RE: File selection dialogs and hidden files

["Fox, Kevin M" <KMFox mail bhi-erc com>]

	" "desktop" is deprecated.  We use $HOME/.gnome-desktop now."

	Why? desktop was obvious to everyone what it is. It is also nice so
that it can be shared between different desktops... For example you can
share it with (No flames) KDE or something else... Everything you have
appears in the same shared desktop... I don't like having more then one
desktop... I am well aware of the fact that you can change where the desktop
is but it is not a good default to have it .gnome-desktop... it is tedious
to type and ugly to look at... "desktop" or ".desktop" is much better on the
eyes/fingers and promotes a standard that all programs can use...

	my $0.02

	I do agree with this:

	 ~/.gnome/
	  ~/.gnome/help-browser/
	  ~/.gnome/private/

	that would be much cleaner...

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Sam Steingold [SMTP:sds@goems.com]
> Sent:	Friday, April 16, 1999 9:21 AM
> To:	gnome-list@gnome.org
> Subject:	Re: File selection dialogs and hidden files
> 
> >>>> In message <199904161606.MAA01494@guanabana.labs.redhat.com>
> >>>> On the subject of "Re: File selection dialogs and hidden files"
> >>>> Sent on Fri, 16 Apr 1999 12:06:24 -0400
> >>>> Honorable Federico Mena Quintero <federico@nuclecu.unam.mx> writes:
>  >> >  Speaking of which, can I change that blasted "desktop" directory to
>  >> >  ".desktop"?
>  >> 
>  >> "desktop" is deprecated.  We use $HOME/.gnome-desktop now.
> 
> Why?!
> I have now
> 
>     ~/.gnome/
>     ~/.gnome-desktop/
>     ~/.gnome-help-browser/
>     ~/.gnome_private/
> 
> why not make them
> 
>     ~/.gnome/
>     ~/.gnome/desktop/
>     ~/.gnome/help-browser/
>     ~/.gnome/private/
> 
> and cut on the meaningful clutter of my home directory?!
> 
> 
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