On Dec 6, 2009, at 6:37 AM, tmb wrote: >> 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. > > Yes, lots of programs put _configuration_ data in dot directories. > > Few programs put content, documents, or software projects into dot > directories. Most of the ones that do are Windows programs, and their > files storage is rather unintuitive on Linux (e.g., Thunderbird).
I think the point is that if an application has to store anything in a user directory, a dot directory is a consistent one to create and use. Most applications store data as actual files somewhere on the filesystem, so the only stuff left to store is configuration data. The notebook is kind of different in this regard, as it is a web application (like gmail or facebook) but you run it on your own computer. If you want to be explicit about where the notebook files are stored, you can run sage -notebook MyNotebookFiles and that will save all your data in the MyNotebookFiles folder (completely separate from every other server, including the one in the .sage directory). - Robert -- 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
