On 09.11.2017 16:43, Simon McVittie wrote:
PUBLICSHARE
This looks interesting. Has it ever been implemented? It reminds me of the
public_html folder found in older distributions.
Yes, GNOME can export it via WebDAV (the Sharing panel in the System
Settings, which controls gnome-user-share). I think it was also
available read-only via Bluetooth in the past, although I can't find
an option for that now.
Interesting.
DOCUMENTS
The purpose is not obvious. Gimp uses it as a default to save pictures; Anki
uses it to store its configuration files…
It's the equivalent of Windows' "My Documents" folder, used as a
default/suggested location for files saved by the user in content-creation
applications ("office" apps, and more specialized editors like GIMP or
Inkscape). From what you've said here, I think GIMP is using it correctly,
and Anki is not - configuration files are usually implicitly created
by using or reconfiguring an application rather than being explicitly
saved by the user, so they should go in the XDG_CONFIG_HOME defined by
the XDG basedir spec (which by default is hidden, so the user doesn't
normally see files in their file browser that they didn't choose to
create).
What is the difference between DOCUMENTS and $HOME?
Greetings
Thomas
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