Hi, On Tue, Nov 04, 2014 at 03:07:51PM -0600, Stefan wrote: > > > On November 4, 2014 2:57:09 PM CST, Gregory Casamento > <[email protected]> wrote: > >Stefan, > > > >If you look at the bug, part of the issue is that people who don't > >know that the tool they are using utilizes GNUstep are upset because > >it creates a "GNUstep" folder in the home directory. I kind of agree > >with this sentiment as I really don't like tools setting up > >directories directly in my home directory either so I can see where > >they're coming from. > > > >With respect to freedesktop, are you suggesting something akin to: > > > >~./config/GNUstep/... > > > >Is that what you have in mind? > > No, I'm suggesting a more radical approach where only the defaults directory > would be moved to ~/.config and the rest of the structure, which will > normally not exist at all, be moved to ~/. In this case, it would look > something like: > > GNUstep/Library/Defaults/ -> .config/ > GNUstep/Library/Libraries/ -> Library/Libraries/ > GNUstep/Applications/ -> Applications/ > Etc... > > Most applications do not write anything but defaults to the home directory, > so the only directory they would use is .config. > > Does GNUstep apps normally write anything else to the home directory? I don't > think so, and that's the assumption I'm moving forward with.
Well, on my setup I have lots of stuff in ~/GNUstep/Library/. SimpleAgenda writes its local data in ~/GNUstep/Library/SimpleAgenda/ for example and Addresses does the same thing in ~/G/L/Addresses/ etc. Where would this stuff go ? Thanks, Philippe -- Windows: A 32 bit graphical shell to a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit operating system, originally developed for a 4 bit processor by a 2 bit company that do not stand 1 bit of competition. _______________________________________________ Discuss-gnustep mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnustep
