Kubuntu 10.04 How to create an icon on desktop?

[Larry Alkoff]

On 08/04/2010 04:55 PM, Alan Dacey Sr. wrote:
> On Wednesday, August 04, 2010 06:09:32 pm Larry Alkoff wrote:
>> On 08/04/2010 03:48 PM, Clay Weber wrote:
>>> On Wednesday, August 04, 2010 05:35:16 pm Larry Alkoff wrote:
>>>> On 08/04/2010 03:08 PM, Alan Dacey Sr. wrote:
>>>>> On Wednesday, August 04, 2010 04:50:29 pm Larry Alkoff wrote:
>>>>>> In previous versions of Kubuntu it was only necessary to right
>>>>>> click on the desktop to create an icon with settings in ~/Desktop.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I can't seem to do that in 10.04.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'd be grateful if someone told me how to do that.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Larry Alkoff
>>>>>
>>>>> Drag and drop a menu entry on your desktop.  Just be sure you unlock
>>>>> your widgets first or nothing will happen.
>>>>
>>>> Where are menu entries kept?
>>>
>>> Just drag an item from your K-menu to your desktop
>>>
>>>> I've never used a widget - how can I tell if they are unlocked?
>>>
>>> If you drag an item from the kmenu and an icon does not appear, right-click
>>> somewhere on your desktop and select 'unlock widgets'
>>>
>>>> I'm sorry to display my ignorance but I do almost everything from the
>>>> command line except clicking on program icons to open them.
>>>>
>>>> Larry
>>>
>>> You might like to check out krunner (by hitting alt-f2) to open and run
>>> programs from there (among other things)
>>> http://userbase.kde.org/Tutorials/Krunner
>>>
>>> Clay
>>>
>>
>> Thanks for your reply Clay.
>>
>> Unfortunately, krunner runs but is mainly a black rectangle with a white
>> box in the middle. There are 2 blue rectangles
>> on the left side - I have no idea what they do and a ? and X box on the
>> right.  The web site seems very promising but I don't understand it yet.
>>
>> I have found out how to lock/unlock widets.
>>
>> One of the problems I have is the task bar on the bottom is very dark
>> and it's hard to see what things are.  I tried to change to Air Panel
>> Background and Air Translucent Background but it's still very dark.
>>
>> 10.04 is very different than 8.04 which I used happily for 2 years.
>>
>> There seems to be very little on the K menu to drag and drop.
>> Shouldn't a new entry appear on K menu when I load a new program with
>> apt-get?
>>
>> Larry
>>
>>
>>
>
> You also may want to try out the Lancelot menu.  It makes a lot more sense to me
> than the default menu and does more things better than the classic menu.  Install
> the package 'plasma-widget-lancelot' and then add it from the widgets (click on the
> cashew when unlocked).  It also has krunner integrated on the top.
>

Is it not possible to create a program icon on the desktop whether or 
not it exists in some menu?  The kind you got with a right click and 
were given the opportunity to create a program icon?

Larry Alkoff