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01-12-2009

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Pin to desktop

Hello everybody! I need some help.

Is there a way to pin a window to the desktop in Linux?

I have a list of tasks in Calc. And I want the window of Calc to be always before my eyes, so that it sort of reminds me of my tasks. The window must be �stuck� to the desktop, and when I click the Show Desktop Button (I use this button very often) the window shouldn't be minimized, but must always remain visible. The feature �Alway on Top� is definitely not what I want - I need the opposite, sort of �always on bottom�. The window must behave as if it were part of the desktop wallpaper. Is it possible in Linux?

By the way, I've tried different �sticky notes� applications - the �glue� is unfortunately too weak: when I press the Show Desktop Button all notes disappear from the desktop - they are just minimized The best solution would be to glue the window of Calc to the desktop.

I'm using the latest Ubuntu.

Thanks in advance!

alex777

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update-desktop-database

update-desktop-database(1)					   User Commands					update-desktop-database(1)

NAME

       update-desktop-database - Desktop file caching utility

SYNOPSIS

       update-desktop-database [--help] [--verbose] [--quiet] [filepath]

DESCRIPTION

       update-desktop-database creates cache files for desktop file MIME type mapping for improved MIME lookup performance.

       It  expects  to	be  given  the	path  to  a  directory	or  directories  containing a number of application installed .desktop files, e.g.
       /usr/share/applications, and writes a mime-info.cache containing cached information about the MIME types that each application can  handle.
       If  no directory is provided, this utility will use a default directory list as specified in the FreeDesktop MIME specification. This cache
       file is used to avoid a lot of system call and disk seek overhead in a number of applications.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       -?, --help		       Show help options.

       -v, --verbose		       Turn on verbose output.

       -q, --quiet		       Do not provide any output.

OPERANDS

       The following operands are supported:

       filepath 	       The path to a directory or directories containing a number of application installed .desktop files.

EXIT STATUS

       The following exit values are returned:

       0	Application exited successfully

       1	Application exited with failure

FILES

       The following files are used by this application:

       /usr/bin/update-desktop-databaseThe command-line executable for the application.

       /usr/share/applications	       System desktop file directory

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWgnome-desktop-prefs	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface stability	     |Committed 		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       update-mime-database(1), gnome-desktop-item-edit(1), attributes(5), gnome-interfaces(5)

       Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide and GNOME System Administration Guide for your platform.

NOTES

       Written by Glynn Foster, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2007.

SunOS 5.11							    31 Jan 2007 					update-desktop-database(1)