Trick I just discovered:
Shortcut to drag'n'drop open folder in terminal-
1. Create panel launcher for gnome-terminal. (Right click, add to panel, application, terminal.)
2. Right click, edit launcher properties.
3. Change "Command" line to "gnome-terminal --working-directory=%u"
Drag and drop folders from nautilus, or your desktop, onto the icon. (Even folder-names from Nautilus "location" bar!)
Terminal window will open in that directory.
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