But that doesn't work... I can choose whatever directory I want using Browse, but all files inside the chosendirectories are gone, i.e. it appears as the directories are emtpy (which they are not...), so I can't chooseanything... If I then copy the files from the chosen directory to /usr/share/pixmaps, I can select the icons.... BTJ On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 08:26:31 +1000Daniel Kasak <dkasak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, 2007-09-09 at 22:42 +0200, Bjørn T Johansen wrote:> > > If I add an application launcher, then the only place I can choose icons from is under /usr/share/pixmaps, is> > this by design or is there some settings I can change so I can browse to any directory and choose an icon?> > (having to copy the icon to /usr/share pixmaps to use it, is a bit annoying...)> > You should be able to hit 'browse' and select another folder. I have> also wondered about this default location. On Gentoo, /usr/share/pixmaps> is populated with the most basic and visually unappealing icons I've> encountered. I think it would make more sense to default this to> ~/.icons ( or ~/.icons/$CURRENT_THEME ) but perhaps there is a good> reason why /usr/share/pixmaps is the default.> > You can make 'shortcuts' or 'places' or whatever they are, to folder> locations, by dragging the folder to the left-hand pane when you've got> 'places' mode activated in the left-hand pane in Nautilus. So at least> this makes it faster to navigate to your icon folder.> > --> Daniel Kasak> IT Developer> NUS Consulting Group> Level 5, 77 Pacific Highway> North Sydney, NSW, Australia 2060> T: (+61) 2 9922-7676 / F: (+61) 2 9922 7989> email: dkasak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> website: http://www.nusconsulting.com.au> _______________________________________________gnome-list mailing listgnome-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list
