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Why doesn't right-clicking and selecting "Open Terminal" in Desktop set the path of the terminal to the Desktop? On the other hand doing the same thing from other directories sets the path as expected.

pomsky
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Atinesh Singh
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2 Answers2

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This can be changed in dconf editor by changing org > gnome > nautilus > preferences > desktop-is-home-dir

Edit: It appears this functionality was removed with this code change in gnome-terminal

static inline gboolean
desktop_opens_home_dir (TerminalNautilus *nautilus)
{
#if 0
  return  _client_get_bool (gconf_client,
                                "/apps/nautilus-open-terminal/desktop_opens_home_dir",
                                NULL);
#endif
  return TRUE;
}

Source

Recently they appear to be changing this, but it's unclear if the functionality will return:

Source

Kristopher Ives
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Your Desktop is managed by your desktop environment, and not directly by your file manager, which is why you see two different results.

Your desktop environment (right-click > "Open Terminal") opens a terminal window at $HOME.

Your file manager (right-click > Open in Terminal) opens a terminal window at $PWD.

Tom Brossman
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