On Thu, 2003-05-15 at 21:00, Sean Middleditch wrote: > Actually, as a until-very-recently proponent of $HOME as desktop, I > think ~/Desktop is probably better; the reasoning being so many stupid > _argh!_ programs make folders in $HOME This is a bug with those programs. That directory should be defined someplace else. In the case of evolution, that's predicted to be there for the second generation of the gnome2 version. The first one is only a move to (gtk/gnome)2 > Unless Nautilus gets a way to hide items (like the menues) but then also > a good way to unhide items (unlike the menues), $HOME is probably always > going to be a bad choice so long as there are companies/vendors that > think a shell script is a good way to install software. (/me is bitter) There is a way to do that already, but you have to do it "by hand". Example case: ~/evolution. Edit ~/.nautilus/metafiles/file:%2F%2F%2Fhome%2FYOURUSER.xml Search for: <file name="evolution" icon_position="1014,758"/> Notice the parameter icon_position="..."; since I have 1024x768 I just placed this icon far from sight. Hugs, Rui -- + No matter how much you do, you never do enough -- unknown + Whatever you do will be insignificant, | but it is very important that you do it -- Gandhi + So let's do it...? Please AVOID sending me WORD, EXCEL or POWERPOINT attachments. See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
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