RE: [lsb-futures] RE: User settings

2002-03-27 Thread Emanuel Dejanu
EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [lsb-futures] RE: User settings On Tue, Mar 26, 2002 at 05:17:56PM +0200, Emanuel Dejanu wrote: > > As I have said that this should be a must for the new programs. > And in time current programs will follow this road. All we need > is a st

Re: User settings

2002-03-26 Thread Alan Cox
> As I have said that this should be a must for the new programs. > And in time current programs will follow this road. All we need > is a standard. There are several standards. All of them disagree with you. In addition the ".settings" directory assumes US language preferences to be meaningful

Re: [lsb-futures] RE: User settings

2002-03-26 Thread Matt Wilson
On Tue, Mar 26, 2002 at 05:17:56PM +0200, Emanuel Dejanu wrote: > > As I have said that this should be a must for the new programs. > And in time current programs will follow this road. All we need > is a standard. > I still hope that LSB will make thinks right: use $HOME/.settings to > keep user

RE: User settings

2002-03-26 Thread Emanuel Dejanu
: Kevin Caunt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 26 martie 2002 16:54 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; lsb-futures Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: User settings I think this should go to the LSB Futures working group. Kevin Caunt [EMAIL PROTECTED] 512-823-8540; t/l 793

RE: User settings

2002-03-26 Thread Kevin Caunt
TECTED]> To:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject:RE: User settings I think that this is the way to go: mkdir /etc/skel/myrealhome mkdir $HOME/myrealhome echo "cd $HOME/myrealhome" >&g

RE: User settings

2002-03-26 Thread Emanuel Dejanu
Emanuel Dejanu -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Thomas Sippel - Dau Sent: 26 martie 2002 16:08 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: User settings Emanuel Dejanu wrote: > > I have problems with how Linux keep program

RE: User settings

2002-03-26 Thread Emanuel Dejanu
: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: User settings On Tue, Mar 26, Emanuel Dejanu wrote: > > I know that is not an easy step, but a very long and complicated > step. Please send me to a standard draft that say that a app > configuration file must stay on $HOME/. I h

Re: User settings

2002-03-26 Thread Thorsten Kukuk
On Tue, Mar 26, Emanuel Dejanu wrote: > > I know that is not an easy step, but a very long and complicated > step. Please send me to a standard draft that say that a app > configuration file must stay on $HOME/. I have not seen this standard > anywhere. I know that this is the tradition and tradi

RE: User settings

2002-03-26 Thread Emanuel Dejanu
. -Original Message- From: Alan Cox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 26 martie 2002 15:51 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: User settings > directly and then your home is a mess. What you think > that instead of using $HOME/ to keep program settings &g

Re: User settings

2002-03-26 Thread Alan Cox
> directly and then your home is a mess. What you think > that instead of using $HOME/ to keep program settings > to use $HOME/.settings/ directory ? That would be like ruling that PI is 4. Its very convenient but there is now way to actually make such a change. Too much history and other confli