Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3506 mails)

[John Andersen <jsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Friday 08 September 2006 00:48, stephan beal wrote:
> On Friday 08 September 2006 10:38, John Andersen wrote:
> > For purposes of access to a folder they are functionally identical,
> > which, I'm sure is what the OP was after.
>
> They're not functionally identical "for purposes of access to a folder",
> actually. Try:
>
> cd ~/Desktop
> cd MyShortcut
>
> That will work for a symlinked "MyShortcut", but not for a .desktop
> file.
>
> However, i admit that i'm pedantically splitting hairs here, since i'm
> quite sure you mean "for purposes of access to a folder using the mouse
> under KDE".

What the hell is the matter with you Stephan?  
Why else would one put  a link to a folder on the desktop?


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