On Tue, 20 May 2014 21:22:25 +0200 meine <trial...@gmx.com> wrote: >maybe this is stuff that you already know, maybe you are new and >wanted to know but were afraid to ask... > >on the Enlightenment desktop there are several shortcuts to your home >directory, root and plugged in USB devices. you can also copy >documents to the desktop by dragging them to the Desktop directory in >the home folder. > >but what when you want a shortcut to another permanently mounted >partition on your hard disk drive? > >a link to a file or directory on the desktop is a special >'.desktop' [dot] file with application like features. it triggers a >program to react and behave like specified. making such a link I found >not documented for Enlightenment, but the LXDE way works well! > >to create a shortcut to a different volume -- usually mounted >in /media/<partition_name>, you need to manually create a .desktop >file in the ~/Desktop folder: > >[user@localhost ~]$ cat ~/Desktop/<preferred_shortcut_name>.desktop > >open this file with a text editor and enter all lines below where you >fill in the parts between < >: > >[Desktop Entry] >Encoding=UTF-8 >Type=Application >Icon=system-file-manager >Name=<preferred_shortcut_name> >Exec=enlightenment_filemanager /media/<name_of_different_mountvolume> > >the string is asking the Enlightenment file manager to open the given >folder. stay with the default application icon or choose one different. > >then set the file proprties in the file manager by right-clicking the >made .desktop file and choose settings/properties: > >user: read, write, execute >group: read, execute >others: read, execute > >Once saved you can only change this file by temporarily unchecking the >execute properties. Don't forget to put these back to have your >desktop shortcut in working order back again. >
You can also simply do this: $ cd ~/Desktop $ ln -s /place/you/mounted/volume/ myvol Now, 'myvol' is a link on your desktop. -- Regards, Christopher Barry Random geeky fortune: We will have solar energy as soon as the utility companies solve one technical problem -- how to run a sunbeam through a meter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
