Martin S. Tignor wrote: > On Wed, 2003-02-26 at 19:14, Rob Lahaye wrote: > >>But the choice $HOME/DX as the file for saving DX issues, is >>not that obvious. Along common unix lines, I would recommend >>to use a directory $HOME/.DX where this file (and possibly >>others in the future) are saved, e.g. $HOME/.DX/DX. > > $HOME/DX is already being read by dxui at startup time. > It's (a weird) something built into X Windows.
Are you saying that the choice of file for storing these things, cannot be controlled by the OpenDX code itself? Most programs I know use a $HOME/.<app>/ directory for storing application settings; e.g. $HOME/.dx/ >>How many items can appear in "Recent Programs"? If this number >>is limitless, this could become an undoable long list! >>Imagine this list grows to 200 or more!?! >>Or is a maximum number hardcoded? If so, how many? > > 10. (well, 8 plus 1 for each thumb.) That could go into a preferences file, e.g. $HOME/.dx/prefs. Regards, Rob.
