Re: [gthumb-list] Directories shown in the LH panel - how to select/remove?

[Chris Green <cl isbd net>]

On Wed, Mar 07, 2012 at 07:31:29PM -0500, Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak wrote:
> On 03/07/2012 06:10 PM, Chris Green wrote:
> > How does gthumb decide what directories to show in the LH panel?
> >
> > When I open gthumb at present I get a very odd selection:-
> >
> >     Home Folder
> >     pictures
> >     chris
> >     .desktop
> >     chris
> >     File System
> >     Catalogues
>
> The first 6 entries are supposed to correspond to:
>
> "Home Folder"
> G_USER_DIRECTORY_PICTURES
> G_USER_DIRECTORY_VIDEOS
> G_USER_DIRECTORY_DESKTOP
> G_USER_DIRECTORY_DOCUMENTS
> "file:///"
>
> The "G_USER" directories are "standard" directories like
> "~/Pictures" and "~/Desktop". Do they not exist on your system?
No, because I get seriously fed up with the system creating them in my
home directory where I don't want them! :-)  I want my home directory to
have the directory names *I* specify.

I'd really prefer to be able to specify what I want in gthumb too,
rather than having the above four directories whether I like it or not.
I prefer a clean/minimalist setup so I'd really like just one or two top
level directories visible there.  I have done it the 'correct' way by
modifying $(XDG_CONFIG_HOME)/user-dirs.dirs.

> You can manipulate the definitions of those folders - see:
> http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/xdg-user-dirs
... and it says:-

    Note: To disable a directory, point it to the homedir.

It appears that gthumb doesn't recognise this because I have both
XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR and XDG_VIDEOS_DIR set to homedir but gthumb is still
showing them as separate entries (the two 'chris' ones).  Can I report
this as a bug?

I really want only:-
    pictures
    File System
    Catalogues

-- 
Chris Green