Nautilus in Gnome 3 has this annoying main toolbar with just buttons displaying the current directory you are in. There is no option to switch the display to the complete text version of the location of the directory.
Well, as usual, there is a round-about way.
Type:
Alt+F2
Run:
dconf-editor
In the dconf-editor menu:
Location Bar options are stored under
"org ➜ gnome ➜ nautilus ➜ preferences ➜ CHECK always-use-location-entry"
Whew. I am glad I can see precisely where I am and copy and paste locations into the terminal once more instead of staring clueless at the vague "pretty' buttons. I remember that when Gnome was in version 2.x, they had the option to change the location display format right under the preferences section of Nautilus.
It's somewhat cruel to take away the means to easily change display format options from an application like Nautilus and hide all of it under system configurations ONLY accessible by installing the dconf-editor.
Ugh. What were the Gnome 3 developers thinking??
I had this obnoxious 2nd grade teacher who pinched our arms if we didn't know "joggle tables". Joggle tables were an absolutely evil invention where she would just take any table from 13 through 25 and eliminate either x, y or z in:
x * y = z
It was torture. I think I did know all the tables in my sleep by 3rd grade but all the relentless pinching and knuckle whacking made me not like brushing up on them so much. And I guess the result is now, I often struggle with arithmetic in my head and feel dumb generally. I want to end it. Tables are crucial when one hates carrying a phone ;-)
We only learned up to 12 although I've accumulated some 15s and 16s.
Hmm.. I often don't have my phone. I am going back to 1st grade arithmetics for a week till I have 13 through 20 burnt into my brain.
This is what my phone is for. Also, I keep the calculator accessory at the top of my programs list in the windows start bubble.