home directory shortcut
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can anybody tell me how to create home directory shortcut on desktop ?? i don't want to create link over here. -- Regards Kapil singh Kushwah Linux System Administrator Hotwax Media Inc., Indore +91.990.751.4840 www.hotwaxmedia.com -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
home directory shortcut
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On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 3:45 PM, kapil singh kushwah <kapil.network@gmail.com> wrote: Hello all, can anybody tell me how to create home directory shortcut on desktop ?? i don't want to create link over here. *ln -s /home/raseel /home/raseel/Desktop/shortcutToHome * Thanks, Raseel -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
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On Fri, 2008-09-12 at 15:45 +0530, kapil singh kushwah wrote:
> can anybody tell me how to create home directory shortcut on > desktop ?? > i don't want to create link over here. Right click on the desktop and select "create launcher". Set the type to "application", set the command to: nautilus --no-desktop /path/to/the/directory If you leave off the path, it will default to your home directory. The icon, name, description and comment can be whatever you like. Regards, K. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Karl Auer (kauer@biplane.com.au) +61-2-64957160 (h) http://www.biplane.com.au/~kauer/ +61-428-957160 (mob) GPG fingerprint: DD23 0DF3 2260 3060 7FEC 5CA8 1AF6 D9E3 CFEE 6B28 -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
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On Fri, 2008-09-12 at 16:06 +0530, Raseel Bhagat wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 3:45 PM, kapil singh kushwah wrote: > can anybody tell me how to create home directory shortcut on > desktop ?? i don't want to create link over here. > > ln -s /home/raseel /home/raseel/Desktop/shortcutToHome Unfortunately that creates exactly what he says he doesn't want - a link. Regards, K. > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Karl Auer (kauer@biplane.com.au) +61-2-64957160 (h) http://www.biplane.com.au/~kauer/ +61-428-957160 (mob) GPG fingerprint: DD23 0DF3 2260 3060 7FEC 5CA8 1AF6 D9E3 CFEE 6B28 -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
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kapil singh kushwah wrote:
> Hello all, > > can anybody tell me how to create home directory shortcut on desktop ?? > i don't want to create link over here. > > > Considering that the Desktop directory is on the HOME directory, your question is hard to understand. The location of Desktop is exactly: /HOME/Desktop To get to my HOME directory I use the GUI Places -> Home to display what is on HOME. Or you can open a Terminal and you can list on that what is in the HOME directory. So what is it you need to do? Karl -- Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI Linux User #450462 http://counter.li.org. PGP 4208 4D6E 595F 22B9 FF1C ECB6 4A3C 2C54 FE23 53A7 -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
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Thanks to all,
I think nautilus launcher is perfect option , i did it but it works after logout. so, many thanks to all. On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 6:22 PM, Karl Larsen <k5di@zianet.com> wrote: kapil singh kushwah wrote: > Hello all, > > can anybody tell me how to create home directory shortcut on desktop ?? > i don't want to create link over here. > > > * *Considering that the Desktop directory is on the HOME directory, your question is hard to understand. The location of Desktop is exactly: /HOME/Desktop * *To get to my HOME directory I use the GUI Places -> Home to display what is on HOME. Or you can open a Terminal and you can list on that what is in the HOME directory. * *So what is it you need to do? Karl -- * * * *Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI * * * *Linux User * * * *#450462 * http://counter.li.org. * PGP 4208 4D6E 595F 22B9 FF1C *ECB6 4A3C 2C54 FE23 53A7 -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users -- Regards Kapil singh Kushwah Linux System Administrator Hotwax Media Inc., Indore 09907514840 www.hotwaxmedia.com -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
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Karl Larsen wrote:
> The location of Desktop is > exactly: > > /HOME/Desktop Not exactly. Unless you have a very unusual Linux system there is no /HOME directory. It is at $HOME/Desktop where $HOME is the home directory of the user. Usually that is /home/$USER/Desktop where $USER is replaced with the login name of the user. Nils -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
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On Fri, 2008-09-12 at 06:52 -0600, Karl Larsen wrote:
> kapil singh kushwah wrote: > > can anybody tell me how to create home directory shortcut on desktop ?? > > i don't want to create link over here. > > To get to my HOME directory I use the GUI Places -> Home to display > what is on HOME. Or you can open a Terminal and you can list on that > what is in the HOME directory. > > So what is it you need to do? You're doing it again, Karl. He doesn't want a multi-click or command line solution, he wants a shortcut. That is, he wants an icon on his desktop that he can click to see his home directory. He does not want this icon to be a link. And I know why - if you have a link, the path shown in Nautilus is /path/to/link, which is "wrong". The right way to achieve this is to set up a launcher that opens the desired directory. Works with any file manager, works with any desired directory including your home directory, can be done simply and easily within the Gnome GUI, and you don't clutter your filesystem with links. HOWEVER: You have reminded me of an even simpler way to achieve what the OP wanted: Just drag and drop the "Home Folder" entry out of the "Places" list onto the desktop. You will end up with exactly what I described in the previous paragraph and an earlier message. Regards, K. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Karl Auer (kauer@biplane.com.au) +61-2-64957160 (h) http://www.biplane.com.au/~kauer/ +61-428-957160 (mob) GPG fingerprint: DD23 0DF3 2260 3060 7FEC 5CA8 1AF6 D9E3 CFEE 6B28 -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
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On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 6:43 PM, Karl Auer <kauer@biplane.com.au> wrote:
On Fri, 2008-09-12 at 06:52 -0600, Karl Larsen wrote: > kapil singh kushwah wrote: > > can anybody tell me how to create home directory shortcut on desktop ?? > > i don't want to create link over here. > > * * To get to my HOME directory I use the GUI Places -> Home to display > what is on HOME. Or you can open a Terminal and you can list on that > what is in the HOME directory. > > * * So what is it you need to do? You're doing it again, Karl. He doesn't want a multi-click or command line solution, he wants a shortcut. That is, he wants an icon on his desktop that he can click to see his home directory. He does not want this icon to be a link. And I know why - if you have a link, the path shown in Nautilus is /path/to/link, which is "wrong". Thanks Karl you have got my problem . I think like other Linux Distributions (such as Fedora,Centos, or other* rpm derivatives). Ubuntu should have default home folder on desktop. The right way to achieve this is to set up a launcher that opens the desired directory. Works with any file manager, works with any desired directory including your home directory, can be done simply and easily within the Gnome GUI, and you don't clutter your filesystem with links. HOWEVER: You have reminded me of an even simpler way to achieve what the OP wanted: Just drag and drop the "Home Folder" entry out of the "Places" list onto the desktop. You will end up with exactly what I described in the previous paragraph and an earlier message. Regards, K. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Karl Auer (kauer@biplane.com.au) * * * * * * * * * +61-2-64957160 (h) http://www.biplane.com.au/~kauer/ * * * * * * * * *+61-428-957160 (mob) GPG fingerprint: DD23 0DF3 2260 3060 7FEC 5CA8 1AF6 D9E3 CFEE 6B28 -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users -- Regards Kapil singh Kushwah Linux System Administrator Hotwax Media Inc., Indore 09907514840 www.hotwaxmedia.com -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
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kapil singh kushwah wrote:
> Hello all, > > can anybody tell me how to create home directory shortcut on desktop ?? > i don't want to create link over here. This is a gnome/nautilus configuration option. Here's a quick way to make the Home icon visible in the desktop from a terminal: gconftool-2 --set /apps/nautilus/desktop/home_icon_visible --type bool 1 Whenever I install Ubuntu to a PC, I tend to forget all of those parameters. I find it easier to open gconf-editor (from the terminal), go to "apps --> nautilus --> desktop, and toggle home_icon_visible. From there you'll notice that you can make other desktop icons visible too. For more information on this, go here: http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/06/19/adding-custom-icons-and-disabling-desktop-icons-in-gnome/ -kevin -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
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