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[Joshua Robinson]

Thanks.

Cheers,
-Joshua Robinson
"Live long and prosper"

On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 12:08 PM, Clay Weber <clay at claydoh.com> wrote:

> On Saturday, June 27, 2015 01:01:03 PM Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> > On Sat, 2015-06-27 at 05:13 -0500, Joshua Robinson wrote:
> > > 2. How to create a soft link to a program on the Desktop without
> > > creating a folder ?
> >
> > $ cd ~/Desktop
> > $ ln -s /usr/bin/true desktop_icon_name
> > $ ln -s ~/Desktop/ desktop_icon_name_2
> > $ ls -hAl
> > total 0
> > lrwxrwxrwx 1 rocketmouse rocketmouse 13 Jun 27 12:41 desktop_icon_name ->
> > /usr/bin/true lrwxrwxrwx 1 rocketmouse rocketmouse 26 Jun 27 12:43
> > desktop_icon_name_2 -> /home/rocketmouse/Desktop/
> >
> > I don't use a desktop, so to see icons I need to take a look with a
> > file manager. SpaceFM shows a folder for the link to the Desktop folder
> > and a binary icon for the link to /usr/bin/true. It likely depends on
> > the target what icon is used. If I use Rodent instead of SpaceFM it's
> > the same. IOW assumed the target is a "program", the icon likely
> > automagically is a binary icon and if the target is a folder, the icon
> > is a folder icon.
> >
> > JFTR even
> >
> > $ ln -s /usr/bin/qupzilla Qt_version_of_Firefox
> >
> > get's a binary icon. If you want to get the icon of QupZilla instead,
> > then you need to add a launcher or what ever it's named by the used
> > desktop environment. For KDE likely plasma-launcher-thingy :D.
>
> As a default  KDE desktop does not actually show the ~/desktop folder as
> the
> desktop, this does not really work.
>
> If you desire an icon on your desktop that launches a program, the first
> thing
> to try is to simply drag the menu icon for it from the kmenu and drop it in
> the desktop, or right-click on  the entry and choose "add to desktop"
>
> If you want a full-on classic  files-and-folders-on-your-desktop, you can
> switch your current layout to that by right-clicking on your desktop, go to
> Desktop Settings, and switch to the Folder View layout. Not 100% sure
> exactly
> what it is called or exactly where it is positioned in 14.04, but it will
> be
> easily found.
>
>
> As to the folder widget,  you have to change plasma themes to one that has
> a
> non-transparent widget background, or turn off compositing/desktop effects.
>
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>
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