tmb wrote: >> None that I use I guess. There are no visible top-level folders in my >> home directory that I didn't put there (except the ones there on >> account creation) and I like it that way. I guess it's a manner of >> preference, but at lest it's consistent. > > Consistent with what? Traditional UNIX applications take all document/ > source files on the command line; they don't put any of the documents > I work on into a dot folder. > > IDEs create a visible projects folder because they don't have a > command line where you could tell them what to work on. > > For something like Sage to create a directory hierarchy containing > source files under .sage and then put in notebooks under obscure names > like .sage/.../42/worksheet.txt is completely inconsistent with > standard UNIX usage. It's even more inconsistent that apparently I'm > supposed to manipulate those files by hand.
SSH uses $HOME/.ssh Thunderbird uses $HOME/.thunderbird Mathematica uses $HOMe/.Mathematica Lots of programs do put configuration data in directories which start with a dot. Dave -- To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-support-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URL: http://www.sagemath.org
