RE: GMC desktop URL icon problems

[Gregory Leblanc <GLeblanc cu-portland edu>]

When I've created them accidentally lately, they've done the same thing with
the names.  I don't care, because I don't want them anyway, but they're
created by dragging from netscape.
	Greg

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben FrantzDale [mailto:frantb@rpi.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, October 14, 1999 6:19 PM
> To: teferi@pfnet.org; gnome-list@gnome.org
> Subject: Re: GMC desktop URL icon problems
> 
> 
> > I have latest versions of all GNOME and GTK stuff on Debian 
> GNU/Linux
> potato
> > (kernel 2.2.12, glibc2.1.2). Anyway, my problem is that 
> creating a URL
> icon
> > on the desktop creates a file with a gibberish name that 
> does nothing when
> > clicked on. I'd really like to get this fixed - any advice?
> 
> Hmm... my understanding is that the URL's actually are 
> supposed to have
> gibberish names. The thing is that it's supposed to be hidden 
> from the user
> via metadata.  Apparently that metadata isn't being created or used
> properly.  How are you making your URLs? drag from NS? 
> "create new URL"?
> 
> --Ben
> 
> 
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