Because there is this concept called "consistency" that's interesting to
have :p

If your code wants $HOME it can ask for it explicitly, same for /. However
if it just wants to do something in $PWD consistent with most use-cases,
the image directory is the sensible default.

On 22 March 2016 at 13:05, Damien Cassou <[email protected]> wrote:

> Damien Pollet <[email protected]> writes:
>
> > On 22 March 2016 at 12:56, Damien Cassou <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> typical applications ran with double-click are bound to the HOME
> >> directory. Why do you want to do it differently?
> >>
> >
> > Only on Linux. On OS X it's /
>
> so, why do you want to make it the image directory?
>
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> Damien Cassou
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>
> "Success is the ability to go from one failure to another without
> losing enthusiasm." --Winston Churchill
>



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