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Subject : Re: LUG: GNOME desktop: default icon placement

From : Daniel Underwood <daniel.underwood@ncsu.[redacted]>

Date : Tue, 18 May 2010 09:20:50 -0400

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Stephen,

Yes, I've tried these options, but my particular conky config works best in that one corner.  However, thanks for bringing this up, because now that I rethink about it, I might know a way for it to work.  I'll try it when I get to my office, and then report whether it worked.
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On May 18, 2010, at 8:50 AM, Stephen Smith < smsmit18@ncsu.[redacted] > wrote:

Moving Conky is extremely easy.
The settings file should have (if not, just add it) a line that says "alignment"
This can be followed with any of the following arguments: top_left, top_right, top_middle, bottom_left, bottom_right, bottom_middle, middle_left, middle_middle, middle_right
This would be my suggestion.
-Stephen

On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 8:27 AM, Daniel Marcus < danielm.nc @ gmail.com > wrote:
Interestingly, this makes me remember why KDE decided to get rid of the "desktop as a folder" paradigm. It doesn't make sense when you use your desktop for other purposes like system monitors. Maybe you can make your downloads go to a downloads folder instead, and use an applet to open the folder in a menu from the panel. That way, you have easy access to downloaded content, and it keeps your desktop clean too.

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On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 9:59 AM, Daniel Underwood < daniel.underwood@ncsu.[redacted] > wrote:
>  Do you have any reference of someone else getting this working
>  with gnome?

No.  I've found others asking the same question, but no one who has been
successful.

> Also, at this point i would ask how are your code-diving skills.

I code in C++ regularly using a combination of vim and gedit.  I've used
cscope to find particular things before.  And I'm familiar with most of
the relevant unix tools such as find/grep/sed etc., but I'm not sure
exactly what you're asking...
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Daniel Underwood
North Carolina State University
Graduate Student - Operations Research
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