> Indeed clicking slowly does eventually work...
Clicking slowly always works if an item can be renamed, not just eventually. The rule is quite simple: if you doubleclick, you execute the default action of an item. If you want to rename the selected item, you have to single-click it. If an item is not yet selected, you must wait after the selection click or the OS will inevitably see the next click as a doubleclick. For this to work smoothly, the OS doubleclick interval must be set reasonably short. As somebody above already pointed out, it is more convenient to use F2 to rename items.
> read the guide... no mention of anythin
Give it another try, the doubleclick issue is mentioned on the first ten pages or so, beeing a key concept and all
