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I am using Ubuntu 16.04 and Nautilus 3.14.3 (default version).
There is an open terminal context menu when right- clicking on the desktop. It opens the terminal with ~ as working directory, but I'd like it to open in ~/Desktop.
I think there was a dconf option to change this behavior, but I cannot find anything related under /org/gnome/nautilus.
Gnome-terminal doesn't do this, as you are aware; unlike Nautilus, it doesn't have those sorts of extensions like open-terminal here. This is probably an undesirable feature anyway; URL recognition can be annoying as it is, but can you imagine doing a find and having everything clickable?
For your pwd example,
nautilus `pwd`
works, (but then so does nautilus .) For this task, I have a bash alias:
alias n="nautilus ."
so that whenever I type n, it opens nautilus wherever I am.
Otherwise, the format:
nautilus `<insert command that prints a directory here>`
works, but doesn't get you the feature you're looking for.
A workaround would be:
nautilus<space> at the promptI know, this is not a real answer to the question.
But it is an alternative to achieve what OP requests as Nautilus does not natively offer a solution:
There you can add a button in the Toolbar to open Terminal in current folder.
More on Nemo:
Best Answer
Simply add the following to
~/.bashrcMy solution changes the directory to the desktop even when you press ctrl + alt + t
(default keyboard shortcut to open terminal)
My solution check the working directory and if it is the same as
~, thencdto DesktopNote: Macerarius' solution always opens in a certain path
(even when you click "Open in Terminal" inside a folder in Nautilus)