Description of problem: nautilus-open-terminal opens terminal with pwd $HOME/Desktop instead of $HOME Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): nautilus-open-terminal-0.8-3.fc9.x86_64 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1.open terminal from right click menu on gnome desktop 2. 3. Actual results: opens with pwd $HOME/Desktop Expected results: open with pwd $HOME Additional info: I think this is a regression in the latest release.
It looks like ubuntu folk pushed a patch upstream to enable this "feature" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus-open-terminal/+bug/63564 Rather then push a patch upstream to reclaim the proper feature perhaps some sort of option should be of existence in gconf. Changing /etc/gconf/schemas/nautilus-open-terminal* did nothing. Ever since I have ever used a gnome desktop I've expected right clicking and hitting terminal to open on the desktop to open up in my home directory. That is expected functionality. Back in the day before nautilus open terminal this was the functionality; I don't see why opening it into ~/Desktop and then immediately typing "cd .." is better.
This is documented in the release notes that will come with Fedora 9: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/PackageNotes I'm not sufficiently convinced this is a "bug" to argue it upstream, but I would encourage motivated people to do so. The text on the popup menu has even been changed to note "Open in Terminal," denoting that you're not just opening a terminal, you're opening the Desktop in one.
yeah now that there is a gconf option I would agree with you. Initially back in Feb, the rawhide package didn't have a gconf option(or atleast one that worked if memory serves correctly) I just tested it in my rawhide setup and the gconf-key does indeed toggle between the two behaviors.