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Actually this is still not quite what I want. It works fine from
within the file manager, but it does not work from within any other
application. When I click on the link from within an application,
the app tries to open the .desktop file instead of jumping to the
destination. Which makes it actually completely useless. In Windows
a shortcut will always take you to the destination no matter what
application you are using it from. Come on guys, please don't make
me think I should have stayed with Windows after all.<br>
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Regards<br>
Johan Kriel<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 14/07/2015 16:40, Johan Kriel wrote:<br>
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Thanks Michael, this is exactly what I am looking for. In my
opinion this is what should be created when I click "Make Link",
not the type of links that is currently created.<br>
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Regards<br>
Johan Kriel<br>
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<div dir="ltr">I believe Ubuntu has something similar to a
Windows symbolic link in that it jumps to the destination
folder as if you had gone directly to that folder, unlike a
symbolic link, which is treated as its own path.
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<div>You can do this using a .desktop file. An example of this
is the Examples shortcut that comes with a default install
of Ubuntu. Removing the translations, it looks like this:</div>
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<div>[Desktop Entry]</div>
<div>Version=1.0</div>
<div>Type=Link</div>
<div>Name=Examples</div>
<div>Comment=Example content for Ubuntu</div>
<div>URL=<a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="file:///usr/share/example-content/">file:///usr/share/example-content/</a></div>
<div>Icon=folder</div>
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<div>When I click on this desktop file in the Files app, it
jumps right to /usr/share/example-content, instead of
displaying the original path to the file.</div>
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<div>This may or may not work with individual applications,
but at least the concept should be similar.</div>
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<div>Hope this helps,</div>
<div>Michael</div>
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<div dir="ltr">On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 8:29 AM Johan
Kriel <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:jek@hotmail.co.za">jek@hotmail.co.za</a>>
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you are wrong!!! The way shortcuts work in Windows is
totally<br>
different from Ubuntu's symbolic links. Windows also
have what they call<br>
a "Junction" which do exactly what Ubuntu's symlinks
do. But Windows<br>
shortcuts DOES NOT create a symbolic path to the
destination. It is a<br>
simple jump to the destination as if you have typed
"cd /destination" in<br>
a terminal. Both shortcuts and junctions are useful,
but they have<br>
different purposes and you can not replace the one
with the other. The<br>
problem I have with Banshee is because I have to use
symlinks where I<br>
really need shortcuts.<br>
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Regards<br>
Johan Kriel<br>
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On 14/07/2015 15:06, Sam Bull wrote:<br>
> On Sun, 2015-07-12 at 15:51 +0200, Johan Kriel
wrote:<br>
>> Please guys, seriously consider the
implementation of shortcuts as used<br>
>> by Windows in Ubuntu. Those shortcuts are of
real good use and they<br>
>> don't create unnecessary extra symbolic paths
to any folder. They are a<br>
>> simple direct jump to another folder
somewhere on your disc.<br>
> Shortcuts are the equivalent of symbolic links.
There is no functional<br>
> difference.<br>
><br>
> It sounds like the issue is that you have Banshee
searching areas that<br>
> you don't want it to. If the symlinks are outside
the Music folder, then<br>
> you just need to make Banshee only searches the
Music folder.<br>
> If the symlinks are inside the Music
folder, then it'll create an<br>
> endless loop when searching through the folder. I
can't imagine any<br>
> reason for doing this, so if they are in the
Music folder, then perhaps<br>
> explain what you're trying to achieve with them
(or maybe there's an<br>
> advanced setting in Banshee to stop it following
symlinks).<br>
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