On Sat, 2004-08-28 at 15:17, Bradley T Hughes wrote: > On Saturday 28 August 2004 19:54, Robert Upshall wrote: > > Now that blackbox and bbkeys have entered beta testing I would like > > to suggest a common standard for rc files. > > > > I suggest that anything app that uses libbt store it's rc file under > > the .blackbox directory as default. > > > > i.e. > [snip] > > > > Most blackbox users use the .blackbox directory for themes and menu > > files, I think it would be nice if blackbox had one central place for > > all its goodies. Only 1 directory to backup and restore. > > This is actually not a bad idea... but I wonder if maybe we use the > directories mentioned in the freedesktop.org basedir-spec. See > http://freedesktop.org/Standards/basedir-spec > > Basically, you would have ~/.config/blackboxrc, ~/.config/bbkeysrc, > ~/.local/share/blackbox/styles/, ~/.local/share/blackbox/backgrounds/, > etc.
This is probably a better solution since bb will be following the EWMH/NETWM standard it would make sense to follow the basedir-spec too. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] List archives: http://asgardsrealm.net/lurker/splash/index.html Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
