On Fri, 25 Feb 2011 08:07:19 -0500, Jonathan wrote: > I think the assumption is that if you already have the application open, you > can open another window easily within the application itself so it makes > more sense to put the open command in the shell on the right-click menu. > > This is consistent with the Windows 7 behavior, which I find quite intuitive > and easy to use. "Intuitive" is a word that doesn't fit here yet. Based on the feedback in this thread, I've revisited GNOME Shell: * Empty virtual desktops -> no gnome-terminal open -> right-click on the gnome-terminal icon in Favorites does not let me start a new terminal. All it offers is to remove the Favorites item. * One gnome-terminal running already -> right-click on the Favorites icon _does_ offer me to start a new gnome-terminal. That's non-intuitive. * Four virtual desktops -> I move to an empty one -> obviously I cannot use Ctrl+Shift+N as no gnome-terminal is running on that desktop -> left-click on the Favorites' gnome-terminal icon moves me back to the 1st virtual desktop. * Drag'n'drop of the Favorites gnome-terminal icon seems to be _the_ way to start the app in a new window. However, I must be very careful and move the icon slowly into a "free" area of the desktop, or else I am to close to existing windows, and no new terminal gets started. > I think the problem is that you're using a 20th-century terminal emulator in > a 21st-century shell. :-) Try gnome-terminal, in which you can open a new > terminal from an existing one easily with ctrl-shift-n. Okay. I just need to find the time to convert old .Xresources data into gnome-terminal compatible GConf instructions, because configuring custom colours and fonts (also wrt to colour-ls) only via the GUI is inconvenient. -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
