Desktop Icons and Workspaces updates

[johnandmegh]

Description

I tried to use some tips on Stack Overflow to "squash" the GitHub commits on my own this time...and somehow I think I made it even messier? (I don't think the end result is changed, but please let me know if I need to go back to the drawing board on how this is submitted)

Also, if this style of update is OK, I could probably tackle the rest of that page - I'm new all of Solus and Budgie, but it seems like a few different settings-related functions got moved from being accessed via Raven to being accessed via the Budgie Menu > Settings? Those would seem easy enough for me to grab new screenshots for and update wording.

Thanks,

Edited a few minutes later: sorry, meant to mention, this is related to #131

Submitter Checklist

• [ ] Squashed commits with git rebase -i (if needed)

[davidjharder]

Git workflow stuff:

• In this particular case, the mess is fine because I can squash it.
• Are you using the github desktop client, the command line, or something else?
• I would encourage you to experiment with grouping multiple changes onto a commit
• "squashing" commits is actually using the rebase command to organize a pile of commits in a certain way. The most concise explanation I've found is here https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/using-git/about-git-rebase
• For a more general git resource try https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2

Style:

• The style seems fine. In my opinion It's more important to update these rather old pages
• If you do want to take a deep dive into style, we recently published a style guide. Note that we haven't used it much yet https://help.getsol.us/docs/user/contributing/style

I'll review the content of your changes some time later; I wanted to respond to your questions first.

[johnandmegh]

Thanks very much for the links, I will dig in!

I tried using the GitHub website for these edits because of the easy preview feature, but I'm realizing with so many manipulation pieces using the command line, I should probably be using a cloned repo and the command line?

[davidjharder]

Yes, almost every guide and doc will assume you are using the cli on a cloned local repo, pushing to some remote like Github.

Many modern editors are git-aware out of the box. For example, if you use vscode, it has a "source control" tab that will do simple git operations for you.

I use the Github editing tools for small one-off edits. As soon as you are editing more than one file, or organizing commits in any way, you will have to get comfortable with the cli

[davidjharder]

I should add: If you are struggling with something you can always ask for help in the Packaging or Development chat.

[johnandmegh]

Thanks! I think I addressed the wording/consistency issues that you mentioned, and I scanned for similar quotation mark issues in at least the portion included in this request - I'll check the other one I sent as well.