How to add items to the desktop right click menu
Craig White
craigwhite at azapple.com
Wed Apr 5 17:20:31 UTC 2006
On Wed, 2006-04-05 at 10:13 -0700, Ben Tobias wrote:
> Mike McCarty wrote:
>
> > Malcolm Northcott wrote:
> >
> >> On previous versions of Fedora the top item on the desktop right click
> >> menu produced a terminal window. Under FC5 the top item now produces an
> >> empty folder on the desktop. I'm tired of filling my desktop with empty
> >> folders, and would like to restore the create terminal command to the
> >> top of the menu list. Does anyone know how to change this menu.
> >> Thanks,
> >> Mal.
> >>
> >
> > Even better!
> >
> > http://linux.rasmil.dk/cms/modules/news/
> >
> > Mike
>
> Okay. That is great. I have been used to opening terminal windows with
> the right click for years. I have to ask: why was it removed? Is it to
> keep "ordinary users" from having access to it? Adding it back with the
> command mentioned at the above link is easy enough but I really question
> the wisdom of removing it in the first place.
----
gnome seemingly has adopted an ever changing theory of simplifying the
user space to minimize user confusion (hence options/configuration
options).
I tossed in the towel and have switched to KDE lately.
Craig
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