[e-users] new desktop link DIY
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. -- //meine -- 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
Re: [e-users] new desktop link DIY
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
Re: [e-users] new desktop link DIY
On Tuesday 20 May 2014 22:30:38 Christopher Barry wrote: You can also simply do this: $ cd ~/Desktop $ ln -s /place/you/mounted/volume/ myvol Now, 'myvol' is a link on your desktop. Which I noticed shows the icon of a ? If I drop a directory on the desktop it shows the icon of a folder, but symlinks show a question mark. Could symlinks be made to show an icon of the object they are linked to? -- Regards, Mick -- 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
Re: [e-users] new desktop link DIY
On Tue, 20 May 2014 21:22:25 +0200 meine trial...@gmx.com said: maybe you should have either just made a symlink - it'd work or look at the root or tmp desktop files already provided for you in ~/Desktop when E sets up for your user. :) 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. -- //meine -- 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 -- - Codito, ergo sum - I code, therefore I am -- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler)ras...@rasterman.com -- 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
Re: [e-users] new desktop link DIY
On Tue, 20 May 2014 23:02:57 +0100 Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com said: On Tuesday 20 May 2014 22:30:38 Christopher Barry wrote: You can also simply do this: $ cd ~/Desktop $ ln -s /place/you/mounted/volume/ myvol Now, 'myvol' is a link on your desktop. Which I noticed shows the icon of a ? If I drop a directory on the desktop it shows the icon of a folder, but symlinks show a question mark. Could symlinks be made to show an icon of the object they are linked to? unless the symlink dest is not there (broken symlink)... i get a folder icon. -- - Codito, ergo sum - I code, therefore I am -- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler)ras...@rasterman.com -- 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
Re: [e-users] new desktop link DIY
On Wednesday 21 May 2014 00:09:02 Carsten Haitzler wrote: On Tue, 20 May 2014 23:02:57 +0100 Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com said: On Tuesday 20 May 2014 22:30:38 Christopher Barry wrote: You can also simply do this: $ cd ~/Desktop $ ln -s /place/you/mounted/volume/ myvol Now, 'myvol' is a link on your desktop. Which I noticed shows the icon of a ? If I drop a directory on the desktop it shows the icon of a folder, but symlinks show a question mark. Could symlinks be made to show an icon of the object they are linked to? unless the symlink dest is not there (broken symlink)... i get a folder icon. You're right. I just checked it and it works as promised. I will revisit the machine on which it didn't work to see what's broken there. Thanks! -- Regards, Mick -- 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
