Originally Posted by
LonelyPixel
I have opened one file in /some/very/long/and/hard/to/reembemr/path. Then I create a new file with Ctrl+N. Last time I tried to save this file, my home folder or something equally useless was preselected. So I went back to the other file and went to the Open File dialog, where the file's current path is already selected - but no way to copy it into the clipboard.
Oh, and when I want to enter a path alone, to browse the files there and then select a new file name, I entered the path, hit the Enter key and boom - the dialog was closed and an error message told me that this was a directory. Yes I Know.
(I'm a Windows user. Please tell me what I need to do differently to get the same stuff done on Ubuntu/Gnome.)
OK, you open a new file, not trying to save the old file. Well, I'm happy with the terminal window and command lines, so I open such a terminal window and change directory to /some/very/long/and/hard/to/reembemr/path. That can be done with drag and drop from the file browser Nautilus (the standard one of Ubuntu). And you are right in place.
type {and drop the long path}
Code:
cd /some/very/long/and/hard/to/reembemr/path
Then run gedit from the command line:
or if you want to detach it from the terminal window:
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