How to Create a Linked Icon

How to Create a Linked Icon?

You can create a linked icon in two ways:

• by creating a link to a selected icon
• by creating a linked icon in the current window and changing the pathname to another directory

To create a link to a selected icon:

• Select the icon to which you want to create a link.
• Choose Link from the Edit menu.
  A link to the selected icon is copied to the QuickSilver clipboard. The linked icon's name is the same as the original but appears in italic.
• Open the container in which you want the link.
• Choose Paste from the Edit menu.
  The linked icon appears in the current container.

To create a link to another directory:

• Choose Link from the Edit menu.
  A host directory icon labeled NoName appears in the current window
• Select the NoName icon
• Choose File Properties from the File menu.
  The File Properties dialog box appears.
• Choose the Interleaf Info sheet.
• Delete NoName from the Name text box, and type the desktop name you want for the icon.
• Choose a QuickSilver container type for the icon from the Class drop-down list.
• Choose the File Info sheet.
• Delete the pathname in the Link To text box, and type the pathname of the directory to which you want to link the icon.
• Click OK

NOTE: When you create a linked icon, you own the linked icon, but the target icon retains its original owner.

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