Desktop icons documentation

[Brian J. Tarricone]

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Todd Slater wrote:
> I discovered that the xfdesktop in xubuntu's dapper has support for
> desktop icons.
> 
> todd at pokey:~$ xfdesktop --version
> This is xfdesktop version 4.3.0, running on Xfce 4.3.0.
> Built with GTK+ 2.8.16, linked with GTK+ 2.8.16.
> Build options:
>     Desktop Menu:        enabled
>     Desktop Icons:       enabled
> 
> I can't seem to find the documentation for it, however.
> 
> I created links to apps in ~/Desktop, and in Thunar the appropriate
> app icons appear, but on the desktop the icons are the generic
> executable. I can't find where I might specify a specific icon for
> desktop launchers, or if it's even possible. I'm setting this up for
> my daughter, who can't read yet, and having the icon would really
> help.

The desktop icon support in xfdesktop is very new and experimental.
(And frankly, I'm annoyed that Ubuntu keeps packaging experimental
stuff.)  There's currently no way to create .desktop shortcuts from
xfdesktop itself.

Benny, have you thought about a GUI .desktop editor/creator for Thunar?
 As much as I hate to break my feature freeze (again), this seems like
something people will get confused about easily.

	-brian

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