On Wed, 20 Jul 2011 16:21:14 +0000, Liam O'Toole wrote: > On 2011-07-20, Camaleón <[email protected]> wrote: > > (...) > >> I also wonder what all that pre-set folders are for. > > Applications which follow the specification use these folders without > requiring the user to configure them manually. So firefox, for example, > will use the DOWNLOAD directory to save downloaded files. OpenOffice > will save new documents in DOCUMENTS, etc. Both applications can be > configured to use alternative locations.
Yes, I know that applications find that variables very useful to set their defaults but I wondered if what apps find useful match with user's POW :-) (i.e., I have instructed Firefox to drop files under my $HOME/Desktop because I barely use the rest of those predefined folders) >> It should be nice to >> have a simple "switch" to turn them off/on. > > See /etc/xdg/user-dirs.conf. I have nothing in there: sm01@stt008:~$ LANG=POSIX cat /etc/xdg/user-dirs.conf cat: /etc/xdg/user-dirs.conf: No such file or directory Anyway, I said a "simple swicth" that in GNOME usually means tweaking "gconf", not having to dive into configurations files ;-) Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
