Re: Major change in desktop handling

[Manuel Clos <llanero eresmas net>]

Dave Camp wrote:
> Nautilus' desktop should be a user-managed space.  System-managed files
> do not belong on the desktop, even if they are hidden.

Nautilu's desktop? I missed the point. I think we were talking about 
user's desktop. :)

> $HOME is the root of the user's writable filesystem.  All files owned by
> the user must be placed somewhere in $HOME (except for special cases
> like tmp files) - there's just nowhere else to put them.
>
> So if you use $HOME as the desktop, you are forcing system-managed files
> to be on the desktop (even if they are hidden by default).  This doesn't

Umh, system managed files in the desktop? I use $HOME as desktop, and I 
don't see system managed files. The only bad thing I see is the 
"evolution" folder which should not be there, and the strange-named 
launchers (only showing in ls, and that I rename). I don't understand 
your argument here, sorry.

> make any sense - if a user turns on 'Show Hidden Files', they don't want
> their desktop cluttered with a bunch of system-managed files.


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