Re: How to get Nautilus drag and drop to work well

[Robert Moskowitz <rgm htt-consult com>]

On 12/26/2013 08:00 AM, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> On Wed, 2013-12-25 at 20:03 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> > On 12/25/2013 05:19 AM, Ritesh Khadgaray wrote:
> > >    The tree view is deprecated , and has been removed [1]. Use
> > > "Copy/Move to" from context menu.
> > > [1] lwn.net/Articles/509492
> > > Cheers
> > There is nothing to cheer about the loss of tree view.   :(
> ?  "Cheers" is a closing salutation.

I know that.  Have LOTS of UK colleagues.  Also my Aussie and NZ 
colleagues use it regularly.  But just could not resist.  They get me a 
lot on my midwest idioms.

> > Many things will be harder now.
> I do not miss the tree view; it was always a hard target to hit for
> drag-n-drop.  The loss of the split view is what I miss.  Moving between
> and comparing two locations is a much more tedious process.

I just tried the "move/copy to" context and WAS THAT HARD and SLOW to 
do!.  If you are deep into the tree, what it takes to get there.

> > With all the addins and plugins has anyone built this back in  :)
> Not that i have seen.

Looks like I am stuck with using two Nautilus windows for now.  TPTB 
apparently do not do much DnD or have deep trees or make directories 
under HOME.