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 setting in Banshee to stop it following symlinks).
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