Re: Windows type shortcuts to files and folders

2015-07-16 Thread Johan Kriel 

  
  
Actually this is still not quite what I want. It works fine from
within the file manager, but it does not work from within any other
application. When I click on the link from within an application,
the app tries to open the .desktop file instead of jumping to the
destination. Which makes it actually completely useless. In Windows
a shortcut will always take you to the destination no matter what
application you are using it from. Come on guys, please don't make
me think I should have stayed with Windows after all.

Regards
Johan Kriel


On 14/07/2015 16:40, Johan Kriel wrote:


  
  Thanks Michael, this is exactly what I am looking for. In my
  opinion this is what should be created when I click "Make Link",
  not the type of links that is currently created.
  
  Regards
  Johan Kriel
   
  
  On 14/07/2015 16:10, Michael Spencer
wrote:
  
  
I believe Ubuntu has something similar to a
  Windows symbolic link in that it jumps to the destination
  folder as if you had gone directly to that folder, unlike a
  symbolic link, which is treated as its own path. 
  
  
  You can do this using a .desktop file. An example of this
is the Examples shortcut that comes with a default install
of Ubuntu. Removing the translations, it looks like this:
  
  
  
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Link
Name=Examples
Comment=Example content for Ubuntu
URL="" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="file:///usr/share/example-content/">file:///usr/share/example-content/
Icon=folder


When I click on this desktop file in the Files app, it
  jumps right to /usr/share/example-content, instead of
  displaying the original path to the file.


This may or may not work with individual applications,
  but at least the concept should be similar.


Hope this helps,
Michael

  
On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 8:29 AM Johan
  Kriel 

  wrote:

No
  you are wrong!!! The way shortcuts work in Windows is
  totally
  different from Ubuntu's symbolic links. Windows also
  have what they call
  a "Junction" which do exactly what Ubuntu's symlinks
  do. But Windows
  shortcuts DOES NOT create a symbolic path to the
  destination. It is a
  simple jump to the destination as if you have typed
  "cd /destination" in
  a terminal. Both shortcuts and junctions are useful,
  but they have
  different purposes and you can not replace the one
  with the other. The
  problem I have with Banshee is because I have to use
  symlinks where I
  really need shortcuts.
  
  Regards
  Johan Kriel
  
  
  On 14/07/2015 15:06, Sam Bull wrote:
  > On Sun, 2015-07-12 at 15:51 +0200, Johan Kriel
  wrote:
  >> Please guys, seriously consider the
  implementation of shortcuts as used
  >> by Windows in Ubuntu. Those shortcuts are of
  real good use and they
  >> don't create unnecessary extra symbolic paths
  to any folder. They are a
  >> simple direct jump to another folder
  somewhere on your disc.
  > Shortcuts are the equivalent of symbolic links.
  There is no functional
  > difference.
  >
  > It sounds like the issue is that you have Banshee
  searching areas that
  > you don't want it to. If the symlinks are outside
  the Music folder, then
  > you just need to make Banshee only searches the
  Music folder.
  >       If the symlinks are inside the Music
  folder, then it'll create an
  > endless loop when searching through the folder. I
  can't imagine any
  > reason for doing this, so if they are in the
  Music folder, then perhaps
  > explain what you're trying to achieve with them
  (or maybe there's an
  > advanced set

Re: Windows type shortcuts to files and folders

2015-07-16 Thread Colin Law 
On 16 July 2015 at 14:39, Johan Kriel  wrote:
> Actually this is still not quite what I want. It works fine from within the
> file manager, but it does not work from within any other application. When I
> click on the link from within an application, the app tries to open the
> .desktop file instead of jumping to the destination. Which makes it actually
> completely useless. In Windows a shortcut will always take you to the
> destination no matter what application you are using it from. Come on guys,
> please don't make me think I should have stayed with Windows after all.

Please explain exactly what you are trying to do and why the standard
links do not work for you.  Perhaps then someone will suggest a
solution.

Colin

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