On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 11:36:33AM -0500, Eloy A. Paris wrote: > Rich Rudnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > [...] > > > > > > > I see a lot of problems with the "use your home directory as your > > > > desktop" approach, like "I want to see dot files, even in the desktop > > > > folder". If we use our home directory as our desktop then we're > > > > screwed because there are just to many dot files there. > > > > > > > I'm confused a bit here: I've used nautilus with the "use your home > > directory as your desktop" approach for at least six months now, and > > have never seen any dot files or directories on my desktop. > > You can configure Nautilus so it shows dot files, but that setting is > turned off by default. My point was that if I want to configure Nautilus > so it shows dot files and also configure it so my home directory is the > desktop then it will be a mess because most applications put dot files > in the user's home directory, and this I think will be very hard to > change.
What about having nautilus display a special icon, which, when opened will give you a view of your homedirectory with only the dot files in it ? Sven Luther
