Re: Desktop icons gone

["Anthony E . Greene" <agreene pobox com>]

On Wed, 21 Feb 2001 05:39:57 David Shochat wrote:
>Anthony E . Greene wrote:
>> less /usr/lib/mc/desktop-scripts/README.desktop
>
>Thanks. That is exactly the kind of info I was looking for. But I was 
>wondering: What do desktop icons have to do with mc/gmc? I thought that 
>was the "file manager".

GMC provides the desktop. Each icon on your desktop is a gmc window. You can
see them listed in the tasklist associated with the deskguide/pager. If you
"killall gmc" those icons and some GNOME functionality go away.

Tony
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