On 4 Nov 2002, Adam Williamson wrote: > Just for info, Buchan, I think he means what Windows itself calls > shortcuts, which are a sort of cross between symlinks and aliases. In > recent versions of Windows you can create a shortcut to a file and stick > it in a directory, then you can interact with the shortcut as if you > were interacting with the file - double-click it in Explorer or > whatever.
All versions of windows (AFAIK). In pre-95 versios these were .pif files. > I don't know how they show up in a DOS window. .lnk The most common > use of them is for making quicklaunch icons and for putting programs on > the desktop - desktop icons for launching programs and quicklaunch icons > in the Windows taskbar are both actually shortcuts to the relevant > executable. The alias bit comes in because you can edit the shortcut and > make it launch the program with a particular command-line parameter, or > something similar. Since neither GNOME nor KDE uses the same paradigm, Actually, they should now both be using .desktop files, and they do support all the feature windows supports, except (AFAIK) keyboard shortcuts for the shortcut/.desktop file. > we'd have to ask exactly what he wants to do if we wanted to help him > (creating a symlink, adding an icon to the desktop or adding a > quicklaunch to the panel). > Keyword in your sentence was "help", for which people go to other places. But, if you are right, in KDE, right-click->Create New->Link to application should be what he wants. For links to directories/files etc, use link to url. Buchan -- |----------------Registered Linux User #182071-----------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7
