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2011-12-19
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#62
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Also, just figured this one out, if you want to deactivate an icon in the main app screen but without deactivating the application (so MeeFolders can still call it from within its own folder app and icon, for example), you can add the following line to its .desktop
EDIT. Marxian posted the latest version that enables you to rename .desktop files to disable the icon. But I'd consider adding this line to the .desktop file better practice than renaming it (as I had earlier suggested), because renaming the .desktop file could have unexpected consequences with other apps or with the system.
EDIT2: Doing it this way also has the advantage that the app icon will still be available inside Meefolders when you select a folder to add icons to it; otherwise every time Marxian releases an update you'd have to go through the tedious process of naming the .desktop files back again for them to show up in Meefolders when you recreate your folder structure, and then renaming them a second time to stop them showing up in your main app screen again.
Last edited by noetus; 2011-12-19 at 16:17.
Code:
NotShowIn=X-MeeGo;
EDIT2: Doing it this way also has the advantage that the app icon will still be available inside Meefolders when you select a folder to add icons to it; otherwise every time Marxian releases an update you'd have to go through the tedious process of naming the .desktop files back again for them to show up in Meefolders when you recreate your folder structure, and then renaming them a second time to stop them showing up in your main app screen again.
Last edited by noetus; 2011-12-19 at 16:17.
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2011-12-19
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Originally Posted by noetus
Using the NotShowIn key was my intended method of hiding desktop files, for the reasons you explain. Also, having a copy of the desktop file means that any changes to the original file (say, from an application update) will not be reflected.
Also, just figured this one out, if you want to deactivate an icon in the main app screen but without deactivating the application (so MeeFolders can still call it from within its own folder app and icon, for example), you can add the following line to its .desktop
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NotShowIn=X-MeeGo;
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EDIT. Marxian posted the latest version that enables you to rename .desktop files to disable the icon. But I'd consider adding this line to the .desktop file better practice than renaming it (as I had earlier suggested), because renaming the .desktop file could have unexpected consequences with other apps or with the system.
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2011-12-19
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#64
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Originally Posted by marxian
Hehe
Nokia's favourite word. Will it be here before Belle?
i agree. I remember pr1.3 on the n900.
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2011-12-19
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#65
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Originally Posted by marxian
I wonder perhaps you should go back to assuming that method on the part of users? The issue of app updates is a serious enough one it seems to me. Also app updates may in itself be an issue if the system can't find the .desktop file, so encouraging people to rename them (it now seems to me) is ill-advised.
Using the NotShowIn key was my intended method of hiding desktop files, for the reasons you explain. Also, having a copy of the desktop file means that any changes to the original file (say, from an application update) will not be reflected.
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2011-12-19
, 16:28
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#66
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Originally Posted by Makeclick
You could show it so that the dev can try to get as close a solution as possible till pr 1.2 is released.
I can show how it's look? Is that bad, if i show it?
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2011-12-19
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PS. I don't think it's necessarily a bad idea to leave out some features (such as hiding apps on the main app screen) if these are hard to implement using automatic methods but straightforward with manual ones, and encouraging users to fiddle around with their phones themselves to get this feature working. It's how we'll help the community grow and prosper, by encouraging people to experiment and get comfortable with the command line. It's how I got into this whole community; I was a total newbie to linux when I first got my N900, but this community changed that.
Also, a feature request for Meefolders for a future update: listing the apps in the add icon screen alphabetically by their displayed name. Right now they appear to be in a more or less random order and it can be hard to find the one you're looking for.
Also, a feature request for Meefolders for a future update: listing the apps in the add icon screen alphabetically by their displayed name. Right now they appear to be in a more or less random order and it can be hard to find the one you're looking for.
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2011-12-19
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Originally Posted by thedead1440
I think Marxian's done a great job, and if it happens to be different from what will be implemented in 1.2, that's no bad thing. Perhaps it will even be better? But that shouldn't stop him looking, of course, if he wants to (although I think Nokia would have to approve that as it's their intellectual property).
You could show it so that the dev can try to get as close a solution as possible till pr 1.2 is released.
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2011-12-19
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#69
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Originally Posted by marxian
I'm just curious... why are you using a Folder in MyDocs?
Changelog:
* Desktop files are now copied to, and launched from, /home/user/MyDocs/MeeFolders/desktop/
Your application will stop working as soon as the N9 is in the USB Massstorage mode.
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2011-12-19
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#70
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Originally Posted by marxian
Thanks for the new version!!
MeeFolders 0.0.3 now available.
Changelog:
* Added back button to folders.
* Desktop files are now copied to, and launched from, /home/user/MyDocs/MeeFolders/desktop/
You can now rename desktop files without any problems. Existing folders will be removed on installation.
Is there a "workaround" to keep the folders when installing the new version?
Or do I really need to add ALL my apps in new folders again?
Changelog:
* Added back button to folders.
* Desktop files are now copied to, and launched from, /home/user/MyDocs/MeeFolders/desktop/
You can now rename desktop files without any problems. Existing folders will be removed on installation.
Debian package is available from http://ubuntuone.com/4RqYPrshY12lpOg3KcjhQP
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Last edited by marxian; 2011-12-19 at 15:59.