <reads man page><br>
> I can't find a correct group name for a file manager<br>
> in /etc/alternatives.<br>
<br>
</div>Right, there's no x-file-manager, or whatever it would be.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> <checks gconf-editor><br>
> I can't find a place to change the default file manager anywhere. I<br>
> would love to set it to use PCManFM if I only could.<br>
><br>
> I /know/ that we, as Linux users, can do anything. I am stumped by<br>
> the, "how?"<br>
<br>
</div>Maybe we could get a 'sensible-file-manager' script?<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> Even inside my own system this doesn't look so easy, much less<br>
> for /any/ system.<br>
><br>
> Help?<br>
><br>
</div>It seems xdg-utils is the way to go, as long as the DE is compliant/set up properly. I know nothing about mime types or mailcap re:LXDE/pcmanfm.<br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br>I don't know if this helps but in gnome terminal you can do:<br><br>vpadro@workstation:/# nautilus /home/vpadro<br><br>and it opens the vpadro's home folder(s)...<br><br>hope this what you wanted in the first place...<br clear="all">
<br>P.S. actually I have configured a shortcut using Ctrl-R to open a terminal and perhaps I'm trying to emulate the Super+R in windows...who knows. :) old habbits...<br><br><br>-- <br>"It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion."<br>
<br>"Todo el desorden del mundo proviene de las profesiones mal o mediocremente servidas"<br>