Re: How I can remove my folder icons in desktop screen?

[Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>]

On Wed, 20 Jul 2011 18:27:08 +0000, Liam O'Toole wrote:

> On 2011-07-20, Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, 20 Jul 2011 16:21:14 +0000, Liam O'Toole wrote:
>>
>>> On 2011-07-20, Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> (...)
>>> 
>>>> I also wonder what all that pre-set folders are for.
>>> 
>>> Applications which follow the specification use these folders without
>>> requiring the user to configure them manually. So firefox, for
>>> example, will use the DOWNLOAD directory to save downloaded files.
>>> OpenOffice will save new documents in DOCUMENTS, etc. Both
>>> applications can be configured to use alternative locations.
>>
>> Yes, I know that applications find that variables very useful to set
>> their defaults but I wondered if what apps find useful match with
>> user's POW :-)
> 
> POW?

Err... wait, "POV" :-)

>> (i.e., I have instructed Firefox to drop files under my $HOME/Desktop
>> because I barely use the rest of those predefined folders)
> 
> So you can set DOWNLOADS=Desktop in xdg-user-dirs and you don't have to
> instruct firefox or any other compliant application. The idea is that
> you only need to do it once. Furthermore, you can choose which
> predefined folders to use and disregard the rest.

Yes, yes... I know. 

But I don't remember to have had all that folders in GNOME in the past, I 
mean, besides the /Desktop one. The rest (/videos, /images, /sounds, /
movies, /downloads...) looks to me like someone is wanting to imitate the 
Windows system (My Downloads, My Videos, My Pictures... Oh My!).

:-)

>>>> It should be nice to
>>>> have a simple "switch" to turn them off/on.
>>> 
>>> See /etc/xdg/user-dirs.conf.
>>
>> I have nothing in there:
>>
>> sm01@stt008:~$ LANG=POSIX cat /etc/xdg/user-dirs.conf cat:
>> /etc/xdg/user-dirs.conf: No such file or directory
> 
> It is supplied by xdg-user-dirs:
> 
> $ apt-file search /etc/xdg/user-dirs.conf xdg-user-dirs:
> /etc/xdg/user-dirs.conf

I don't have it installed :-)

So, finally, is that package needed to have that setting working? :-?

>> Anyway, I said a "simple swicth" that in GNOME usually means tweaking
>> "gconf", not having to dive into configurations files ;-)
> 
> I don't think GNOME gives you that. The situation is unlikely to improve
> in GNOME 3.

Yes, I know there is not such option. It was just a "wish".

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón