non-question about directories, please please please forgive me

[Gilles Gravier]

Francisco,

On 18/06/2010 08:28, Nils Kassube wrote:
> Francisco Diaz Trepat - gmail wrote:
>   
>
>> I want to configure a directory ("~/Workspace") to have a very nice
>> image (please sugest) and have that image appear everywhere the
>> folder is shown, exactly like the home, desktop, video, etc.
>>
>> How can I do this? I tried to set the Icon,  and it places an image
>> for the folder, but not in Places menu or Places Panel in Nautilus.
>>     
> I'm not a Gnome expert, so I may have misunderstood what you want to do, 
> but I suppose, this is what you're looking for:
> <http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=325515

Actually, no. What Francisco needs is :
http://library.gnome.org/users/user-guide/2.29/nautilus-icon.html.en

Very simple.

Right click on the folder. Select Properties. In the "Basic" tab, click
on the current icon. File selector appears. Pick one that looks good for
you.

Gilles.