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Idea
#1630: Save the Program Config Files in Subdirectory of Home Folder instead of Hidden
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Written by ubunteando the 29 Feb 08 at 18:06.
Category: Look and Feel.
Related to:
Nothing/Others.
Status: New
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Description
It would be to save all the .Config folders for programs in a subfolder /HomeDirectory/UserConfig instead of directly in the home folder as a hidden file.
When navigating with Nautilus it shows hidden folders and when I want to have fast access to my Music folder for example ITS A PAIN IN THE ASS :D
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bigdufstuff wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 18:08
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So why not hide hidden files?
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 Alan Pope (Ubuntu Developer) wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 18:08
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It's generally up to the upstream application where it stores config files. I can't see the benefit of putting them all in one place, especially when you can hide hidden files :)
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ntetreau wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 18:20
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They would be much easier to find, and backup!
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qaaq wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 18:40
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The BeOS did this.
They stored all .dotfiles and hidden config in the equivalent of /home/username/.config - in fact, in BASH, the $HOME variable was set to the .config folder!
This way, applications didn't need to be patched to save in the new path.
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cheesehead wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 18:59
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Hitting CTRL+H to toggle hidden files on and off is so...so...easy. Remapping $HOME is also so...elegant.
Er, what was the idea again? Create yet more arcane directory paths? Now THAT'S 21st Century.
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Psycho_zs wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 11:08
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Some apps allready store their configs in ~/.config folder.
Somewhere I heard it's a new standard... in one of the PCMan File Manager changelists maybe.
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takdavid wrote on the 19 Mar 08 at 15:05
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Try to learn & understand the *nix principles before changing the whole system...
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