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How to create URL shortcut on desktop
  • jvchawkjvchawk December 2010
    Hello,
    I'm a newbie. Come from Win world. Have been searching for about one hour now for the creation of a shortcut of an URL (with firefox as browser) on my slitaz desktop. Apparently the mouse right button click doesn't include what I look for. Do you happen to have an idea how to? Thanks for your help.
  • Trixar_zaTrixar_za December 2010
    The easiest way would probably be to create a script.

    Here's what you do:
    Either create a .sh (script) or a empty text file. Either should do. Now edit the file and put in the following:
    #!/bin/sh
    firefox -url http://where.you.want.it.to.go

    and save. Now right click the file, go to properties and set it as executable, click OK and your done.

    You could also try creating a shortcut, then use the firefox -url website trick with it.
  • jvchawkjvchawk December 2010
    Trixar_za,

    It works! Thank you.

    About "You could also try creating a shortcut, ... ", could you please tell how?

    Thanks.

  • Trixar_zaTrixar_za December 2010
    Well, you can copy shortcuts from the Menu over to your desktop. If you have the lxshortcut package installed, you could then edit the path of those shortcuts and change it to firefox -url website if you want. You could also try changing it using a text editor like leafpad, but it's a little tricker.
  • mojomojo December 2010
    Follow tutorial for firefox shortcut: http://peppermintos.net/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=236
    Replace
    Exec=firefox %u
    with
    Exec=firefox -url http://where.you.want.it.to.go

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