creating custom icons for kde 4 desktop

[Rick Miles]

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

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