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Hi,

I have two little problems. One is similar in LXDE and XFCE and I already run into it a long time ago but do not remember how I manage to get rid of it:
A user is suppose to have a "Desktop" folder into their home directory, then that is the files that are shown on the desktop. If one delete that folder, the system uses the home directory as the "Desktop" link and shows on the desktop the files that are in the home directory... If the "Desktop" folder is re-created, the system does not care.

Does anyone know how to revert this? How can I tell the system what folder the desktop should link to? As I said this is the same behavior with both XFCE4 and pcmanfm in LXDE.
(However I am using pcmanfm2 right now so the desktop is not supported anyway, and if I click on the "Desktop" link in pcmanfm2, it quickly shows "~/artup" in the address bar and crashes pathetically!)

My other problem, is not a problem, just a tweak, is there a way to make the taskbar display only the windows that are present onto the current desktop? It might already be the case, but I am using compiz and I would not be surprise if it is just a "bug" since LXDE believes there is only 1 desktop instead of seeing the 4 virtual ones. (that would go along with the pager showing only one desktop instead of four...)
I guess there is no trick for that one yet, but if anyone found a workaround that would make me happy!

Thanks

The current situation where the taskbar doesn't work properly with Compiz viewports is a well-known restriction that I am actively working on. Same as this issue with the pager. The Desktop Number plugin also needs to be updated.

http://forum.lxde.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1439

As to the PCManFM things, it is not my area of expertise.

Marty Jack wrote:The current situation where the taskbar doesn't work properly with Compiz viewports is a well-known restriction that I am actively working on. Same as this issue with the pager. The Desktop Number plugin also needs to be updated.

http://forum.lxde.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1439

As to the PCManFM things, it is not my area of expertise.

Thanks, I was fairly sure this was he same restriction, I'm glad to know you are working on it though!

and yeah, hopefully someone else pops up about pcmanfm, this is really the one bothering me now...

someone replied on another forum, if anyone is ever looking for it...

think i'm getting you. look at ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs

mine has this:

Code:
# This file is written by xdg-user-dirs-update
# If you want to change or add directories, just edit the line you're
# interested in. All local changes will be retained on the next run
# Format is XDG_xxx_DIR="$HOME/yyy", where yyy is a shell-escaped
# homedir-relative path, or XDG_xxx_DIR="/yyy", where /yyy is an
# absolute path. No other format is supported.
#
XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/Desktop"
XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$HOME/Downloads"
XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="$HOME/Templates"
XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR="$HOME/Public"
XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR="$HOME/Documents"
XDG_MUSIC_DIR="$HOME/Music"
XDG_PICTURES_DIR="$HOME/Pictures"
XDG_VIDEOS_DIR="$HOME/Videos"