Re: Wondering if ~/GNUstep shouldn't be ~/.GNUstep (i.e. hidden..)

[Stefan]

On November 4, 2014 2:57:09 PM CST, Gregory Casamento 
<greg.casamento@gmail.com> wrote:
>Stefan,
>
>If you look at the bug, part of the issue is that people who don't
>know that the tool they are using utilizes GNUstep are upset because
>it creates a "GNUstep" folder in the home directory.   I kind of agree
>with this sentiment as I really don't like tools setting up
>directories directly in my home directory either so I can see where
>they're coming from.
>
>With respect to freedesktop, are you suggesting something akin to:
>
>~./config/GNUstep/...
>
>Is that what you have in mind?

No, I'm suggesting a more radical approach where only the defaults directory 
would be moved to ~/.config and the rest of the structure, which will normally 
not exist at all, be moved to ~/. In this case, it would look something like:

GNUstep/Library/Defaults/ -> .config/
GNUstep/Library/Libraries/ -> Library/Libraries/
GNUstep/Applications/ -> Applications/
Etc...

Most applications do not write anything but defaults to the home directory, so 
the only directory they would use is .config.

Does GNUstep apps normally write anything else to the home directory? I don't 
think so, and that's the assumption I'm moving forward with.

>
>GC

Stef

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