Desktop icons documentation

[JoeHill]

On Sun, 9 Apr 2006 09:23:15 -0400
Todd Slater got an infinite number of monkeys to type out:

> 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.

Use the ROX pinboard. Any icon you want, any action you want, drag and drop for
anything your little heart desires. However...
 
> I briefly tried to use idesk, but it seemed to kill xfdesktop, and I'd
> like to keep the menu.

You can add that to the panel :-)

See for yourself:

http://www.freeyourmachine.org/icons.png

This is why I love XFCE, you use what you want, it's not foisted upon you like
in some other DE's ;-)

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