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Desktop launchers are closest to windows Shortcut and do have some benefits over creating soft links in some cases (See Motivation). \n\n\n## Usage (Concise)\n\nTerminal \n\n* `mkShortcut`  : Creates a shortcut to the present directory inside itself. Copy it to wherever needed. \n* `mkShortcut D` : Places a shortcut to present directory on the Desktop \n\nSource this script on startup so these commands are always available.\n     \n## Motivation\n\nSoft links to directories create a secondary issue which is often a problem for me. The path for navigating these soft links is very different from the path for the original file. For instance, if you browse one level up from a soft link on Desktop, you will enter Desktop and not the hierarchy of directory your link is pointing to.  \nDesktop launchers solve this problem.   \nThis set of scripts tries to make it as simple it can be to create a launcher pointing to a dictionary.   \nWhat's more, they also support drag and drop copying.  \n\n## Installation And Usage\n\n### If you don't want drag and drop functionality or cannot install Zenity:\n\n1. Download and save the file `shortcut_to_pwd.sh`, say, to directory `~/shorts/`\n2. Make the file executable \n       - `cd ~/shorts/`\n       - `chmod +x shortcut_to_pwd.sh`\n3. change to directory you want to create Shortcut for\n      - `cd ~/dirA/dirB`\n4. Source the script file        \n      - `source  ~/shorts/shortcut_to_pwd.sh`\n5. Create Shortcuts\n     - `mkShortcut`  : Creates a shortcut to the present directory inside itself( ~/dirA/dirB ). Copy it to wherever needed. \n     - `mkShortcut D` : Places a shortcut to present directory (~/dirA/dirB) on the Desktop \n6. (Optional but Recommended) Source this script on startup so these commands are always available. Add this line to `.bashrc` :\n    - `source  ~/shorts/shortcut_to_pwd.sh`\n\n### Enhanced , with drag and drop enabled shortcuts (requires Zenity):\n\n1. Download and save the shell scripts , say, to directory `~/shorts/`\n2. Make the file executable \n       - `cd ~/shorts/`\n       - `chmod +x *.sh`\n3. change to directory you want to create Shortcut for\n      - `cd ~/dirA/dirB`\n4. Source the script file        \n      - `source  ~/shorts/shortcut_to_pwd_dragdrop.sh`\n5. Create Shortcuts\n     - `mkShortcutDD `  : Creates a shortcut to the present directory inside itself( ~/dirA/dirB ). Copy it to wherever needed. \n     - `mkShortcutDD D` : Places a shortcut to present directory (~/dirA/dirB) on the Desktop \n6. (Optional but Recommended) Source this script on startup so these commands are always available. Add this line to `.bashrc` :\n    - `source  ~/shorts/shortcut_to_pwd_dragdrop.sh`\n\n\n## Contributions\n\nFeel free to fork and improve. \n\nIssue Tracker is here:  [Issues](https://github.com/codecliff/linuxShort/issues)\n\n\n## License\n\nThis Software is released under the [MIT License](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) :\n\nThe MIT License (MIT)\n\nCopyright (c) 2016 Rahul Singh\n\nPermission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the \"Software\"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:\n\nThe above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.\n\nTHE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED \"AS IS\", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fcodecliff%2Flinuxshort","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fcodecliff%2Flinuxshort","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fcodecliff%2Flinuxshort/lists"}