[fpc-pascal] programmatically creating desktop icons under Linux

2010-02-07 Thread brian
This question is specific to a PC running Kubuntu 9.1 64-bit with a KDE 4.1 desktop. I have a large number of PDFs. Their filenames are not meaningful, but I do have a list of filename versus contents. I'd like to be able to read that list and create a bunch of desktop icons using the

Re: [fpc-pascal] programmatically creating desktop icons under Linux

2010-02-07 Thread Matthias Klumpp
On Sun, 07 Feb 2010 13:31:15 -0500, brian br...@meadows.pair.com wrote: This question is specific to a PC running Kubuntu 9.1 64-bit with a KDE 4.1 desktop. I have a large number of PDFs. Their filenames are not meaningful, but I do have a list of filename versus contents. I'd like to

Re: [fpc-pascal] programmatically creating desktop icons under Linux

2010-02-07 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 7 February 2010 20:31, brian br...@meadows.pair.com wrote: Can anyone point me in the right direction? Creating symbolic links (ls -s src target) should suffice. But if you want to do it the official way by creating desktop shortcuts via the *.desktop files, then read the follow spec

Re: [fpc-pascal] programmatically creating desktop icons under Linux

2010-02-07 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 7 February 2010 23:42, Graeme Geldenhuys graemeg.li...@gmail.com wrote: Creating symbolic links (ls -s src target) should suffice. Typo, it should read: ln -s src target -- Regards, - Graeme - ___ fpGUI - a cross-platform Free Pascal GUI

Re: [fpc-pascal] programmatically creating desktop icons under Linux

2010-02-07 Thread David W Noon
On Sun, 7 Feb 2010 23:43:52 +0200, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote about Re: [fpc-pascal] programmatically creating desktop icons under Linux: On 7 February 2010 23:42, Graeme Geldenhuys graemeg.li...@gmail.com wrote: Creating symbolic links (ls -s src target) should suffice. Typo, it should