I want the Devil on my desktop!!!!!
I want the Devil on my desktop!!!!!
Hi puppy friends,
I am reading the book the Screwtape letters.
I want an Icon on the desktop to my files of notes
on each chapter. They are all in one directory. I want
to put the freeBSD.png icon on the directory link
on my desktop, but it won't do it.
See the picture: my documents folder shows the devil icon
In the desktop directory you also see the devil icon
On on the left you will see the desktop icon for
screwtape letters is a folder!
Why won't the devil show on the desktop???
How can I tell the devil where to go???
Pete
I am reading the book the Screwtape letters.
I want an Icon on the desktop to my files of notes
on each chapter. They are all in one directory. I want
to put the freeBSD.png icon on the directory link
on my desktop, but it won't do it.
See the picture: my documents folder shows the devil icon
In the desktop directory you also see the devil icon
On on the left you will see the desktop icon for
screwtape letters is a folder!
Why won't the devil show on the desktop???
How can I tell the devil where to go???
Pete
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Not familiar with xfce nor saluki so may be wrong. What I meant was that if you right click the screwtape folder options should appear one of which is 'set icon'. Click on that and a dialogue should appear with instructions to drag and drop an icon to that dialogue to associate your chosen icon with that folder.
Hi Pete22.
I just started to play with Saluki and couldn't find a way to customize folders this way, but perhaps this would help:
1. Right-click on desktop and choose Create Launcher...
2. In the Name field, type any name.
3. In the Command field, type: exo-open /path/to/folder
4. Then click No icon -> Select icon from -> Image files and browse to your icon file.
5. Click Create.
Greetings!
I just started to play with Saluki and couldn't find a way to customize folders this way, but perhaps this would help:
1. Right-click on desktop and choose Create Launcher...
2. In the Name field, type any name.
3. In the Command field, type: exo-open /path/to/folder
4. Then click No icon -> Select icon from -> Image files and browse to your icon file.
5. Click Create.
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Success!!
@SFR
@Iguleder
@humblesoul
I did it. !!!
Using the launcher was part of the solution. I could name the
launcher, and then ink it to the right folder and give it the
right icon.
Then I remembered someone taught me to open a folder by
linking it to the command exo-open. That did it. Now the
devil opens my screwtape folder!!!!
Many thanks for your ideas.
Pete.
@Iguleder
@humblesoul
I did it. !!!
Using the launcher was part of the solution. I could name the
launcher, and then ink it to the right folder and give it the
right icon.
Then I remembered someone taught me to open a folder by
linking it to the command exo-open. That did it. Now the
devil opens my screwtape folder!!!!
Many thanks for your ideas.
Pete.
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Trouble again.
Not sure why, but now, the directory flashes open, and immediately closes.
What the devil [pun intended] is going on???????
Pete
What the devil [pun intended] is going on???????
Pete
Hello Pete22
Create a file in /root/Desktop
something like: screwtape.desktop
Then open it in Geany and enter the following:
Obviously, you need to put the correct paths on the Exec= and Icon= lines
Hope this helps
CatDude
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It should be as simple as this:Pete22 wrote:...How can I tell the devil where to go???
Create a file in /root/Desktop
something like: screwtape.desktop
Then open it in Geany and enter the following:
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[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Type=Application
NoDisplay=true
Name=Screwtape
Exec=Thunar /path/to/your/screwtape-letters/directory
Icon=/path/to/your/icon
Hope this helps
CatDude
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Thank you CatDude!
That worked!!!!. I did not realize I needed to add that the folder needed to be opened with a file manager.
I sent the devil where he was supposed to go.
I am going to keep him out of mischief
by making him work on my desktop.
The solution was so simple, yet I could not find the answer.
Stuff like this reminds me of DOS in the old days
I had a little booklet with the 100 most used commands
Is there a cheat sheet with basic linux commands?
I've read lots of your posts and tutorials here at the puppy forum.
Your directions are very clear and so helpful for folks like me.
Thanks again for your efforts.
Pete
That worked!!!!. I did not realize I needed to add that the folder needed to be opened with a file manager.
I sent the devil where he was supposed to go.
I am going to keep him out of mischief
by making him work on my desktop.
The solution was so simple, yet I could not find the answer.
Stuff like this reminds me of DOS in the old days
I had a little booklet with the 100 most used commands
Is there a cheat sheet with basic linux commands?
I've read lots of your posts and tutorials here at the puppy forum.
Your directions are very clear and so helpful for folks like me.
Thanks again for your efforts.
Pete
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You might think me superstitious, but I generally try to avoid using references to the diabolical, simply because I find that they are always prone to trouble. I, personally, would never want Old Scratch on my desktop. Such references draws....them.
I have even passed up cheap and usable hardware marketed under the Diablotech name because of the meaning of Diablo in Spanish.
On the other hand, the usage of daemons as processes in Linux has never been an issue because I think of the usage in ancient Greece, before the word had it's more popular and "Christianized" meaning.
I am also unlikely to play around with any variation of BSD! lol.
I have even passed up cheap and usable hardware marketed under the Diablotech name because of the meaning of Diablo in Spanish.
On the other hand, the usage of daemons as processes in Linux has never been an issue because I think of the usage in ancient Greece, before the word had it's more popular and "Christianized" meaning.
I am also unlikely to play around with any variation of BSD! lol.
Seriously, though, when I first came to this forum, I sometimes did not realize that there were already compiled lists of places to look for help, and I thought everything Puppy was very scattered and clumsy to navigate. But, then again, I started out on Linux Mint!
Here are two very valuable threads to keep in mind whenever questions surface which might be helped by messing around under the hood:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=597
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=65511
Hope this helps!
Here are two very valuable threads to keep in mind whenever questions surface which might be helped by messing around under the hood:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=597
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=65511
Hope this helps!