Debian Bug report logs - #511488
nautilus: customizable items in right-mouse-button menu on the desktop

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Mark Poks <markpoks@wp.pl>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: nautilus: customizable items in right-mouse-button menu on the desktop

Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 15:49:24 +0100

Package: nautilus
Version: 2.20.0-7
Severity: wishlist

when pressing right-mouse-button on the desktop i would like to have there
custom options defined, such as: gnome-control-center, synaptic, etc, etc.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686-bigmem (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages nautilus depends on:
ii  desktop-file-utils        0.15-1         Utilities for .desktop files
ii  gnome-control-center      1:2.22.2.1-2   utilities to configure the GNOME d
ii  libart-2.0-2              2.3.20-2       Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0               1.22.0-1       The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libbonobo2-0              2.22.0-1       Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libc6                     2.7-16         GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2                 1.6.4-7        The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libeel2-2.20              2.20.0-7       Eazel Extensions Library (for GNOM
ii  libesd0                   0.2.36-3       Enlightened Sound Daemon - Shared 
ii  libexempi3                2.0.1-1        library to parse XMP metadata (Lib
ii  libexif12                 0.6.16-2.1     library to parse EXIF files
ii  libgail-common            1.22.3-1       GNOME Accessibility Implementation
ii  libgail18                 1.22.3-1       GNOME Accessibility Implementation
ii  libgconf2-4               2.22.0-1       GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglade2-0               1:2.6.2-1      library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0              2.16.6-1       The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-desktop-2        2.22.3-2       Utility library for loading .deskt
ii  libgnome2-0               2.20.1.1-1     The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0         2.20.1.1-1     A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgnomeui-0              2.20.1.1-2     The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0            1:2.22.0-5     GNOME Virtual File System (runtime
ii  libgtk2.0-0               2.12.11-4      The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libnautilus-extension1    2.20.0-7       libraries for nautilus components 
ii  liborbit2                 1:2.14.13-0.1  libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpango1.0-0             1.20.5-3       Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  librsvg2-2                2.22.2-2lenny1 SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii  libselinux1               2.0.65-5       SELinux shared libraries
ii  libstartup-notification0  0.9-1          library for program launch feedbac
ii  libtrackerclient0         0.6.6-2        metadata database, indexer and sea
ii  libx11-6                  2:1.1.5-2      X11 client-side library
ii  libxml2                   2.6.32.dfsg-5  GNOME XML library
ii  nautilus-data             2.20.0-7       data files for nautilus
ii  shared-mime-info          0.30-2         FreeDesktop.org shared MIME databa

Versions of packages nautilus recommends:
ii  app-install-data          2008.11.27     Application Installer Data Files
ii  desktop-base              5.0.3          common files for the Debian Deskto
ii  eject                     2.1.5+deb1-4   ejects CDs and operates CD-Changer
ii  libgnomevfs2-extra        1:2.22.0-5     GNOME Virtual File System (extra m
ii  librsvg2-common           2.22.2-2lenny1 SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii  nautilus-cd-burner        2.20.0-1       CD Burning front-end for Nautilus
ii  synaptic                  0.62.1         Graphical package manager

Versions of packages nautilus suggests:
ii  eog                     2.22.3-2         Eye of GNOME graphics viewer progr
ii  evince [pdf-viewer]     2.22.2-4~lenny1  Document (postscript, pdf) viewer
pn  fam                     <none>           (no description available)
pn  tracker                 <none>           (no description available)
ii  vlc [mp3-decoder]       0.8.6.h-4+lenny2 multimedia player and streamer
ii  vlc-nox [mp3-decoder]   0.8.6.h-4+lenny2 multimedia player and streamer (wi

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Message #10 received at 511488@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org>

To: Mark Poks <markpoks@wp.pl>, 511488@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#511488: nautilus: customizable items in right-mouse-button menu on the desktop

Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 16:20:17 +0100

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Le dimanche 11 janvier 2009 à 15:49 +0100, Mark Poks a écrit :
> Package: nautilus
> Version: 2.20.0-7
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> when pressing right-mouse-button on the desktop i would like to have there
> custom options defined, such as: gnome-control-center, synaptic, etc, etc.

The actions available in the menu are extensible with Nautilus scripts:
	http://g-scripts.sourceforge.net/

However what you are looking for is more an always accessible menu with
a list of favorite applications. We have some such ways to do that in
Debian, for example gnome-main-menu.

Otherwise, unless you can come up with a use case that would justify
extending the context menu on the desktop, I seriously doubt developers
will accept such a change.

Cheers,
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Message #15 received at 511488@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: "Marek Poks" <markpoks@wp.pl>

To: 511488@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#511488: nautilus: customizable items in right-mouse-button menu on the desktop

Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:01:41 +0100

my idea came up because on desktop's context menu is only 'change desktop  
background' and i would like to see there also
'rotate screen', etc

cheers.

On Sun, 11 Jan 2009 16:20:17 +0100, Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org>  
wrote:

> Le dimanche 11 janvier 2009 à 15:49 +0100, Mark Poks a écrit :
>> Package: nautilus
>> Version: 2.20.0-7
>> Severity: wishlist
>>
>> when pressing right-mouse-button on the desktop i would like to have  
>> there
>> custom options defined, such as: gnome-control-center, synaptic, etc,  
>> etc.
>
> The actions available in the menu are extensible with Nautilus scripts:
> 	http://g-scripts.sourceforge.net/
>
> However what you are looking for is more an always accessible menu with
> a list of favorite applications. We have some such ways to do that in
> Debian, for example gnome-main-menu.
>
> Otherwise, unless you can come up with a use case that would justify
> extending the context menu on the desktop, I seriously doubt developers
> will accept such a change.
>
> Cheers,



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Message #20 received at 511488-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>

To: 511488-done@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#511488: nautilus: customizable items in right-mouse-button menu on the desktop

Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2018 11:00:15 +0000

Version: 3.27.90-1

On Sun, 11 Jan 2009 at 15:49:24 +0100, Mark Poks wrote:
> when pressing right-mouse-button on the desktop i would like to have there
> custom options defined, such as: gnome-control-center, synaptic, etc, etc.

The version of nautilus in buster/sid is no longer responsible for
drawing the desktop background or icons on it (see #888939) so this feature
request is no longer applicable in that version.

    smcv

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