1999-06-07 Federico Mena Quintero <federico@nuclecu.unam.mx>

* gdesktop.c (new_terminal): New function to open a terminal from
	the popup menu.  If the user opens a terminal from the desktop,
	then its cwd should be the user's home directory, not the desktop
	directory.  Fixes bug #2868 in the Red Hat bugzilla.

gnome/ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+1999-06-07  Federico Mena Quintero  <federico@nuclecu.unam.mx>
+
+	* gdesktop.c (new_terminal): New function to open a terminal from
+	the popup menu.  If the user opens a terminal from the desktop,
+	then its cwd should be the user's home directory, not the desktop
+	directory.  Fixes bug #2868 in the Red Hat bugzilla.
+
 1999-06-04  Robert Brady  <rwb197@ecs.soton.ac.uk>
 
 	* gscreen.c (panel_list_configure_contents): Prevent

gnome/gdesktop.c

@@ -2403,8 +2403,22 @@ set_background_image (GtkWidget *widget, gpointer data)
 		gnome_dialog_run (GNOME_DIALOG (msg_box));
 	}
 }
+
+/* Callback from menus to create a terminal.  If the user creates a terminal
+ * from the desktop, he usually wants the cwd to be his home directory, not the
+ * desktop directory.
+ */
+static void
+new_terminal (GtkWidget *widget, gpointer data)
+{
+	if (is_a_desktop_panel (cpanel))
+		mc_chdir (home_dir);
+
+	gnome_open_terminal ();
+}
+
 static GnomeUIInfo gnome_panel_new_menu [] = {
-	GNOMEUIINFO_ITEM_NONE(N_("_Terminal"), N_("Launch a new terminal in the current directory"), gnome_open_terminal),
+	GNOMEUIINFO_ITEM_NONE(N_("_Terminal"), N_("Launch a new terminal in the current directory"), new_terminal),
 	/* If this ever changes, make sure you update create_new_menu accordingly. */
 	GNOMEUIINFO_ITEM_NONE( N_("_Directory..."), N_("Creates a new directory"), gnome_mkdir_cmd ),
 	GNOMEUIINFO_ITEM_NONE( N_("URL L_ink..."),  N_("Creates a new URL link"), gnome_new_link ),