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diff --git a/kfile-plugins/lnk/README b/kfile-plugins/lnk/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a61c473 --- /dev/null +++ b/kfile-plugins/lnk/README @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +29.May 2004, Martin Koller, m.koller@surfeu.at + +This package shall help a better integration of KDE/Linux into a Windows environment +by providing tools to work with Windows .lnk files + +This package contains 2 tools: + +- a KFile plugin, kfile_lnk, which gives metadata information for a .lnk file (where does it point to) + +- a small tool, lnkforward, to start an associated application for which the path is in a .lnk file + (e.g. when you double-click a file in konqueror) + +The .lnk file is registered as MIME type application/x-win-lnk + +If you have a dual-boot machine, and you have your Windows partition(s) mounted, +then you should adapt where konqi can find the corresponding C:, D: or other drives. +For this you have to adapt the used commandline arguments for lnkforward, which you +can do in konqis file-associations for the MIME type application/x-win-lnk + +The lnkforward tool shall get a commandline option like this: + +-map C=/mnt/winC -map D=/mnt/winD + +NOTE: both tools work with .lnk files which are either readable via the local filesystem +(smbfs mounted filesystems) or also via URLs on the network, e.g. smb://something + +Have fun. + +Martin |