Why I Love Nautilus
Thursday, 5. April 2007, 01:48:41
Nautilus, from the GNome project, is its default file browser. A lot can be said about it. You will find uncountable tutorials, comments and descriptions from it. But what I've never seen, and brought my atention now, is a very friendly feature that you can find as "Build this project...".
After selecting that option yoo'll see a minimal dialog where you can select a target to build. Yes, yes, yes... You can also select a target
!!
This feature will work with any common Linux source deploy. So now you can simply download those tar.gz, uncompress them, with just a right-click
, and build them with another.
Hope you enjoy this lovely and simple feature!
Update:
This feature is provided by an extension called Bulldozer, that you can find at the following repositorie: "http://asher256-repository.tuxfamily.org ubuntu main french".
After selecting that option yoo'll see a minimal dialog where you can select a target to build. Yes, yes, yes... You can also select a target
!!This feature will work with any common Linux source deploy. So now you can simply download those tar.gz, uncompress them, with just a right-click
, and build them with another.Hope you enjoy this lovely and simple feature!
Update:
This feature is provided by an extension called Bulldozer, that you can find at the following repositorie: "http://asher256-repository.tuxfamily.org ubuntu main french".
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Anonymous # 6. April 2007, 16:53
What version of Nautilus has this feature?
My version of Nautilus is 2.18.0.1. Ihave just upgraded my Edgy to Feisty so I should have the latest Gnome and Nautilus. I can't however find the Open in Terminal and Build Project options.
Thanks
Trev
Hernán Gabriel Gonzalez # 6. April 2007, 18:20
-"nautilus-open-terminal" is an extension that u can find in Synaptic, under that name.
- I'm using Ubuntu Edgy Eft, with Nautilus 2.16.1. Make sure you right-click in a folder with a makefile.
Hope it helps!
Camus SoNiCo
Anonymous # 7. April 2007, 21:44
Camus
Thanks for that - I see a few other useful nauttilus extensions in synaptic.
I did try right clicking a folder with a makefile - but I will try it again.
Cheers
Trev
Hernán Gabriel Gonzalez # 8. April 2007, 07:08
If you read my update, you'll see that this feature is provided by an extension called 'Bulldozer'.
I'm glad I've helped,
Camus SoNiCo
Anonymous # 11. April 2007, 19:48
Thanks Camus
I have downloaded and compiled the bulldozer extension and it is showing up when I right click a folder containing a make file.
Very useful indeed
Cheers
Trev