Disk Image Details

[Aaron Walton]

Greetings, 

When I create I Disk Image from Ukelele I find that I cannot re-arrange the icons in the Disk Image. Is there something I am missing in this regard? Is there a way to do it?

Alternatively, if I try to create a Disk Image manually, I am unsure how to make the proper alias which is directed to "/Library/Keyboard Layout/"; instead, the alias I create is for my own folder "Users/Gertrude/Library/Keyboard Layout". While I have not tried it on another computer, I am under the assumption that it won't work since it has my computer's name in the file-path. How can I create an alias that directs correctly to the User's Library?

For the sake of clarity and fuller documentation, I will include images.

[John Brownie]

Aaron Walton wrote:
> When I create I Disk Image from Ukelele I find that I cannot
> re-arrange the icons in the Disk Image. Is there something I am
> missing in this regard? Is there a way to do it?

No, the disk image is immutable, so there's no way to change it after
it's been created.

> Alternatively, if I try to create a Disk Image manually, I am unsure
> how to make the proper alias which is directed to "/Library/Keyboard
> Layout/"; instead, the alias I create is for my own folder
> "Users/Gertrude/Library/Keyboard Layout". While I have not tried it on
> another computer, I am under the assumption that it won't work since
> it has my computer's name in the file-path. How can I create an alias
> that directs correctly to the User's Library?

The Keyboard Layouts link is not an alias, but a symbolic link to
/Library/Keyboard Layouts, so it's going to point at that folder on the
host computer. I don't think that it's possible to create a symbolic
link that points to a user's Library folder, as you can't put a tilde in
(~/Library) and get it expanded on the host machine. Symbolic links are
fully spelt out, not expanded by the shell.

The only other suggestion I have is that you could create an Automator
or AppleScript droplet to move the keyboard layout into the appropriate
directory. I'm no expert on either, but I think it could be done.
--
John Brownie
In Finland on furlough from SIL Papua New Guinea

[Aaron Walton]

Thank you for the reply, that information will help me know better what to look for.