Re: Wondering if ~/GNUstep shouldn't be ~/.GNUstep (i.e. hidden..)

[Ivan Vučica]

I'd go with updating -make to support closely conforming to freedesktop spec -- 
config files in config dir, app data in app data dir, etc., and do so by 
default, while base would still supporting reading from old defaults directory 
(but only as fallback).

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> On 4 Nov 2014, at 20:57, Gregory Casamento <greg.casamento@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Stefan,
> 
>> On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 3:47 PM, Stefan <stefanbidi@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Personally, I think we should try to conform a little more to the 
>> freedesktop.org XDG directory structure 
>> (http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html). In 
>> particular, I think we should put defaults in ~/.config or $XDG_CONFIG_HOME 
>> directory.
>> 
>> Now that GNUstep uses separate defaults files, we can just dump the files 
>> directly there.
>> 
>> If this were the case, we could simple move the ~/GNUstep directory 
>> structure to ~/ since it would only exist if somebody installed something to 
>> the HOME domain.
>> 
>> Anyway, it's just a thought.
>> 
>> Stef
>> 
> 
> 
> If you look at the bug, part of the issue is that people who don't
> know that the tool they are using utilizes GNUstep are upset because
> it creates a "GNUstep" folder in the home directory.   I kind of agree
> with this sentiment as I really don't like tools setting up
> directories directly in my home directory either so I can see where
> they're coming from.
> 
> With respect to freedesktop, are you suggesting something akin to:
> 
> ~./config/GNUstep/...
> 
> Is that what you have in mind?
> 
> GC
> 
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