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Behemot

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Registered: 2010-12-10

Posts: 96

[SOLVED] Renaming Desktop folder in XFCE, where to change the path?

I'd like to rename the folder Desktop to Czech equivalent Plocha, but of course when I do it, it prevents xfcedesktop from loading it's content to actual desktop (so I have empty desktop than, or only with Trash bin). I'd say I have to change the path from /home/behemot/Desktop to /home/behemot/Plocha somewhere. The question is, where should I do it? :-)

Last edited by Behemot (2011-06-28 18:04:10)

superchango

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From: Tenochtitlan

Registered: 2009-01-22

Posts: 133

Re: [SOLVED] Renaming Desktop folder in XFCE, where to change the path?

The file is:

/home/user/.config/user-dirs.dirs

Change the line XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/Desktop" for:

XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/Plocha"

Save and OK!!

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Behemot

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Registered: 2010-12-10

Posts: 96

Re: [SOLVED] Renaming Desktop folder in XFCE, where to change the path?

Just one problem, I do not have such a file in .config.

superchango

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From: Tenochtitlan

Registered: 2009-01-22

Posts: 133

Re: [SOLVED] Renaming Desktop folder in XFCE, where to change the path?

Generate the file with the command:

xdg-user-dirs-update

And change the paths manually. Mine file is adapted to spanish names:

# 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="$HOME/Descargas"
XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="$HOME/Plantillas"
XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR="$HOME/Público"
XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR="$HOME/Documentos"
XDG_MUSIC_DIR="$HOME/Música"
XDG_PICTURES_DIR="$HOME/Imágenes"
XDG_VIDEOS_DIR="$HOME/Vídeos"

Ok.

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Behemot

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Registered: 2010-12-10

Posts: 96

Re: [SOLVED] Renaming Desktop folder in XFCE, where to change the path?

I've downloaded the xdg-user-dirs in the meantime, but did not want to find how it works…well the generated file is almost empty, so it looks like nothing important must be there, maybe I could have made it manually then.

Anway, thanks for your help!