seventh guardian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 7/15/05, Nick Fortune <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I challenge you to do "ls ~ -la". I bet you would be lost. Having a > > > program configuration dir would help to sort things out, and would > > > benefit every one. > > Done that. Not Lost. > > What was your point? > > My point is that there are TONS of configuration dirs in your home > dir, mixed with data/docs dirs, and unsorted files. And even though > the configs are usually hidden, they should be inside one main hidden > dir, instead of just being clogging your home dir. > > For instance, if you try to find the config dir for that particular > program, and you don't know its name, then doing ls -la is useless, > because (at least in my case) the terminal buffer overflows, so you > can't see the first dirs that show up. Unless you pipe it to less, but > then you loose the colour formating.. Making it a separate dir would > allow you to have only config dirs showing, and not your docs or data > dirs.
Since configs aren't user data, why isn't the directory itself hidden? Ie. ".config"? What is the standard for the second level name. For fvwm, you suggested "fvwm" be the second level so you used the project name. Menus on the other hand, just ended up in a directory named "menus". Is this a widely adopted standard? How many other projects have switched? I think I understand the point, but here are some counter points: using "ls -al | less" is not the only way to list a directory, there is: . just plain "ls -al" and then using the terminal scrolling to view everything. . using mc . using emacs dired At home I have 150 dot files, at work 250. I'd have a lot less if all other projects just did what fvwm did, use a dot directory for all the files for the project, then my .bashrc, .bash_profile, .bash_history, and .bash_logout would all be in a .bash directory. I think using project directories would bring the clutter down to manageable levels without a common 'config' directory. With the new scheme, it will be harder to look at all of the files since they will be spread thru a bunch of sub directories, most of them containing only one file. I don't normally search my home directory for anything other than dot files. I don't keep any plain files there and only a few directories like 'bin', 'src', 'public_html'. -- Dan Espen E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
