i'm trying to throw together a short tutorial for new users on using the stock GNOME desktop that comes with RH 9 and, since i typically have scripts to do most of what i want, i've rarely used the standard icons so i have a couple simple questions that lead into a more complicated question.
starting with a brand new user account, and running "startx", i notice that i have, initially, three icons in the top left corner: user's Home Start Here Trash but it's not immediately clear what these icons correspond to in terms of actual apps. unlike icons on the panel or in the menus, right-clicking on these desktop icons and asking for "Properties" doesn't specifically list what the icon represents. if i look in ~/.gnome-desktop, it's easy to see that there are three files that correspond to those icons, but that still doesn't tell me everything about them. if i firther go into ~/.nautilus/metafiles, i can find several more files that complete more of the picture. but, for example, if i double click on, say, Trash, where is the association from that icon to the nautilus file maanger, which is invoked? i guess the more general question is, where i can read something which describes the general layout of the GNOME file and directory hierarchy and how it all hangs together? i've never had any problem customizing my own desktop by adding extra launchers to the panel and so on, but in order to explain how all of this works to new users, i should probably have a much more detailed understanding of what's going on behind the scenes. in particular, i'm curious about the "Start Here" icon. the "getting started guide" describes it as a place "designed to hold all of the tools and applications you need to access when using your system." technically, is this just a more convenient way to access what's already available in the main menus? is there anything magical about that icon and what it does that's not immediately obvious? and so on. a pointer to the file and directory structure for GNOME would work just fine, thanks. rday -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
