Hi, this is not a pressing issue but it is something that has been nagging me for a while.
The user directory is linux/unix systems is by default ~/.lyx That was the historical location for all programs. The problem with this approach is that it clutters the home directory for the user. The amount of dot files and dot directories could be absurd, in the orders of hundreds. The solution for this came from free desktop standards with the creation of a template with several standard dot directories: ~/.config ~/.local The idea is that inside those directories all the files are visible (this not dot files). What I would likt to and my main concern regarding this is how can we detect that? And if ~/.config exists privilege that location as the default location for lyx. So my proposal is for new installations to migrate for this location keeping, of course, compatibility with previous location if it exists. What do you think? Any idea about this? Best regards, -- José Abílio -- lyx-devel mailing list lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-devel
