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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: good additional field for .kdelnk files to have
From:       Preston Brown <pbrown () redhat ! com>
Date:       1999-02-17 17:15:18
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On Wed, 17 Feb 1999, Yannai A. Gonczarowski wrote:

> Preston Brown wrote:
> > 
> > On Tue, 16 Feb 1999, David Faure wrote:
> > > - it completely avoids a kdelnk pointing to nowhere. (Even for KDE
> > > apps. For instance when removing a binary, or a wrong installation)
> > 
> > Exactly.  And this is a good thing.
> When I create a new shortcut to a program using New->Application from the
> root window right-click-menu, this points to nothing until I change it.
> According to your plan, the kdelnk will disappear before I have a chance to
> change it.
> 
> Possible solutions:
> 1. Only hide "bad" kdelnk's in the panel and menus, and add to the icon of
> "bad" kdelnk's in kfm an "x" or something.

This is what I was suggesting.  I wasn't suggesting having it hidden in
the file manager.

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 -Preston Brown
  Red Hat Software, Inc.
  pbrown@redhat.com

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