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? > > -- > Damien Cassou > http://damiencassou.seasidehosting.st > > "Success is the ability to go from one failure to another without > losing enthusiasm." --Winston Churchill > -- Damien Pollet type less, do more [ | ] http://people.untyped.org/damien.pollet
