[kde-linux] 20090825KL -- Putting A File On The Desktop

[Bruce MacArthur]

On Wednesday 26 August 2009 01:18:57 am Farhad Hedayati Fard wrote:
> Hi Bruce 
> Right click on desktop and select "Unlock Widgets" then again right 
> click on desktop and select "Add Widgets" , now find the "Folder View" 
> widget in the "Add Widgets dialog" and click on "Add Widget" button.
> 
> An alternative way for showing folders and icons on desktop is (i'm 
> not sure this is implemented in kde 4.2) :
> Right click on desktop select "Desktop Settings" , no in "Desktop 
> Activity" section select the Type combobox and select "Folder View".
> This will show the icons on your desktop ,not in the folder view 
widget.
> 
> Farhad. 

Hello, Farhad --
When I right-click on the Desktop, there is no such thing as a "Desktop 
Settings" option -- and it does not seem to simply have a different name!  
I think that you are correct to guess that it is not implemented in KDE 
4.2.2.  However, I sincerely appreciate your alternative suggestion that 
might well have worked -- THANK YOU!!!

Bruce   Mac Arthur

> 
> On Wednesday 26 August 2009 09:25:06 Bruce MacArthur wrote:
> > On Tuesday 25 August 2009 11:41:12 pm Anoop wrote:
> > > On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Bruce
> > 
> > MacArthur<bmacasuru at fastmail.us> wrote:
> > > > Greetings --
> > > >
> > > > I am running Kubuntu Jaunty, and would like to be able to 
> access a
> > > > particular document (which is simple HTML) directly from the
> > 
> > Desktop.
> > 
> > > > It is already filed (or "saved") in the "Desktop" folder, but it 
> does
> > 
> > not
> > 
> > > > appear.  Neither have I yet been able to see how to "fix" this.  
I
> > > > suspect that it is ridiculously simple -- but so am I!  Can 
anyone
> > 
> > point
> > 
> > > > me in the direction that I obviously ought to be heading in?
> > 
> >  THANKS.
> > 
> > > I am a Fedora user, Not sure whether Kubuntu Jaunty has KDE4 or 
> not.
> > > If it has, then you can try adding folder view plasmoid on the
> > > desktop. Change its settings to show the desktop folder. This 
> should
> > > show your desktop files.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Anoop
> > >
> > > > Bruce   Mac Arthur
> > > >
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> > Hello, Anoop --
> > THANK YOU for an EXTREMELY prompt reply.  In fact, I am running 
> KDE
> > 4.2.2, so this may well do the trick.  Unfortunately, I do not yet
> > understand the plasmoids at all -- so I have no idea of how to apply
> > your suggestion.  Could you give a something of a step-by-step 
> tutorial?
> > Thanks again!!!
> > 
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