Re: desktop icons etc...

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hi,


On Sat, 2004-08-28 at 13:30, Ryan McDougall wrote:
> On Sun, 2004-29-08 at 02:12 +1000, Ian Brace wrote:
> 
> Ian, I think it'll be hard to find anyone around here than remembers how
> 2.2 worked. AFAIK all of the below worked in 2.2, and it certainly works
> in 2.6+.
> 
> Maybe Debian list is a better place?
> 
> > Hi,
> > I have just upgraded from Gnome 1.4 (Debian woody default) to Gnome 2.2
> > (backport).  A couple of easy questions...
> > 
> > 1.  The desktop doesn't allow me to create icons on it either by a
> > right-click or by dragging from the file manager, whereas 1.4 did.  How
> > do I do this or why doesn't it work?
> 
> Works on 2.6 ...
> 
> > 
> > 2.  I like Nautilus, but it always displays html as text!  How do I fix
> > this?
> 
> This involved some nautilus view magic, but thats basically dead now. If
> you want to view HTML use a proper HTML browser.
> 
> > 
> > 3.  Is it possible to move the application panel from the top to the
> > bottom of the desktop?  Other panels drag around, but the special
> > "application" panel doesn't want to move.
> 
> In 2.4+ you right click on the panel, and tell it to go to the bottom.
> However I have a vague memory that this might not be true circa 2.2.
> Best bet is to dig about in GConf to see if there is a way
> 
>From what I remember of 2.2, it was not possible to move the top panel
at all.  Its been a while since I used it though.

Cheers
Don

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