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

RE: User settings

2002-03-26 Thread Emanuel Dejanu
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 settings. Best regards, Emanuel Dejanu -Original Message- From

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

User settings

2002-03-26 Thread Emanuel Dejanu
Hi, I have problems with how Linux keep program settings. If you use many programs then your home is full with lots of files and directories that you do not use, directly and then your home is a mess. What you think that instead of using $HOME/ to keep program settings to use $HOME/.settings/ dir