Bug#518132: wcd: Suggestion to store files under ~/.wcd/

2009-03-07 Thread Jari Aalto
~/.wcd/ I agree. It would be cleaner. But I don't like it that the backward compatibility is broken. Wcd has been backward compatible since the start, that is over 12 years. I don't think there would be compatibility issues: - IF there is WCDHOME use it - IF there is ~/.treedata.wcd file,

Bug#518132: wcd: Suggestion to store files under ~/.wcd/

2009-03-07 Thread Erwin Waterlander
Jari Aalto schreef: ~/.wcd/ I agree. It would be cleaner. But I don't like it that the backward compatibility is broken. Wcd has been backward compatible since the start, that is over 12 years. I don't think there would be compatibility issues: - IF there is WCDHOME use it - IF there is

Bug#518132: wcd: Suggestion to store files under ~/.wcd/

2009-03-06 Thread Erwin Waterlander
Hi, I agree. It would be cleaner. But I don't like it that the backward compatibility is broken. Wcd has been backward compatible since the start, that is over 12 years. In enterprise network systems people use the -u option to jump to directories of colleagues. If you move data files you

Bug#518132: wcd: Suggestion to store files under ~/.wcd/

2009-03-05 Thread Jari Aalto
Erwin Waterlander water...@xs4all.nl writes: The amount of data that is stored by for instance Mozilla under ~/.mozilla is enormous ... There are many application that only have few files. Exerpts: [DIR] ~/.ccache/: CACHEDIR.TAG stats [DIR] ~/.dillo/: adblock.txt

Bug#518132: wcd: Suggestion to store files under ~/.wcd/

2009-03-04 Thread jaalto
Package: wcd Version: 3.2.0-1 Severity: wishlist The manual page lists: FILES default treedata file UNIX: $HOME/.treedata.wcd This is the default treedata file where wcd searches for matches. If it is not readable wcd will create a new one.

Bug#518132: wcd: Suggestion to store files under ~/.wcd/

2009-03-04 Thread jaalto
Package: wcd Version: 3.2.0-1 Followup-For: Bug #518132 Clarification to the previous bug report. wcd(1) contains variable WCDHOME, so please treat (*) marked as follows: Please store all files under user defined environment variable: *) forget this WCD_ROOT *) implement this

Bug#518132: wcd: Suggestion to store files under ~/.wcd/

2009-03-04 Thread Erwin Waterlander
Hi, Wcd already supports an alternative location via the WCDHOME environment variable. Setting this variable will do what is suggested for WCD_ROOT. Many programs use a $HOME sub directory for configuration files, but many more use by default just $HOME. Since files are hidden it's not a

Bug#518132: wcd: Suggestion to store files under ~/.wcd/

2009-03-04 Thread Jari Aalto
Erwin Waterlander water...@xs4all.nl writes: Hi, Wcd already supports an alternative location via the WCDHOME environment variable. Noticed, that'd why I adjusted the bug report accordingly. The Login shells are exception. Other programs would better use ~/.program/ An example: my

Bug#518132: wcd: Suggestion to store files under ~/.wcd/

2009-03-04 Thread Erwin Waterlander
Hi, The amount of data that is stored by for instance Mozilla under ~/.mozilla is enormous compared to the few files of wcd. Logically you don't want all Mozilla's files in your $HOME folder. In my $HOME directory I have 244 hidden files and directories. ls -a | grep '^\.' | wc -l 244 Most