I propose using a ~/.templates folder, or a ~/Templates folder for compatibility
with Nautilus. Anyway, the Templates folder could look like this:

----
PHP File.php
Text File.php
OpenDocument Text File.odt
...
----

So that the names in the right-click menu can be generated by the file names. 

Another suggestion is to use something like:
----
file.php
file.txt
file.odt
...
----

And then in the context menu use "New <extension> File", eg "New txt File".(In
reply to comment #0)
> --- Posted by Tim Alexander on thunar-dev ---
> 
> I'm not sure if I'm not doing this right again, but I don't think that
> making files from the right click menu is allowed yet.
> 
> Is there any plan to impliment this soon? It is getting incredibly
> ANNOYING having to open the terminal to create a file, then use thunar
> to navigate to it.
> 
> It really only needs to be like nautilus' default for now, just create
> a totally blank file. I know nautilus supports extensions that allow
> you to make a bunch of different kinds, but that is the most useful,
> honestly. Plus, it's a lot easier to code.

(In reply to comment #0)
> --- Posted by Tim Alexander on thunar-dev ---
> 
> I'm not sure if I'm not doing this right again, but I don't think that
> making files from the right click menu is allowed yet.
> 
> Is there any plan to impliment this soon? It is getting incredibly
> ANNOYING having to open the terminal to create a file, then use thunar
> to navigate to it.
> 
> It really only needs to be like nautilus' default for now, just create
> a totally blank file. I know nautilus supports extensions that allow
> you to make a bunch of different kinds, but that is the most useful,
> honestly. Plus, it's a lot easier to code.

Comment 2 Benedikt Meurer 2006-01-28 15:00:37 CET

Ok, for 1.0.0 we adopt the Nautilus-way (-> ~/Templates).

Comment 3 Benedikt Meurer 2006-01-28 23:08:55 CET

Imported with revision 19639.

2006-01-28	Benedikt Meurer <benny@xfce.org>

	* thunar-vfs/Makefile.am, thunar-vfs/thunar-vfs-creat-job.{c,h},
	  thunar-vfs/thunar-vfs.{c,h}, thunar-vfs/thunar-vfs.symbols: Add new
	  class ThunarVfsCreatJob, which is used to create empty files for a
	  given list of paths.
	* docs/reference/thunar-vfs/tmpl/thunar-vfs-operations.sgml,
	  docs/reference/thunar-vfs/thunar-vfs-sections.txt: Update API docs.
	* thunar/thunar-application.{c,h}: Add thunar_application_creat() as
	  wrapper for the newly imported ThunarVfsCreatJob.
	* thunar/thunar-application.{c,h}: Add thunar_application_copy_to() to
	  copy files from one location to another, rather than copying files
	  from different sources to exactly one folder.
	* thunar/thunar-create-dialog.c(thunar_create_dialog_set_filename):
	  If the suggested file name contains a dot, pre-select only the text
	  up to the dot.
	* thunar/thunar-standard-view-ui.xml, thunar/thunar-standard-view.c,
	  thunar/thunar-templates-action.{c,h}, thunar/Makefile.am: Add support
	  for Templates in a way compatible with what Nautilus does currently.
	  This is part one of the fix for bug #1391.
	* thunar/thunar-preferences, docs/README.thunarrc: Add new property
	  "misc-show-about-templates", which determines whether the "About
	  Templates" dialog will be shown when entering the Templates folder.
	* icons/16x16/stock_thunar-templates.png, icons/16x16/Makefile.am,
	  thunar/thunar-stock.{c,h}: Add new stock icon "thunar-templates".
	* thunar/thunar-window-ui.xml, thunar/thunar-window.c: Add "Templates"
	  to the "Go" menu, which will open the ~/Templates folder (it will be
	  created on-demand) and popup a message describing the purpose of the
	  ~/Templates folder. This is part two of the fix for bug #1391.
	* po/POTFILES.in: Add new files here.
	* po/*.po: Merge new strings.

Comment 4 Benedikt Meurer 2006-01-29 11:42:15 CET

Add support for submenus (folders in ~/Templates).

Comment 5 Benedikt Meurer 2006-01-29 13:07:49 CET

Committed with revision 19656.

2006-01-29	Benedikt Meurer <benny@xfce.org>

	* thunar/thunar-templates-action.c: Add support for sub folders below
	  the ~/Templates folder. This fixes reopened bug #1391.