On Wed, 2004-10-27 at 19:53 -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > paddy wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 11:28:14AM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > > On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 03:02:02PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > > > 5)== > > > > > > > > User specific configuration files for applications are stored in the > > > > user's > > > > home directory in a file that starts with the '.' character (a "dot > > > > file"). If > > > > an application needs to create more than one dot file then they should > > > > be > > > > placed in a subdirectory with a name starting with a '.' character, (a > > > > "dot > > > > directory"). In this case the configuration files should not start with > > > > the '.' > > > > character. > > > > > > > > I have no idea if we comply, but this is a new requirement. > > > > > > I think we do. This is common sense anyway, most applications I've seen > > > do it that way. > > > > what about ~/Desktop and friends? > > I don't know if Desktop falls under the heading of being a configuration > file or directorty. Not that I much like that directory, but like > Maildir, it seems out of the scope of this FHS requirement.
Is ~/Desktop a "User specific configuration files for applications"? Doesn't seem like it to me. It and ~/Maildir are data directories. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B "The United States is not a nation to which peace is a necessity." Grover Cleveland
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