Hello,
I could not find within the documentation of xdg-user-dirs anything
about the *purpose* of these directories. For some dirs, their purpose
is obvious, for others not.
DESKTOP
*Some* file managers display this folder in the root window. Others,
e.g. ROX, don’t.
TEMPLATES
This looks very useful. You can put file templates there. Each of them
will generate a menu item in the file manager like “New HTML file…”.
DOWNLOAD
This folder is a dump where the web browser will put all sorts of
downloaded files. After a short time there will be total chaos. :-(
PUBLICSHARE
This looks interesting. Has it ever been implemented? It reminds me of
the public_html folder found in older distributions.
DOCUMENTS
The purpose is not obvious. Gimp uses it as a default to save pictures;
Anki uses it to store its configuration files…
MUSIC
PICTURES
VIDEOS
No program seems to use these folders. Their purpose is not obvious to me.
Greetings,
Thomas
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