Re: icon on desktop

1999-12-03 Thread Thomas Ribbrock \(Design/DEG\)
On Thu, Dec 02, 1999 at 06:23:19PM -0600, Bill Jacobs wrote: > Let me clarify my question. I want to add a icon/shortcut to my RH 6.1 > desktop for Sun office 5.1. Which file do I use for the shortcut? I right > click on the desktop and choose what..? Does the file have a > particular extensi

Re: icon on desktop

1999-12-02 Thread Bill Jacobs
I am using both KDE and gnome. I can boot to either. I mostly use KDE. On Fri, 03 Dec 1999 11:40:58 +1100 Danny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >what windows manager are you using? > >At 18:23 2/12/99 -0600, Bill Jacobs wrote: >>Let me clarify my question. I want to add a icon/shortcut to my RH >6.1

Re: icon on desktop

1999-12-02 Thread Danny
what windows manager are you using? At 18:23 2/12/99 -0600, Bill Jacobs wrote: >Let me clarify my question. I want to add a icon/shortcut to my RH 6.1 >desktop for Sun office 5.1. Which file do I use for the shortcut? I right >click on the desktop and choose what..? Does the file have a >par

Re: icon on desktop

1999-12-02 Thread Bill Jacobs
Let me clarify my question. I want to add a icon/shortcut to my RH 6.1 desktop for Sun office 5.1. Which file do I use for the shortcut? I right click on the desktop and choose what..? Does the file have a particular extension? because most files are executable, I don't which executable launc

Re: icon on desktop

1999-12-02 Thread Thomas Ribbrock \(Design/DEG\)
On Wed, Dec 01, 1999 at 09:17:11PM -0600, Bill Jacobs wrote: [...] > Under Windows it is very easy to tell what file launches the program. Is > there a particular file to look for with Linux? It's confusing to me > cause you may have a gazillion files that say -rwxrwxrwx-, but which one > do I use

Re: icon on desktop

1999-12-01 Thread Bill Jacobs
Thank you! And I have another question. Under Windows it is very easy to tell what file launches the program. Is there a particular file to look for with Linux? It's confusing to me cause you may have a gazillion files that say -rwxrwxrwx-, but which one do I use to launch the program? On Wed, 0

Re: icon on desktop

1999-12-01 Thread Anthony E. Greene
Bill Jacobs wrote: [snip] > My question is how do I put an icon on my desktop for anything I > want a "shortcut" for? Mainly for Sun office 5.1 that came with RH6.1. [snip] It depends on the desktop you run. Both KDE and GNOME allow you to right-click to add a new icon. Under GNOME, select New->L

Re: icon on desktop

1999-11-30 Thread Terry Warner
What WindowManager are you using? I could help better knowing that :) Terry Bill Jacobs wrote: > Hello All, > You people just amaze me with your knowledge! You'll have to dumb down > for me. My question is how do I put an icon on my desktop for anything I > want a "shortcut" for? Mainly for Sun

icon on desktop

1999-11-30 Thread Bill Jacobs
Hello All, You people just amaze me with your knowledge! You'll have to dumb down for me. My question is how do I put an icon on my desktop for anything I want a "shortcut" for? Mainly for Sun office 5.1 that came with RH6.1. Thanks for your help. I promise my questions will get harder. _