[KLUG Members] Gnome questions.

[Adam Williams]

>I'm running the latest updates of Ximian Gnome on two different Redhat
>7.3 PC's.  I recently noticed that when I right-click on the desktop, I
>get two completely different menus.  After some investigation I figured
>out that one PC is running gmc, and the other is running nautilus.
>One difference between the two PC's is one is a newer install than the
>other, which has been upgraded from older Redhat and Ximian releases.
>Now for the obvious question:  How can I switch between gmc & nautilus?

My way:  Whack GMC.  Start Nautilus.  Make sure "save changes to session"
is checked under Session -> Session Properties & Startup.

>Question #2:  On the nautilus PC, how can I add a program launcher icon
>directly to the desktop?  On the gmc PC, it has the desktop menu option
>of "New -> Launcher".  There is no such option on the nautilus.  I've
>been doing it by adding a icon to the panel, dragging it to the
>background, and deleting it from the panel.  Is there an easier way?

Thats how I do it.  Dragging an executable file from nautilus to the
desktop simply creates a sym-link,  not exactly what I want.

Or one can create a text file :),  something like:

dia.desktop
--------------
Name=Dia Diagram Editor
Comment=Create and edit simple diagrams.
Exec=dia
TryExec=dia
Icon=dia_gnome_icon.png
Terminal=0
Type=Application

Seems kludgy to me, not being able to create a launcher.  I'll check
GNOME2 and see if it is "fixed" there.