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List:       kde-look
Subject:    Re: On desktops
From:       Dave Leigh <dave.leigh () cratchit ! org>
Date:       2000-04-01 1:06:38
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Willi Kappler wrote:

> Hi Dave,
>
> you can have directories in the KDE panel.
> Try out the following:
>
> - Go to ~/.kde/share/applnk/
> - Create a new folder, name it myFolder1 for example.
> - now link or copy some .kdelnk files into that folder, or create you own (
> RMB->new->Application or whatever ).
> - And then just drag that folder into the panel.
>
> You can even have your kfm bookmarks in the panel, just drag the folder
> ~/.kde/share/apps/kfm/bookmarks into the panel.
>
> I don't know OS/2 or the Afterstep wharf app, but maybe this is similar, or
> isn't it ?
>
> Bye,
> Willi

Willi, this is almost, but not quite, what I mean.  But it's very close.  Thanks
for the tip.

Folders on the panel are really menus, and they clam up as soon as you give
something else the focus.  Drawers are persistent... when you open them, they
stay open until you close them.  Since drawers aren't menus you can do other
nifty things like drag a file onto a app in an open drawer, which of course would
launch the app and open the file (dragging the icon onto the drawer icon itself
would add it to the drawer).  Of course, when you've got some MIME magic goin' on
in the file manager, you really don't HAVE to have that kind of feature, so I'm
not going to cry too much about it.

One of the best uses for it is if you have a MDI program and you want to open
lots of files, this sends all of the files to the same instance of the app
instead of opening multiple instances.  And YES, I know that KDE doesn't support
MDI (though it's one of my favorite things about gedit... I really LIKE the
reduction in screen and taskbar clutter.), so that reason for it is not terribly
important.  The equivalent action in kfm is ctrl-click or click and drag to
select files, then right-click, then choose the app.

If you've got a full RedHat install and you're using kdm to log on you can choose
AnotherLevel as your window manager at the logon screen and get a sort of a
feeling of what the wharf is like.  The launchpad in OS/2 is a bit more "busy",
but I like it.


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