kde desktop icons

[Alex Makhlin]

Gilboa Davara wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-11-04 at 11:54 -0600, Arthur Pemberton wrote:
>   
>> On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 9:19 AM, Linuxguy123 <linuxguy123 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>     
>>> On Tue, 2008-11-04 at 18:45 +0200, Gilboa Davara wrote:
>>>       
>>>> On Tue, 2008-11-04 at 16:54 +0100, Adel ESSAFI wrote:
>>>>         
>>>>> Dear list
>>>>> my question is simple: I use KDE with fedora 9 and I want to enable
>>>>> the icons on the desktop. Now, I have only the backgroup pic.
>>>>>           
>>> So do lots of us.  Stay tuned for KDE4.2 in January.  Hopefully it will
>>> implement this.
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Add widget -> Folder view.
>>>> (Can be configured to view a certain directory with .desktop shortcuts)
>>>>         
>>> That is such a lame work around.  You need to explain that it doesn't
>>> display icons on the desktop as they were in KDE3.5.x.   I think this is
>>> what the OP is asking for.
>>>       
>> That's not a workaround, that is _the_ way to display icons on files
>> on a desktop.
>>
>> in KDE 3.5, you can only have ~/Desktop , in KDE 4.x, you can have any
>> folder, esp. consider kioslaves. How is this a regression?
>>     
>
> *Sigh*
>
> You do know that he's a troll, and as such, he'll piggy-back on any
> thread that looks like a good starting point for
> yet-another-useless-spam-war on why-he-doesn't-like-KDE-4 and
> why-Fedora-doesn't-suite-his-needs and/or
> why-he-rather-switch-to-Ubuntu-but-but-rather-not-as-he-has-nothing-better-to-do, that will fill my junk-mail-box with 200 useless emails.
>
> ... But what I don't understand is:
> Why on Earth are you playing his game?
>
> - Gilboa
>
>
>   
 From what I understand is that you are trying to add icons to your 
desktop? If so then it is very easy but if I am mistaken in your 
question then please let me know.
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