Create new file on ubuntu

Question

I've returned to ubuntu with ubuntu 19.04 and I trie to create a new file with rigth clik but the oprtion to create a new file is not shown¿it's possible to cerate a file without the terminal?

this is journalctl -b | grep nautilus

abr 29 17:23:18 user-MS-7850 dbus-daemon[1648]: [session uid=1000 pid=1648] Activating via systemd: service name='org.gnome.Terminal' unit='gnome-terminal-server.service' requested by ':1.128' (uid=1000 pid=6743 comm="/usr/bin/nautilus --gapplication-service " label="unconfined")
abr 29 17:23:47 user-MS-7850 dbus-daemon[966]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.hostname1' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.hostname1.service' requested by ':1.643' (uid=1000 pid=6743 comm="/usr/bin/nautilus --gapplication-service " label="unconfined")
abr 29 17:23:47 user-MS-7850 nautilus[6743]: ../../../gobject/gsignal.c:2423: signal 'can-accept-item' is invalid for instance '0x55cd82f7c6b0' of type 'NautilusCanvasViewContainer'
abr 29 17:27:27 user-MS-7850 nautilus[6743]: Source ID 13589 was not found when attempting to remove it
abr 29 17:27:27 user-MS-7850 nautilus[6743]: Source ID 13843 was not found when attempting to remove it
abr 29 17:28:06 user-MS-7850 dbus-daemon[966]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.hostname1' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.hostname1.service' requested by ':1.643' (uid=1000 pid=6743 comm="/usr/bin/nautilus --gapplication-service " label="unconfined")
abr 29 17:28:06 user-MS-7850 nautilus[6743]: ../../../gobject/gsignal.c:2423: signal 'can-accept-item' is invalid for instance '0x55cd82f7c910' of type 'NautilusCanvasViewContainer'
abr 29 17:28:27 user-MS-7850 nautilus[6743]: Source ID 17799 was not found when attempting to remove it
abr 29 17:28:28 user-MS-7850 nautilus[6743]: Source ID 18033 was not found when attempting to remove it
abr 29 17:28:29 user-MS-7850 nautilus[6743]: Source ID 18106 was not found when attempting to remove it
abr 29 18:36:36 user-MS-7850 nautilus[6743]: Called "net usershare info" but it failed: Falló al ejecutar el proceso hijo «net» (No such file or directory)
abr 29 18:38:23 user-MS-7850 dbus-daemon[966]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.hostname1' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.hostname1.service' requested by ':1.695' (uid=1000 pid=6743 comm="/usr/bin/nautilus --gapplication-service " label="unconfined")
abr 29 18:38:24 user-MS-7850 nautilus[6743]: ../../../gobject/gsignal.c:2423: signal 'can-accept-item' is invalid for instance '0x55cd82f7c450' of type 'NautilusCanvasViewContainer'
abr 29 18:39:12 user-MS-7850 nautilus[6743]: gtk_revealer_get_transition_type: assertion 'GTK_IS_REVEALER (revealer)' failed
abr 29 18:39:12 user-MS-7850 nautilus[6743]: gtk_revealer_set_transition_type: assertion 'GTK_IS_REVEALER (revealer)' failed
abr 29 18:39:12 user-MS-7850 nautilus[6743]: gtk_revealer_set_reveal_child: assertion 'GTK_IS_REVEALER (revealer)' failed
abr 29 18:39:12 user-MS-7850 nautilus[6743]: gtk_revealer_set_transition_type: assertion 'GTK_IS_REVEALER (revealer)' failed
abr 29 18:39:12 user-MS-7850 nautilus[6743]: gtk_revealer_get_transition_type: assertion 'GTK_IS_REVEALER (revealer)' failed
abr 29 18:39:12 user-MS-7850 nautilus[6743]: gtk_revealer_set_transition_type: assertion 'GTK_IS_REVEALER (revealer)' failed
abr 29 18:39:12 user-MS-7850 nautilus[6743]: gtk_revealer_set_reveal_child: assertion 'GTK_IS_REVEALER (revealer)' failed
abr 29 18:39:12 user-MS-7850 nautilus[6743]: gtk_revealer_set_transition_type: assertion 'GTK_IS_REVEALER (revealer)' failed
abr 29 18:39:12 user-MS-7850 nautilus[6743]: gtk_label_set_markup: assertion 'GTK_IS_LABEL (label)' failed
abr 29 18:39:12 user-MS-7850 nautilus[6743]: gtk_revealer_set_reveal_child: assertion 'GTK_IS_REVEALER (revealer)' failed
abr 29 18:39:12 user-MS-7850 nautilus[6743]: gtk_revealer_get_transition_type: assertion 'GTK_IS_REVEALER (revealer)' failed
abr 29 18:39:12 user-MS-7850 nautilus[6743]: gtk_revealer_set_transition_type: assertion 'GTK_IS_REVEALER (revealer)' failed
abr 29 18:39:12 user-MS-7850 nautilus[6743]: gtk_revealer_set_reveal_child: assertion 'GTK_IS_REVEALER (revealer)' failed
abr 29 18:39:12 user-MS-7850 nautilus[6743]: gtk_revealer_set_transition_type: assertion 'GTK_IS_REVEALER (revealer)' failed
abr 29 18:39:12 user-MS-7850 nautilus[6743]: gtk_revealer_get_transition_type: assertion 'GTK_IS_REVEALER (revealer)' failed
abr 29 18:39:12 user-MS-7850 nautilus[6743]: gtk_revealer_set_transition_type: assertion 'GTK_IS_REVEALER (revealer)' failed
abr 29 18:39:12 user-MS-7850 nautilus[6743]: gtk_revealer_set_reveal_child: assertion 'GTK_IS_REVEALER (revealer)' failed
abr 29 18:39:12 user-MS-7850 nautilus[6743]: gtk_revealer_set_transition_type: assertion 'GTK_IS_REVEALER (revealer)' failed
abr 29 18:39:12 user-MS-7850 nautilus[6743]: gtk_label_set_markup: assertion 'GTK_IS_LABEL (label)' failed
abr 29 18:39:12 user-MS-7850 nautilus[6743]: gtk_revealer_set_reveal_child: assertion 'GTK_IS_REVEALER (revealer)' failed
abr 29 18:39:12 user-MS-7850 nautilus[6743]: gtk_revealer_get_transition_type: assertion 'GTK_IS_REVEALER (revealer)' failed
abr 29 18:39:12 user-MS-7850 nautilus[6743]: gtk_revealer_set_transition_type: assertion 'GTK_IS_REVEALER (revealer)' failed
abr 29 18:39:12 user-MS-7850 nautilus[6743]: gtk_revealer_set_reveal_child: assertion 'GTK_IS_REVEALER (revealer)' failed
abr 29 18:39:12 user-MS-7850 nautilus[6743]: gtk_revealer_set_transition_type: assertion 'GTK_IS_REVEALER (revealer)' failed
abr 29 18:39:12 user-MS-7850 nautilus[6743]: gtk_revealer_get_transition_type: assertion 'GTK_IS_REVEALER (revealer)' failed
abr 29 18:39:12 user-MS-7850 nautilus[6743]: gtk_revealer_set_transition_type: assertion 'GTK_IS_REVEALER (revealer)' failed
abr 29 18:39:12 user-MS-7850 nautilus[6743]: gtk_revealer_set_reveal_child: assertion 'GTK_IS_REVEALER (revealer)' failed
abr 29 18:39:12 user-MS-7850 nautilus[6743]: gtk_revealer_set_transition_type: assertion 'GTK_IS_REVEALER (revealer)' failed
abr 29 18:39:12 user-MS-7850 nautilus[6743]: gtk_label_set_markup: assertion 'GTK_IS_LABEL (label)' failed
abr 29 18:39:12 user-MS-7850 nautilus[6743]: gtk_revealer_set_reveal_child: assertion 'GTK_IS_REVEALER (revealer)' failed
abr 29 18:39:17 user-MS-7850 nautilus[6743]: Source ID 102500 was not found when attempting to remove it
abr 29 18:39:17 user-MS-7850 nautilus[6743]: Source ID 102576 was not found when attempting to remove it
abr 29 18:39:19 user-MS-7850 nautilus[6743]: gtk_revealer_set_reveal_child: assertion 'GTK_IS_REVEALER (revealer)' failed
abr 29 18:39:19 user-MS-7850 nautilus[6743]: gtk_revealer_set_reveal_child: assertion 'GTK_IS_REVEALER (revealer)' failed
abr 29 18:39:19 user-MS-7850 nautilus[6743]: gtk_revealer_set_reveal_child: assertion 'GTK_IS_REVEALER (revealer)' failed
abr 29 18:39:19 user-MS-7850 nautilus[6743]: gtk_revealer_set_reveal_child: assertion 'GTK_IS_REVEALER (revealer)' failed
abr 29 18:39:39 user-MS-7850 nautilus[11601]: ../../../gobject/gsignal.c:2423: signal 'can-accept-item' is invalid for instance '0x55a356f12180' of type 'NautilusCanvasViewContainer'
abr 29 18:39:39 user-MS-7850 nautilus[11601]: Called "net usershare info" but it failed: Falló al ejecutar el proceso hijo «net» (No such file or directory)

Possible duplicate of How to create a new empty file / template file in Ubuntu 16.10 Desktop? — Charles Green, Apr 29 '19 at 15:51
@Jos Do I have some special version of 19.04? No. The procedure still works! I'll write up an answer — Charles Green, Apr 29 '19 at 16:09
@afs125874 The "gtk-revealer" messages are indicating that between nautilus and gtk, there is a problem somewhere. I don't have the requisite knowledge to fix that, however. — Charles Green, Apr 29 '19 at 17:16
@afs125874 You might try sudo apt update && sudo apt install -f - I did read that similar errors can be caused by missing components of the libgtk libraries. — Charles Green, Apr 29 '19 at 17:20

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 29 '19 at 16:13

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You can enable the "New Document" context menu item by creating templates in the ~/Templates folder. These templates should be empty documents, unless of course you always wish to start with some pre-entered data.

For example,

start gedit, the text editor
Press "Save" and save the document as 'untitled' in "/home/username/Templates"
Open nautilus the file manager
Right click in an emty area of the file manager, and the context menu will now allow you to create a new, empty text document.

This will also work with the various LibreOffice document types, and I suspect many others.

answered Apr 29 '19 at 16:13

Charles Green

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Also works for us late adopters still on 18.04, nice – DaveStSomeWhere Apr 29 '19 at 16:25
I tried but is not working – afs125874 Apr 29 '19 at 16:41
@afs125874 Are you running Wayland or Xorg as window manager? NVM - it works for me on both. – Charles Green Apr 29 '19 at 16:42
@afs125874 Can you check your journal to see if there are errors related to nautilus? Something like journalctl -b | grep nautilus – Charles Green Apr 29 '19 at 16:48
I've added journalctl -b | grep nautilus output to the original post – afs125874 Apr 29 '19 at 17:07
If you don't have Template folder: mkdir -p ~/Templates && touch ~/Templates/Untitled\ Document; xdg-user-dirs-update --set TEMPLATES ~/Templates; nautilus -q && nautilus & – Allexj Oct 11 '22 at 17:38

Create new file on ubuntu

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