-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Am Freitag, 7. Februar 2003 11:44 schrieb bb: > On Thursday 06 February 2003 01:43, Hendrik Sattler wrote: > > Why would I store important user data like the default address book, > > bookmarks and all that in a hidden directory where the user has to search > > very hard if the structure philosophy is unknown? > > is it really so hard to find these files? IMHO it isn't ... ;)
Yes, because IIRC even in konq, default view is to not show hidden files. > > I wouldn't. You wouldn't come up with the idea of storing all your emails > > there, either, would you? > > that's different, because it makes no sense to store my emails in a ~/.kde > -subdirectory: other mail -programs also store the emails in the ~/ > -directory, so 'normally' you can use different email -programs and you can > still have your inbox etc. in every single program. [also it's not usual, > the possibility exists. and it wouldn't make a sense to let 'mutt' search > for the default Mail -folder in a ~/.kde -subdirectory.] It's also no good idea to use more than one program with those files, except deleting the index cache files every time. > > But against everyhting, the _Desktop_ has to be toplevel and not hidden. > > Makes absolutely no sense. > > i normally don't use the Desktop, so for me it's insignificant ... ;) Well, IIRC KDE does not ask before creating it at first startup, does it? You can move in manually, e.g. to ~/.Desktop or .kde/Desktop but why isn't his default. (For users who put files there? Does not sound a good reason to me) Actually, this is no complaining as I do not like the abilities of kab, anyway, and thus don't use it. And I surely must admit, that programs like Netcape/Mozilla do not handle it any better when it comes to bookmark files. And as always, exceptions define the rules. HS - -- Mein GPG-Key ist auf meiner Homepage verfügbar: http://www.hendrik-sattler.de oder über pgp.net PingoS - Linux-User helfen Schulen: http://www.pingos.schulnetz.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+Q5n+zvr6q9zCwcERAtcYAKC2zZBqZCuJerN9z9uKfd7yIUkCcQCfW5E/ tZL/FxATp27cZU7qqedMGwc= =BWkj -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
