Re: desktop file location

2013-08-03 Thread g
On 08/03/2013 07:00 AM, Marko Vojinovic wrote: <<>> "One should not be ashamed for failing to know. But one should be ashamed for failing to learn." this is an old saying that i am familiar with. i sum it with one word; perseverance in my perseverance with this problem, i went back thr

Re: desktop file location

2013-08-03 Thread Marko Vojinovic
On Sat, 03 Aug 2013 04:51:37 -0500 g wrote: > On 08/03/2013 12:16 AM, Marko Vojinovic wrote: > > I wasn't joking when I said that you should read it. > > i was not thinking that you were joking. Are you being ignorant deliberately? Did you *actually* *read* that article? It *literally* contains

Re: desktop file location

2013-08-03 Thread g
On 08/03/2013 12:16 AM, Marko Vojinovic wrote: <> I wasn't joking when I said that you should read it. i was not thinking that you were joking. the fact of it is, using folder view widget is that it displays my _entire_ /home/geo/* directory, minus the hidden directories and files. this is

Re: desktop file location

2013-08-02 Thread Marko Vojinovic
On Fri, 02 Aug 2013 21:43:37 -0500 g wrote: > On 08/02/2013 06:33 PM, Marko Vojinovic wrote: > > If it doesn't popup when you hover the mouse pointer over the > > widget, it is probably because widgets are "locked". Locking the > > widgets is useful when you set them up as you like them and don't

Re: desktop file location

2013-08-02 Thread g
On 08/02/2013 06:33 PM, Marko Vojinovic wrote: <> If it doesn't popup when you hover the mouse pointer over the widget, it is probably because widgets are "locked". Locking the widgets is useful when you set them up as you like them and don't want to move or close them accidentally (you lock t

Re: desktop file location

2013-08-02 Thread Marko Vojinovic
On Fri, 02 Aug 2013 16:11:13 -0500 g wrote: > On 08/02/2013 02:23 PM, Marko Vojinovic wrote: > > can help you learn what's what, and express yourself a bit better. > > what i am referring to is #9 - folder view widget. but they do not > show the 'pop out' sidebar. Right, ok. That "sidebar" you r

Re: desktop file location

2013-08-02 Thread g
On 08/02/2013 02:28 PM, Bill Oliver wrote: <> OK, what I *think* you are talking about, then is the KDE plasma widget for the desktop folder, called a "folder view." What you are calling a "sidebar" is, I think, called a "handle" among KDE folk (and I'm not one). What it sounds like is that

Re: desktop file location

2013-08-02 Thread g
On 08/02/2013 02:23 PM, Marko Vojinovic wrote: <> can help you learn what's what, and express yourself a bit better. thank you marko. nice bit of info. what i am referring to is #9 - folder view widget. but they do not show the 'pop out' sidebar. HTH, :-) it did. -- peace out. in a

Re: desktop file location

2013-08-02 Thread g
On 08/02/2013 01:48 PM, Marko Vojinovic wrote: <> I don't see anything on this url, it requires me to register and log in. Please provide a better url, that one can access without restrictions. my bad. i had trouble with that site also, and i am registered. so, here is a new url, no registr

Re: desktop file location

2013-08-02 Thread Bill Oliver
On Fri, 2 Aug 2013, g wrote: On 08/02/2013 10:36 AM, Bill Oliver wrote: <<>> I think you may be using some words differently than I do, so let me ask you a couple of quick questions: i agree, there is a lot of differences between fedora and scientific linux. this release, 6.3, is compara

Re: desktop file location

2013-08-02 Thread Marko Vojinovic
On Fri, 2 Aug 2013 19:48:16 +0100 Marko Vojinovic wrote: > On Fri, 02 Aug 2013 12:44:26 -0500 > g wrote: > > if you will have a look at this url; > > > > > > http://imageshack.us/content_round.php?page=done&id=4tHclZ6il56ql6TZ0e2YmunS3A From the thumbnail of your desktop on that page, I can

Re: desktop file location

2013-08-02 Thread Marko Vojinovic
On Fri, 02 Aug 2013 12:44:26 -0500 g wrote: > as mentioned in 1st post, i did not receive any reply from sl list. a > little surprising, but, then again, what to expect from a bunch of > "nuke heads". ;=) > > i should have made it easier all around to prevent confusion and make > my question more

Re: desktop file location

2013-08-02 Thread g
On 08/02/2013 10:36 AM, Bill Oliver wrote: <<>> I think you may be using some words differently than I do, so let me ask you a couple of quick questions: i agree, there is a lot of differences between fedora and scientific linux. this release, 6.3, is comparable to rhel 6.3, well behind fedo

Re: desktop file location

2013-08-02 Thread Bill Oliver
On Fri, 2 Aug 2013, g wrote: greetings, first off, i am running scientific linux 6.3 with kde 4.3.4 and i asked this question on the sl list, but, received no answer. my problem is that for some reason or other, i have now killed off the desktop by accidentally clicking the "x" that appears

desktop file location

2013-08-02 Thread g
greetings, first off, i am running scientific linux 6.3 with kde 4.3.4 and i asked this question on the sl list, but, received no answer. my problem is that for some reason or other, i have now killed off the desktop by accidentally clicking the "x" that appears in the 'sidebar' [which may not