just to throw in my 2c regarding this (in my view: non-)problem:
-- as a mac and linux/unix user I could not care less about dot-files
materializing in my (mac-)home dir. it could be done differently but not
"better" in any meaningful sense.
-- while it is true that true "mac" applications are supposed to put
config stuff in ~/Library/Preferences and/or `~/Library/Application
Support' (the latter more probably would be "right" for `.fossil' if at
all) it is of course perfectly common (at least for everybody who
seriously is considering to use fossil on a mac) to install other
Unix-related, terminal-based tools (editors like emacs and vi, e.g.) who
of course put their resource files in the home dir as well. so as on any
unix/linux system `.fossil' is just one of a whole bunch.
-- overall I mostly believe it would be sort of wrong to move `.fossil' to
some Mac-specific place. if it would happen so be it. but really I believe
this is a non-issue.
j.
On Wed, 21 May 2014 19:17:57 +0200, Stephan Beal <sgb...@googlemail.com>
wrote:
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 7:04 PM, Igor de Oliveira Couto
<i...@semperuna.com>wrote:
That structure is *absolutely guaranteed* to exist, as it is necessary
for
the way the System works. The way Apple structures their hard drive and
sub-divides the directories has changed very little since the first
release
of OS X.
LOL! And $HOME has not changed since... 1973? ;)
Then I opened an Apple Reseller shop in Sydney, and worked for many
years
doing training and support of Mac clients and networks. In my family we
run
3 businesses, and all of them are totally Mac-based. I am surrounded by
iPhones and iPads, and I have to admit: I love my Apple gadgets.
Everyone i know who uses them loves them... to an inexplicable degree.
That's part of what scares me about them ;).
I do have an irrational hatred of all things Windows, and also a great
respect and admiration for all things Linux - and have been known to
download and try out the occasional release of Ubuntu. I was also a
supporter of BeOS when it came out, and was very happy to hear of
'Haiku'... :-)
My Windows dislike is purely rational ;). They castrate the interface.
i'm
a power user, and Windows isn't for power users (especially if you've got
no admin rights on the system).
I learned C many years ago, but never used it much. Lately, I have been
very focused on html+css+javascript, as it's an integral part of a new
business venture - and I'm also learning (and enjoying very much)
LiveCode.
That's one of the target areas the JSON API and libfossil are aiming for,
so i think you and i are gonna get along just great, despite our polar
opposition in terms of OS choices ;).
I look forward to learning much from you!
Oh, i'm not the main teacher around here, i'm just one of the more vocal
members. The others are off hacking while i'm avoiding it, playing the
ambassador role instead for the time being ;).
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