RoGuE_StreaK
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Posted: June 01 2005,06:50 |
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Hmm, doesn't sound right, not in DSL at the moment so can't say whether blue means directory or what... so, here's another way from scratch:
1. Open emelfm, click the "H" buttons to show the hidden directories and files.
2. Open the ".xtdesktop" folder
3. In the other panel, browse to where you have your "dial.jpg" icon. Select it, and click the "copy" button. Should now have a copy in the .xtdesktop folder.
4. Select an existing .lnk file, and click "edit", which should open up Beaver. IMMEDIATELY go to "file / save as", and save the file as a new link, ie "dial.lnk", so that you don't accidentally overwrite another link.
Now tweak the link to the right code.
Basically the .lnk files are just text files you edit with Beaver or a similar text editor, which specify the icon, the link, and it's position on screen.
Oh, once created, you can drag the icon around and the X and Y cordinates will change in the lnk file, so you can move it to roughly where you want it, then do fine tuning of the coordinates through Beaver.
5. Right-click the files you created, and check both "permissions" and... um... I think "user/group", they should both be under the same sub-directory. Just check that the permissions and user are the same as the other icon images and lnk files, don't think it makes much difference, but good to get into the habit of doing.
Or, another way of doing this is to select all of the files in the directory, then when you check permissions and user, if the current file being checked is one of the original files, just tick the "apply to all" box and hit OK, this will set the permissions and user/group to the same thing for every file in the directory.
Sorry about the long-winded way of writing that, can't be bothered rewriting it...
6. From the main fluxbox menu, say "desktop / no icons", then "desktop / icons" or "desktop / fully enhanced". I've found that often the icons aren't refreshed if you don't turn them off first.
PS. For an "easier" solution, check the forum a little while back, where we were discussing an "auto-create link" script. But that would currently involve actually adding the script yourself, and that's probably more complex than making these links anyway...
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