Re: $HOME/.dotfiles and FHS 2.3 (was: Comparing FHS 2.3 and 2.1)

2004-11-06 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Nov 07, Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It would have been a good idea when these programs were being written. > It doesn't seem at all worthwhile to endure a transition of existing > software for the marginal aesthetic benefits. Agreed. I see no point in even discussing this, consi

Re: $HOME/.dotfiles and FHS 2.3 (was: Comparing FHS 2.3 and 2.1)

2004-11-06 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 04:53:29PM +0200, Frank Küster wrote: > "Marcelo E. Magallon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > * bash reads and writes a number of files in ~/ (.bash_profile, > > .bashrc, .bash_history) > > * there are several directories related to GNOME (at least ~/.gnome2 >

Re: $HOME/.dotfiles and FHS 2.3 (was: Comparing FHS 2.3 and 2.1)

2004-10-30 Thread Marcelo E. Magallon
On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 04:53:29PM +0200, Frank Küster wrote: > > * bash reads and writes a number of files in ~/ (.bash_profile, > > .bashrc, .bash_history) > > * there are several directories related to GNOME (at least ~/.gnome2 > > and ~/.gnome2_private) > > * vim h

$HOME/.dotfiles and FHS 2.3 (was: Comparing FHS 2.3 and 2.1)

2004-10-29 Thread Frank Küster
"Marcelo E. Magallon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 03:02:02PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > > 5)== > > > > User specific configuration files for applications are stored in the > > user's home directory in a file that starts with the '.' character (a > > "dot fil