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Idea
#4985: Change the default file save/open directories
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Written by Eldmannen the 18 Mar 08 at 02:34.
Category: Others.
Related to:
Nothing/Others.
Status: New
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Description
The default directory to save files in most software is in the users home directory.
i.e. /home/bob/
I propose to change it, to take advantage of the specific media subdirectories which already exist in the users home directory.
GIMP -> /home/bob/Pictures/
Text editor (gedit) -> /home/bob/Documents/
OpenOffice.org -> /home/bob/Documents/
Rhythmbox (open) -> /home/bob/Music/
Totem, VLC, MPlayer (open) -> /home/bob/Videos/
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baindramage wrote on the 18 Mar 08 at 03:53
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I would propose to edit this idea to include defaulting back to the /home/username/ directory in the event that a user does not have/want these default directories.
I think this is a good idea and would save a lot of clicks and time in the long run, but should only impact users who choose to use these directories.
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wladston wrote on the 18 Mar 08 at 10:46
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I think it gets much more organized if it's :
/home/user/media/music
/home/user/media/movies
/home/user/meia/photos
/home/user/documents
it's really a matter of taste...
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mmcmonster wrote on the 18 Mar 08 at 14:47
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How about using these defaults and also make it easy for advanced users to change the defaults (via gconf or something like that).
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tbrminsanity wrote on the 18 Mar 08 at 18:57
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I think that there should be a default folder but the ability to change the folder easily.
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Ralf.Nieuwenhuijsen wrote on the 25 Mar 08 at 19:57
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@wladston .. why would that be a reason to vite this down?
That's another discussion/brainstorm.
He is just suggesting to use the default xdg-directories.
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maybeway36 wrote on the 29 Mar 08 at 15:23
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If the xdg directories are not there, it should default back to ~.
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Endolith wrote on the 9 Sep 08 at 19:01
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I don't like these directories. "Pictures", "Documents", "Videos"? Aren't they *all* documents? Should we have "JPG" and "PNG" sub-directories inside Pictures?
"Music" is fine, but for other basic directories, why not things like "Work", "Family", and "School"? Why put pictures of my family in one directory, and videos of my family in a completely different directory?
The default folders are just imitating Windows for no good reason. We should be using logical folders that group files by subject, not by file type.
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