Re: GNOME user environment brainstorming

[Ben Ford <ben kalifornia com>]

Bastien Nocera wrote:

> That bring me to something that I need for the application I'm writing,
> and could certainly be of great use. Why do all the applications, as
> soon as they need more than simply reading config files, have to create
> their own directories (some hidden, some not) in the ~/
>
> My application is an iTunes clone. I want to save Playlists, have users
> an easy way to add or remove effects configuration files (for the
> visualisation plugin), and store the newly ripped songs. So I created a
> ~/RhythmBox/ directory containing all that. Nautilus has its ~/Nautilus,
> Evolution the ~/evolution (or ~/Evolution...), gtk+ themes in ~/.themes,
> etc.
>
> Would it be possible to have all this visible, and in one directory like
> GNUStep does: ~/Gnome ?
> And every app could create the subdirectories as needed, and the user
> has a much better experience, because he knows there is important data
> there, and he can modify it. Drop a theme, a plugin, a script, a
> playlist, a song that the app will understand.

This is something I have wanted for a long time.  Problem is all the 
"legacy" apps.  What do we do about them?

-b

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