How to create a new file/folder on the desktop? Hannie Shafer version, ICEWM.

[Member Sailaway]

Maybe it’s more obvious if I had SPACEFM.?
Is it possible to get G Chrome browser?
I think I spelled Hannies last name wrong
Thanks in advance;
James
Newbie from Windows 7 8 10

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if your desktop session is:
space+icewm
space+whatever
then spacefm is managing the desktop and you can add a new icon by
right-clicking an empty spot on the desktop, choose “New” the, from the flyout submenu, choose “File”.
( or choose “Folder” instead if that’s what you want )
Type the (any) desired filename and click “Create”.
An item representing the newly-created file will immediately display on the desktop.
Clicking the newly-created item (or double-clicking, per your configured settings) will open it in a text editor.
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The spacefm desktop items reside withing the directory
/home/yourusername/Desktop/
You can, alternatively, (by various means) browse to and drag or create a file in this directory,
and an item for it will be displayed whenever spacefm is managing the desktop.
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if your desktop session is:
rox+icewm
rox+whatever
then rox (aka ‘rox-filer’) is managing the desktop items.
Because rox was designed to provide a drag-n-drop environment, it expects (requires?) you to drag items — from gui file manager (either rox-filer or spacefm or) — and drop them on the desktop. The “items” displayed on the rox desktop are NOT actual files; they are “desktop shortcuts” (per Windows parlance). If you right click an existing rox desktop item and choose “Edit Item” you can read in a popup dialogbox (similar to as seen in WindowXP, eh) “clicking this item opens: /blah/blahbla/somefile“

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( Not wishing to overwhelm you with details, just trying to provide a full explanation )

rox documentation refers to the desktop as its “pinboard”.
At each launch, the list of shortcuts to be displayed are read from files residing in the directory
/home/yourusername/.config/rox.sourceforge.net/ROX-Filer/
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If you browse the contents of this directory, you will notice that (in antiX default configuration)
three pb_* files exist.
pb_antiX-fluxbox
pb_antiX-icewm
pb_antiX-jwm
Most users probably don’t know, or care to know, or just don’t bother to do so…
but we are free to create numerous pinboards and choose when/where each will be used.
For instance:
The launchstring for rox, when invoked from from the fluxbox session startup file, calls
rox pinboard=pb_antiX-fluxbox

The pb_ and sibling config files are plaintext.
If you are curious, you can view/edit their content in a text editor to learn their secret nuts-n-bolts

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we are free to create numerous pinboards and choose when/where each will be used

( I don’t have a working script at my fingertips, but it involves only a few lines of code )

A script can be used to monitor Xdesktop events, dynamically relaunching rox with a customized pinboard manifest each time a switch between virtual workspaces occurs. Among other usage scenarios, this is handy when setting up a computer for use by young’uns (and motor-impaired users). Instead of requiring them to navigate menus//submenus, can coach them to switch workspaces by clicking < > previous//nextWorkspace buttons on a non-autohiding taskbar. All available “games” will be displayed to one workspace desktop pinboard, all “science-related” applications to another, etc.

[Moderator caprea]

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Easiest way to install browsers
menu > control-centre > system > package-installer

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Are you running a 32-bit version? Can you share your “inxi -Fxz” output? Chrome will not be offered in the Package Installer if on 32-bit. You could try Chromium.

Seaken64

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Hello Sailaway,

Welcome to antiX Linux and this forum.

Skidoo, thank you very much for your explanations about the Space and Rox workspaces.

Sailaway, the topic started by PPC can be of great help to you: How-to install applications – 2020 version.

Remember to check the option “Notify me of follow-up replies via email”, so you will receive a message in your email to inform you when a colleague responds on the topic you started or that you are participating in the conversations.

marcelocripe
(Original text in Brazilian Portuguese)

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Olá Sailaway,

Seja bem vindo ao antiX Linux e a este fórum.

Skidoo, muito obrigado por suas explicações sobre as áreas de trabalho Space e Rox.

Sailaway, o tópico iniciado pelo PPC poderá ser de grande ajuda para você: How-to install applications – 2020 version.

Lembre-se de marcar a opção “Notify me of follow-up replies via email”, assim você receberá uma mensagem no seu e-mail para te informar quando algum colega responder no tópico que você iniciou ou que você esteja participando das conversas.

marcelocripe
(Texto original em Português do Brasil)

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