I am using both KDE and gnome. I can boot to either. I mostly use KDE.
On Fri, 03 Dec 1999 11:40:58 +1100 Danny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>what windows manager are you using?
>
>At 18:23 2/12/99 -0600, Bill Jacobs wrote:
>>Let me clarify my question. I want to add a icon/shortcut to my RH
>6.1
>>desktop for Sun office 5.1. Which file do I use for the shortcut? I
>right
>>click on the desktop and choose what......? Does the file have a
>>particular extension? because most files are executable, I don't
>which
>>executable launches/starts the software so I can use it. Thanks.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>On Thu, 2 Dec 1999 09:56:02 +0000 "Thomas Ribbrock \(Design/DEG\)"
>><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>>On Wed, Dec 01, 1999 at 09:17:11PM -0600, Bill Jacobs wrote:
>>>[...]
>>>> Under Windows it is very easy to tell what file launches the
>>>program. Is
>>>> there a particular file to look for with Linux? It's confusing to
>
>>>me
>>>> cause you may have a gazillion files that say -rwxrwxrwx-, but
>which
>>>one
>>>> do I use to launch the program?
>>>[...]
>>>
>>>Ok, looks like you're mixing up something here:
>>>
>>>The "-rwxrwxrwx-" thingy is not the name of a file but its
>>>permissions.
>>>The first dash is usually replaced by a "d" if the file in question
>is
>>>a
>>>directory (note: To Unix, everything is a file). The next three
>"rwx"
>>>determine, what you yourself (i.e. the user) is allowed to do with
>>>the
>>>file: If the "r" is set, you're allowed to read it, if the "w" is
>>>set,
>>>you're allowed to write to that file and if the "x" is set, you're
>>>allowed to execute it. Unset options are replaced by dashes.
>>>The next triplet of "rwx" does the same, but for the group (you can
>
>>>set
>>>up user groups under Unix and use the permissions to allow or deny
>>>access for group members) and the last triplet represents the
>>>permissions for "others", i.e. everybody. Hence, if you have files
>>>which
>>>say "-rwxrwxrwx-", it means that everybody can read, write and
>>>execute
>>>them.
>>>
>>>As for the name: Assuming that you're using KDE and hence its file
>>>manager "kfm", switch to text view (View -> Text View).
>>>In the list you get then, the name should be in the first column and
>
>>>the
>>>permissions in the second. The third column represents the owner of
>
>>>the
>>>file (which in your home directory is most likely you yourself),
>the
>>>fourth column shows the group the file is assigned to (under Red
>Hat,
>>>it'll be yourself again for your own files), the fifth column gives
>
>>>the
>>>size and the last the date of the last modification.
>>>
>>>So, now that's out of the way, I have to admit that I'm not
>entirely
>>>sure what you mean by "what file launches the program" - or were
>you
>>>just looking for the name?
>>>
>>>HTH,
>>>
>>>Thomas
>>>
>>>P.S.: It is considered courteous to delete all unnecessary quotes
>>>when
>>> replying...
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