Re: Major change in desktop handling

[George J Karabin <gkarabin pobox com>]

Is it reasonable to store the path of the desktop directory in gconf? 
Default to "Desktop", and those who don't like the visible directory can 
override it. Well behaved applications that need to know the name can 
look up the key.

- George

Dave Camp wrote:

> On Thu, 2003-05-15 at 15:41, kb wrote:
>  
>
> > I can see my desktop, well... on my desktop. There is no need IMHO to
> > clutter up my home with a visible directory. That should really be
> > hidden in a .desktop directory.
> >    
>
> Users of the desktop often want to get to the desktop from outside
> nautilus, for example in file selectors or shells.
>
> The desktop is a place for a user to store files.  The user shouldn't
> have to know what the name of a hidden directory is to get to their
> documents.
>
> -dave
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