<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/strict.dtd"><html><head><meta name="qrichtext" content="1" /><style type="text/css">p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }</style></head><body style=" font-family:'Maiandra GD'; font-size:11pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal;">On Friday 20 February 2009 01:59:34 Stefan Dotterweich wrote:<br>
> On Thursday 19 February 2009 09:11:53 Rick Miles wrote:<br>
> > On Thursday 19 February 2009 17:48:31 Nikos Chantziaras wrote:<br>
> > > Rick Miles wrote:<br>
> > > > Nikos Chantziaras wrote:<br>
> > > > > > Rick Miles wrote:<br>
> > > > > >> I have asked about this on two threads and apparently no one<br>
> > > > > >> else saw it as an issue but AFAIC it is really handy among<br>
> > > > > >> other things to hit an icon that will open up a browser at a<br>
> > > > > >> predefined URL.<br>
> > > > > ><br>
> > > > > > I can do that just fine here. Right-click on desktop, "Create<br>
> > > > > > New->Link to location". I enter "http://www.google.com/linux"<br>
> > > > > > and there, I just created it. I double-click it, Firefox opens<br>
> > > > > > up google/linux. You select the icon, press F2 and can rename it<br>
> > > > > > to whatever you want (you don't need to keep the ".desktop"<br>
> > > > > > suffix). You can also right-click and in the properties select<br>
> > > > > > another icon for it.<br>
> > > > > ><br>
> > > > > > This is with vanilla, unmodified KDE 4.2.0.<br>
> > > ><br>
> > > > You must have a different brand of vanilla I can't do that on my<br>
> > > > desktop but I can do that in the folder ~/Desktop which the kde docs<br>
> > > > Anne referred me to say to use that method as a workaround if one<br>
> > > > wants that kind of kde 3 desktop functionality on a kde 4 desktop.<br>
> > > ><br>
> > > > I think this may be a point of confusion desktop or the folder<br>
> > > > ~/Desktop on the desktop.<br>
> > ><br>
> > > Your desktop can be whatever you want it to be.<br>
> ><br>
> > and I don't want to have to put a folder named anything on top of it to<br>
> > be able to add my own icons to it.<br>
> ><br>
> > > You can have<br>
> > > ~/.desktopicons instead of ~/Desktop. I don't see where the problem<br>
> > > is, if there is a problem at all.<br>
> ><br>
> > The method you prefer is discussed in the KDE docs under the heading " If<br>
> > you prefer a Classic, KDE3-style Desktop" I don't. I'd rather learn how<br>
> > to work with KDE4 but not be constrained with what I can do.<br>
> ><br>
> > For example, I want a home icon that will open up konqueror with my home<br>
> > directory and I want it in Quicklaunch on my panel. I have a diamond<br>
> > crystal 42x42 home.png in my local icons directory.<br>
> ><br>
> > This would be easy the way you want to do it into a folder using foldview<br>
> > to paste a folder across the entire desktop. However, that method won't<br>
> > work for installing an icon in the quicklaunch applet.<br>
> ><br>
> > A file named home.desktop with the lines below saved into<br>
> > /usr/share/applications gives me an icon I can put in quicklaunch using<br>
> > the KDE quicklaunch add applet selection/menu and when I select it I get<br>
> > my home directory in konqueror.<br>
> ><br>
> > There is no folderview in Quicklaunch.<br>
> ><br>
> > [Desktop Entry]<br>
> > Name=Home<br>
> > Comment=Home Directory<br>
> > Exec=/usr/bin/konqueror ~/<br>
> > Icon=/usr/local/share/icons/home-42.png<br>
> > Terminal=0<br>
> > Type=Application<br>
> > Categories=Application;Network;<br>
><br>
> It is done exactly like James Richard Tyrer said. Drag the favicon in<br>
> Konqueror anywhere on your desktop and you get an icon with a link to your<br>
> file. You can also drag and drop any file from Konquerer or Dolphin file<br>
> view or even the Kickoff menu. You can drop them onto the panel, too.<br>
><br>
> and don't forget to unlock your desktop first ;) won't work otherwise<br>
><br>
Thanks Stefen but I cannot drag and drop an icon that does not exist until Ihave created it first.. BTW, I though favicons were url or bookmark icons on webpages do they now have a special meaning in KDE?<br>
-- <br>
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