changing icon size for certain file associations
Hello everyone, I don't even know whether this is possible and if anyone has thought of it but here it goes ... I use SuSE 8.2/XD2 and although I'm satisfied with the appearance in general, it happens that I often want to have quite a few links to pdf files on my desktop for ease of reference. The problem is that the icons are still pretty big so my desktop looks too crowded. So the question is - how do I associate a small icon with my pdf's but leave the size of the icons for other applications unchanged? thanks, j. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com
On Wednesday 06 August 2003 21:31, James Philp wrote:
So the question is - how do I associate a small icon with my pdf's but leave the size of the icons for other applications unchanged?
hmm... I don't think there's a "planed feature" that can do this, but it's possible. I just took the 16x16 icon for .pdf-mimetypes and created a new icon 32x32 where I inserted the 16x16 graphic on the bottom. The rest of the background is invisible. If you now associate pdf-files with the new icon it'll always be small. I've attached it to this mail for you (not to the version for the list though...) This should at least have the effect you wanted, hope it helps... Hansen -- Powered by SuSE 8.1pro - KDE 3.0.3 - KMail 1.4.3 At least, try asking smart questions: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html "Ich mache nie Voraussagen und werde das auch niemals tun." - Paul Gascoigne
well the idea was great, unfortunately it has no effect. I used the control panel-file associations to change the png file associated with pdf's. it seems to remember it but it has zero practical effect - even after reboot. somehow i think there is some other configuration file that remembers the associations which isn't affected by the panel. any ideas?? j. --- Johannes Liedtke <lists@liedtkeweb.de> wrote:
On Wednesday 06 August 2003 21:31, James Philp wrote:
So the question is - how do I associate a small icon with my pdf's but leave the size of the icons for other applications unchanged?
hmm... I don't think there's a "planed feature" that can do this, but it's possible.
I just took the 16x16 icon for .pdf-mimetypes and created a new icon 32x32 where I inserted the 16x16 graphic on the bottom. The rest of the background is invisible. If you now associate pdf-files with the new icon it'll always be small.
I've attached it to this mail for you (not to the version for the list though...)
This should at least have the effect you wanted, hope it helps...
Hansen
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On Thursday 07 August 2003 03:19, James Philp wrote:
well the idea was great, unfortunately it has no effect. I used the control panel-file associations to
faster is: right-click on any pdf-file, choose "Edit File Type..." from the context-menu
change the png file associated with pdf's. it seems to remember it but it has zero practical effect - even after reboot.
On my machine, the icons on the desktop are not changed until I logout and login again. (Refreshing the desktop doesn't work).
somehow i think there is some other configuration file that remembers the associations which isn't affected by the panel.
I don't think so. Try the "Edit File Type..." method, which makes sure that you edit the correct association. Then check out some pdf-files with Konq, that should show the new icons instantly (after pressing F5 at least). Hansen -- Powered by SuSE 8.1pro - KDE 3.0.3 - KMail 1.4.3 At least, try asking smart questions: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html Netiquette is easy: http://learn.to/edit_messages ...and you'll get flame-free answers in no time.
--- Johannes Liedtke <lists@liedtkeweb.de> wrote:
On Thursday 07 August 2003 03:19, James Philp wrote:
well the idea was great, unfortunately it has no effect. I used the control panel-file associations to
faster is: right-click on any pdf-file, choose "Edit File Type..." from the context-menu
I'm using XD2 and the context menu doesn't have this item.
change the png file associated with pdf's. it seems to remember it but it has zero practical effect - even after reboot.
On my machine, the icons on the desktop are not changed until I logout and login again. (Refreshing the desktop doesn't work).
Tried that- no effect.
somehow i think there is some other configuration file that remembers the associations which isn't affected by the panel.
I don't think so. Try the "Edit File Type..." method, which makes sure that you edit the correct association. Then check out some pdf-files with Konq, that should show the new icons instantly (after pressing F5 at least).
as I said I'm using XD2... thanks, j. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com
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