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Activity for Karl Knechtel‭

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Comment Post #289541 It's not clear to me how GtkFileChooserDialog relates to the question, since "bookmarked folders" would seem to be an OS-level (or at least window-manager-level) feature, not something specific to an API call for a GUI library. Do you mean that you used a program that generates a file-save or file-lo...
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Comment Post #288309 On Stack Overflow I have often ended up closing questions as a duplicate of multiple, mutually unrelated existing canonicals, because the task is a trivial matter of putting those steps together. This isn't exactly ideal, but it's way faster than getting the "needs more focus" close votes. Of course,...
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Comment Post #289207 It's mainly an aesthetic preference. The desktop is the main place I *put things* for ready access, and I want to be able to *see* whatever ends up there and deal with it according to my preference, without having to hop over to a terminal. More to the point, I was *surprised* when I initially dis...
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Edit Post #289207 Initial revision over 1 year ago
Question How can I show hidden files and folders (with leading dot in name) on the desktop (actual desktop, not a window)?
I am using Linux Mint 20.3, with Cinnamon as a window manager. I have a folder named `.pytestcache` on my Desktop: ``` $ ls -1A | grep '^\.' .pytestcache ``` I know that if I open a Nemo window, navigate to the Desktop, and choose to "Show Hidden Files" (Ctrl-H), I can make the folder app...
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over 1 year ago