On Thu, 3 Apr 2003 07:52:24 -0600 Norman Carver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks, but 9.1 does not work the same as 9.0. In particular, you > cannot rename or change these icons (or even delete them). > You can 'delete' them with KDE control center, under LookNFeel-Behavior unset "Display devices on desktop". Or make a choice there. Marc. > On Wednesday 02 April 2003 10:49 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Wednesday 02 Apr 2003 11:51 pm, Norman Carver wrote: > > > Using KDE with 9.1, I have some questions about the new approach > > > for automatically creating desktop icons for removable devices. I > > > don't care for how this shows up on my desktop--with each drive > > > having 3 lines of text like: CD-ROM > > > mounted on /mnt > > > /cdrom2 > > > > > > This takes up a lot of space since I have a floppy, zip, cdrom, cd > > > burner, and dvd burner. Furthermore, the cdrom, cd burner, and > > > dvd burner all show up with identical icons, and can be > > > distinguished only via the mount point. This is not how I want to > > > remember which is which. So, what can I do about this? How can I > > > change the names/text and icon for each of the drives? > > > > > > Also, how are these icons being generated? (I haven't tried > > > tracking it down as of yet.) > > > > Haven't got 9.1 yet, so answer is based on 9.0. First, I would not > > worry about how they are generated. You can decide later whether to > > experiment with putting them in a folder on the desktop if that's > > what you want. > > > > Have you tried right-click on one of the icons, > properties? You > > should be able to change both the name and the icon there. To > > change the icon you click on the icon shown and a list of available > > ones should show up. > > > > Anne > > -- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Norman Carver > Associate Professor Phone: (618) 453-6048 > Computer Science Department Fax: (618) 453-6044 > Southern Illinois University Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Carbondale, IL 62901 WWW: http://www.cs.siu.edu/~carver/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > -- Marc Berenschot Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] UNIX Systeembeheerder Phone: 053 4894615
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