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


From: Wolfgang Lux
Subject: Re: Wondering if ~/GNUstep shouldn't be ~/.GNUstep (i.e. hidden..)
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2014 09:46:08 +0100

Am 04.11.2014 um 21:06 schrieb Gregory Casamento <greg.casamento@gmail.com>:

> Revisiting something from WAAAAY in the past, I'm wondering if this
> shouldn't be reconsidered....
> 
> Given that we have people using tools on Linux such as this one...
> 
> https://code.google.com/p/theunarchiver/
> 
> WIth issues like this:
> 
> https://code.google.com/p/theunarchiver/issues/detail?id=644
> 
> Should we at least provide the option to hide the directory or,
> possibly, make it hidden by default?   There's no real reason why it
> needs to be exposed.  Any thoughts guys?

Of course there is a reason for ~/GNUstep to not be hidden. There is 
~/GNUstep/Applications and ~/GNUstep/Tools which are both convenient locations 
to install applications and tools in your own home directory (passing 
GNUSTEP_INSTALLATION_DOMAIN=USER to the make command).

Wolfgang




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