On Sun, Sep 17, 2017 at 07:14:23PM -0500, Nate Bargmann wrote: > > As I see it, most of the problem has to do with poorly written software > that doesn't gracefully handle old configurations and little to do with > how those configurations are stored in $HOME. I'll give Thompson a pass > as the problem occurred much later. > > On the plus side, dealing with dot files and dot directories is much > easier than with an opaque registry.
What about putting all the dotfiles and dordirectories in ~/etc and using symbolic links to make hem appear to be where everyone expects them. Lots of symbolic links. -- hendrik _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
